PARSLEY FAMILY 



(U-mbeUiferce) 



Herbs with usually hollow grooved stems and alternate 

 decompound leaves, the petioles often dilated at the base. 

 Flowers small, generally in compound or single umbels. The 

 mature seed vessels are necessary for the identification of most 

 of the genera and species. 



EULOPHUS (Eulophus Boldnderi, C. & R.). Flowers white, 

 in long-stalked compound umbels. Leaves 3 to 6 inches long, 

 the numerous divisions very narrow and thread-like. Stems 

 a foot or two high. Blooming in summer in damp meadows of 

 the higher mountains. 



Eulophus Bolanderi is very abundant in the Yosemite region 

 and the Sierra meadows, which are often white in summer with 

 the lovely flat-topped flower clusters. The specific name was 

 given in honor of Henry X. Bolander, an industrious collector 

 of California plants between 1863 and 1875, during a part of 

 which time he was connected with the State Geological Survey. 



There is a closely related species, E. Parishii, C. &. R., dis- 

 tinguished by leaves with only 3 or 4 divisions, which are 

 much coarser than those of E. Bolanderi. 

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