140 ORDER 63. UMBELLIFER.E. 



8. Caiiadense B. & H. Petioles large, sheath-like, inflated ; If. segm. linear-oblong, 

 very acute, or acuminate ; umb. 12-rayed, long-stalked ; bracts lin.-flliform ; fls. white, 

 conspicuous. Wet-woods, Me. to Va. and Wis., rare. 3-5f. Aug., Sept. (Conioselinum.) 



22. LIGUSTICUM, L. LOVAGE. Calyx teeth minute. Fruit as in 

 Selinum, except that the intervals are filled with numerous vittse. u Gla- 

 brous. Lvs. ternately divided. Involucra few- co-braeted. Fls. white. 



1 L.. Scoticnm L. Sea L. Lv. S-1-ternate ; Ifts. rhombic-ovate, cut-dentate, som 



oblique; invol. bracts 00-linear ; i'r. oblong. Sea-coast, northward. 2f. Fruit 5". July. 



2 Ii. actae folium MX. Angelica. Lvs. triternate, with ovate, dent-serrate leaflets ; 



umbels panicled or triply compound ; involucra about 3-bracted ; fruit short. Woods, 

 Ms. to Tenn. 3 6f. May July. 



23. JETHUSA, L. FOOL'S PARSLEY. Calyx margin obsolete. Fruit 

 globous-ovate. Carpels with 5 acutely-carinated ribs, lateral ones mar- 

 ginal, broader. Intervals acutely angled, with single vittae, commissure 

 with 2. @ Poisonous herbs. Leaves ternately or pinnately decompound. 

 Involucra 0. Involucels one-sided, 3-leaved, deflexed. Flowers white. 



JE. Cynapinm L. Waste grounds, N. Eng. to Penn. : rare. 2f. Stem green. Leaf 

 fcegm. numerous, wedge-shaped, uniform. Plant ill-scented, dark green. Jl. Eur. 



24. ERIGENIA, Nutt. DAUGHTER-OF-SPRING. Calyx limb obsolete. 

 Pet. not inflexed, entire. Fr. contracted at the commissure. Carpels 8- 

 ribbed, ovate-reniform. if Rt. tuberous. Radical leaf triternately decom- 

 pound. Involucrate Ivs. solitary, biternately compound. Involucels of 

 3 6 entire, linear-spatulate bracts. Figs. 235, 369. 



E. bulbosa Nutt. A small, early-flowering herb, 4 V. Shady banks, Penn.,W. N.Y. 

 and W. Tuber roundish, deep in the ground. Pet. white, anth. brown-purple (henc 

 called Pepper-and-Sait). March, April. 



25. APIUM, L. CELERY, &c. Calyx teeth obsolete. Pet. not einar- 

 ginate. Fr. ovate or globular, laterally compressed, often didymous. Car- 

 pels 5-angled, ribs equal, obtuse. Vittae single in each interval. Carpophore 

 undivided. Seed terete. l Smooth. Leaves pinnately decompound. 

 Involucra various. (Flowers white.) 



HELOSCIADIUM. Lvs. simply pinnate. Involucels GO-bracted. Fr. roundish.. Nos. 1 8 

 EUAPIUM. Lvs. pinuately decompound. Involucels 0. Involucre 1-leaved.. .Nos. 4 6 



1 A. liiieare. Stern angular, tall ; Ifts. 9 11 (3 above), linear-oblong or linear, taper- 



ing to a very acute point, serrate ; umb. pedunculate ; invol. GO-bractcd ; fr. globular 

 with very prominent ribs. y. Wet. 2 4f. July. Aug. 'Sium, C-B.) 



2 A. Carsbnii (Durand). Erect, branched ; Ifts. 37, lin. to ovate, serrate to gashed 



fr. broadly ovate, the ribs filiform, with broad intervals. Wet. Coim. to Pemi. Jn.,Jl. 



3 A., nodiflorum. Stems procumbent ; Ivs. pinnate ; Ifts. lance-oblong, equally scr 



rate; umb. opposite the Ivs., subsessile ; invol. 0-2-lvd. (T) Wet. S. Car. 1 2f. Apr. $ 

 1 A. leptopliylliim. Erect or diffuse; If. segm. linear to filiform ; umb. opp. the 



Ivs.. sessile : fr. very small (I"), globular, with thick ribs. @ Ga. to La. Jn. (Helosc.) 

 5 A. dlvaricatum. Small and slender; If. segm. filiform or capillary, obtuse ; umb. 



ver> small, pedunculate, 3-5-rayed ; fr. rough with minute scales, (f) Dry sands, S. 



2-8'. March, April. (Leptocaulis, N.) 

 B A. UKAVEOLENS. Celery. Lvs. on long petioles, segm. broad-cuneate, incised, upper 



IVB. 3-parted and cnt-lobed ; invol. ; fr. roundish. Eur. Well known as a salad. 



