Pimpinrlln. UMBELLIFER.E. 259 



1. A. angUStdfolium, Nutt. A span or two Ingli ; bninclics soiucwliiit diclioto- 

 mous : Iciivos 1 or 2 inches long, bitoruately or tritcrnately divided, with liiu'ur or 

 nearly liliforui scgnioiits : umbels and unibellets very uiieiiually .■{-4-rayed, the 

 slender pedicels at length sjjiuosely pointed Avith the persistent carpophore : fruit 

 half a lino long, somewhat broader, variable in the curvature of the carpels and in 

 the prominence of the ribs, which are sometimes nine, the i)rimary and intermediate 

 ones being nearly equally develoi)ed. — Torr. & Cray, Fl. i. 044 ; Torrey, Dot. Mex. 

 Bound, t. 28. A. ladfolium, Nutt. 1. c, the more coar.sely dissected form, llelo- 

 sciadiitm leiytnphi/Uum, var. (!) Iniifolium, Hook. & Arn. JJot. IJcechey, 347. 



Frnnuitit in spring in tlic western portion of tlie Stato, from San Diego to Mendocino County, 

 on hillsides. In tlie figure cited, .some of the cliaracters of tlie fniit arc incorrectly shown. 



9. CARUM, Linn. 



Caly.\-teeth small. Stylopodium conical. Fruit ovate or oblojig, laterally com- 

 pressed ; ribs obtuse, scarcely prominent or nerve-like; oil-tubes solitary in the inter- 

 vals. Seed subtereto or somewhat dor.sally compressed, convex, flat, or slightly 

 concave on the fiico. Carpophoro 2-partod. — The Ainorican species form the sec- 

 tion 7iWo.<!?«uf, — smooth erect slender l)iennial herbs, with tuberous or fusiform 

 fascicled roots; leaves mostly simply pinnate with few linear Icailets ; involucre 

 and involucels of few to many entire Jeaflets ; flowers white ; calyx-teeth rather 

 prominent ; section of the seed very variable in outline. 



Tlie genus as limited by Bentliam & Hooker includes about 50 species in tenii)crate and sub- 

 tropical regions, chielly of the Old World, one si>ccies (0. Cnrvi, the garden Carroway) bemg 

 often cultivated and extensively naturalized. The roots of both the ("alifornian species are a 

 prominent article of food among the Indians. 



1. C. Gairdneri, lienth. & Hook. Stem 1 to 4 feet high, from a tuberous root : 

 leaves few, usually simply pinnate, with 3 to 7 linear leaflets 2 to inches long, the 

 lower leaflets rarely pinnate with entire or toothed divisions ; upper leaves usually 

 simple: umbels on long peduncles, 6 to 12 rayed; the involucre of a single linear 

 leaflet, or often wanting ; rays an inch or two long ; involucels of several linear 

 acuminate bracts equalling the flowers: fruit 1 to 4 lines long, ovate to oblong, 

 the styles usually half as long as the fruit. — yltniia Gainfnrn, Hook. <l' Arn. Bot. 

 Boechey, 349. Edoamia Oairdneri, NuM. in 'Jorr. i^ (iray, Kl. i. 012. 



Frcfiuent from Washington Territory and Idaho to Southern California (chiefly in the Sierra 

 Nevada) and Utah, on hill.'iides and in the mountains ; flowering in Juno and July. The most 

 southern locality is Julian, San Diego Co., Pnlmcr. A broader leaved form (leattct-s 2 to 8 hnos 

 wide) is the var. latifolium of Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. vii. 344. 



2. C. Kelloggii, Clray. Root tuberous and fascicled : stein 2 to 5 feet high : 

 lower leaves ternatc or biternate with pinnate divisions and linear segments ; upper 

 leaves becoming linear : involucre and involucels of 1 to 9 linear-subidato l.-ailets : 

 fruit ovate to oblong, 1| to 2^ lines long, with prominent stylopodium and very 

 short s^des, the ribs filiform. — Proc. Am. Acad. vii. 344. 



Central California, near the const. A rather stouter plant with larger flowei-s and fruit. 



10. PIMPINELLA, Linn. 

 Calyx-teeth miiuite or obsolete. Stylopodium cushiondike or conical. Fniit 

 ovate or broader than long, laterally compressed, with a broad commissure ; carpels 

 fi-angled, with distant usually slender ribs and several oil-tubes in the intervals. 

 Seed subtereto or dorsally compressed, nearly flat on the face, often free from the 

 locso ppicarp. Carpophore divided. — Mostly smooth ].erennials ; leaves decom- 

 pound ; umbels nearly naked ; flowers white or yellow. 



