Angdicn. UMBKLLIFERvE. 265 



A genus of ahout 25 species (nceonliiig to Hontli. k Hook.), almost cxelnsivcly of the northern 

 hemisphere ; perhaps half a dozen in North America. 



* Involncels conspic7ions : pedicels slender: fruit smooth, tuifh thin tvings. 



1. S. Pacificum, Watson. Leavo.s teniate-bipiniiatfi, the ovato acutish seg- 

 ments an inch long, laciniatoly tootlied and lobed : umbels on stout peduncles, 

 about 15-raycd, witli an involuoro of 2 or 3 lobcd and toothed leaflets, an inch 

 long, equalling the rays ; involncels of several narrowly linear entire or 3-toothed 

 bracts of|ualling the flowers; pedicels 2 or 4 lines long: fruit oblmig, 3 or 4 linos 

 long, \\ lines broad; stylo[)0(liuiri slightly promiii(>nt iibovc^ the disk; the wings 

 rather narrow ; oil-tubes conspicuous, very rarely in pairs : seed channelled under 

 the dorsal oil-tubes. — Proc. Aiu. Acad. xi. 140. 



Saucelito Hills, near San Francisco, Kcllngrj k Harford. 



* * Umbels naked ; pedicels very short or none, the fioivers and hirsute fruit crowded 

 or in globose heads : ivings corky. 



2. S. capitellatum, Benth, «fe Hook. Very stout, 2 to 5 feet high, smooth : 

 leaves largo, with nmch dilated petioles, bi[)innate, tho few leaflets oblong- to linear- 

 lanceolate, an inch or two long, coarsely laciniatiOy toothe*! or lobed : unibels 2 or 3, 

 tomentose, 6-8-rayed; umbellets globose, 3 to 6 lines in diameter, the pubescent 

 flowers sessile on a dilated receptacle : disk prominent, the styl(>podium depressed : 

 fruit cuneate-obovate, 3 lines long, strongly ribbed, the lateral wings broader than 

 the 3 upright dorsal ones : seed reniform, with shallow grooves for the dorsal oil- 

 tubes. — Gen. i. 915; Watson, Bot. King Exp. 126. Sphiwiosciadium capitellatum, 

 (tray, Proc. Am. Acad. vi. 536. 



Stream-banks in the Sierra Nevada, from Mono to Donner Pass, especially on the eastern sloj>e. 

 Another closely allied specues is fonnd in the mountains of Northern Nevada, S. KiNOii, Watson, 

 1. c, with less tomentose inflorescence, the fruit oblong-oval, on pedicels a line or two long. 



20. ANGELICA, T,inn. 



Calyx-teeth obsolete or minute. Stylopodium depressiid. Fruit ovate, strongly 

 flattened dorsally with a very broad commissure, margined by the broad membra- 

 nous distinct lateral wing ; dorsal ribs prominent bid. narrower ; oil-tubes solitary 

 in tho intervals, or tho lateral in pairs. Seed flattened, the face flat or slightly con- 

 cave. Carpophore 2-parted. — Usually tall and stout perennials ; leaves pinnate or 

 compound, the toothed segments usually broad and the petioles much dilated ; um- 

 bels many-rayed, naked or nearly so ; flowers white or piirple. 



About 30 species in the north temperate and Arctic zones ; ton or more North Americjin. 



1. A. Brcweri, Gray. Glabrous or somewhat puberulent. 3 or 4 feet high: 

 leaves ternate or quinate and pinnate ; leaflets lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, 2 or 3 inches long, sharply serrate with ciispidate teeth, the lower some- 

 times lobed at base: peduncles long, often witli 1 or 2 entire dilated somewhat 

 membranous bracts : umbels naked ; rays 2 inches long : fruit pubescent, ol)long, 

 4 lines long and 2 broad, the lateral wings narrow and corky, as thick as the seed, 

 the dorsal obtuse and little prominent ; oil-tubes usually 6, besides 2 to 4 on the 

 commissure, the lateral or dorsal in pairs : seed more or less concave on the face, 

 with sometimes a longitudinal medial ridge, the oil-tulies sunk in deep depressions 

 on tho back. — Proc. Am. Acad. vii. 318; Watson, Hot. King pAp. 126. 



In tho Sierra Novadft from rinmna Co. (,\fr.<>. /imr.i) to Kbhott's I'a.v and the Hig Tree road 

 (Polandr.r, Torrn/, Brewer) ; N. W. Nevada, JCalion. 



2. A. tomentosa, W^atson. Very stout, hoary-toniento.se thro\ighout or the 

 stem glabrous : leaves quinately bipinnatc, the leaflets thick, ovate, acute, very 



