Vol.. II.] CARROT FAMILY. 5" 



2. Caucalis Anthriscus (L.) Huds. Erect Hedge-Parsley. (Fig. 2634.) 



Tordylium A nthriscus 1,. Sp. PI. 240. 1 753. 



Caucalis Anthriscus Huds. Fl. Angl. Ed. 2, 

 114. 1778. 



Torilis Anthriscus Gmel. Fl. Bad. i: 615. 

 1806. 



Erect, rather slender, 2-3 high. 

 Leaves bipinnate, or the uppermost sim- 

 ply pinnate, the segments lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse, dentate or pinnatifid; umbels slcn- 

 der-peduncled, i / -2 / long; pedicels \"- 

 2" long in fruit; rays 3-8, slender, about 

 Yz' long; fruit ovoid-oblong densely 

 bristly on the secondary ribs, \y-t"-i" 

 long. 



In waste places, New Jersey to the District 

 of Columbia, western New York and Ohio. 

 Adventive from Europe. Called also Rough- 

 er Hemlock-Chervil, Scabby Head, Rough- 

 Cicely. July-Sept. 



3. ANGELICA L. Sp. PI. 250. 1753. 



[ARCHANGELICA Hoffm. Gen. Umb. 166. 1814.] 



Tall erect perennial branching herbs, with compound leaves and large umbels of white 

 flowers (in our species). Involucre none, or of a few small bracts. Involucels of several 

 small bracts, or sometimes wanting. Calyx-teeth obsolete or small. Petals with an in- 

 flexed tip. Stylopodium depressed. Fruit ovate or oval, dorsally compressed, pubescent or 

 glabrous. Dorsal and intermediate ribs prominent, approximate, the lateral ones broadly 

 winged. Oil-tubes solitary or several in the intervals, 2-10 on the commissural side. Seed- 

 face flat or somewhat concave. [Named for its supposed healing virtues.] 



About 30 species, natives of the northern hemisphere and New Zealand. Besides the follow- 

 ing, some 13 others occur in the southern and western parts of North America. 



Umbels glabrous, or nearly so; leaf-segments acute or acutish. 



Oil-tubes i (rarely 2-3) in the intervals; wings broader than the carpels, i. A. Curtisii. 



' Oil-tubes numerous and contiguous; wings narrower than the carpels. 2. A. atropurpurea. 



Umbels densely tomentose ; leaf -segments obtuse. 3. A . villosa. 



i. Angelica Curtisii Buckl. Curtis' 

 Angelica. (Fig. 2635.) 



Angelica Curtisii Buckl. Am. Journ. Sci. 45: 

 173. 1843. 



Glabrous, or the umbels and upper part of 

 the stem slightly pubescent, 2-3 / ^ high. 

 Leaves biternate, the divisions pinnate, 

 the lower long-stalked, the upper mostly re- 

 duced to inflated petioles; segments rather 

 thin, sometimes slightly pubescent on the 

 veins beneath, ovate, acute or acuminate, 

 sharply and irregularly dentate or incised, 

 2 / -4 / long; umbels 3 / -6 / broad, 9-25-rayed; 

 rays rather stout, i>'-3' long; pedicels 

 slender, 4 // -6 // long; fruit oval, glabrous, 

 2 // -3 // long, emarginate at the base, the lat- 

 eral wings broader than the carpel; oil- tubes 

 commonly solitary in the intervals. 



In woods, central Pennsylvania, south along 

 the Alleghanies to North Carolina, where it as- 

 cends to 6400 ft. Aug.-Sept. 



