23 o PARSLEY ORDER 



flattened laterally, each carpel with all the ribs thin, oil-tubes 2-3 in the 

 intervals, 4 on the commissure side; flowers in terminal umbels; leaves 

 once pinnate; stemless perennial. 

 Plants 4-12 in. high ; leaflets 7-13, oval ; fruit 3 mm. 



long L. Eastwoodae 



LIGUSTICUM Linne 1753 

 (Named from the country Liguria) 

 PL 35, fig. 19. . 



Sepals 5, united and grown to the ovary, teeth tiny or none, petals 5, 

 white or pinkish, stamens 5, ovary 2-celled, stylopodium conic, fruit oblong 

 or ovate, little or not at all flattened, each carpel with prominent equal ribs, 

 oil-tubes 2-5 in the intervals, 6-10 on the commissure side; leaves ternately 

 or pinnately compound ; stemmed perennial. 



1. Stems leafy; ribs of the fruit somewhat winged 



a. Fruit 4-5 mm. long L. simulant 



b. Fruit 6-7 mm. long 



(1) Leaf segments narrowly linear L.filidnum 



(2) Leaf segments lanceolate to lance-ovate L.Porteri 



2. Stems naked or nearly so ; leaf segments linear or 



thread-like L. tenuifolium 



LOMATIUM Rafinesque 1819 WILD PARSLEY 



(Gr. lomation, little fringe, perhaps from the leaves) 



(Cogswellia Rafinesque) 



PL 35, fig. 22. 



Sepals 5, united and grown to the ovary, teeth inconspicuous, petals 5, 

 yellow, white, or purple, stamens 5, ovary 2-celled, stylopodium none, fruit 

 oblong to round, strongly flattened dorsally, each carpel with thread-like 

 dorsal and intermediate ribs, the lateral ribs winged, oil-tubes 1-several in 

 the intervals, rarely none, 2-10 on the commissure side; leaves ternate, 

 pinnate or dissected; stemmed or stemless. 

 1. Flowers yellow or purple 



a. Stems from tubers 



(1) Umbels open; fruit 6-8 mm. long on pedi- 



cels 4-8 mm. long L. ambiguum 



(2) Umbels dense; fruit 9-10 mm. long, nearly 



sessile L. leptocdrpum 



b. Stems from a thick root or rootstock 



(1) Plant smooth or nearly so; fruit smooth 



(a) Fruits 5-6 mm. long; leaves 2-pinnate L.montdnum 



