140 ORDER 68. UMBELLIFERJ5. 



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

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

 conspicuous. Wet woods, Me. to Va. andWis., rare. 3-5f. Aug., Sept. (Conioselintitn.l 



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

 Selinum, except that the intervals are filled with numerous vittae. U Gla- 

 brous. Lvs. ternately divided. Involucra few- oo-bracted. Fls. white. 



1 li. Scotlcum L. Sea L, Lvs. 2-1-ternate ; Ifts. rhombic-ovate, cut-dentate, some 



oblique ; invol. bracts QO-linear ; fr. oblong. Sea-coast, northward. 2f. Fruit 5". July. 



2 L. actaefollnm Ms. 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. (D Poisonous herbs. Leaves ternately or pinnately decompound. 

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



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

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



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

 Pet. not indexed, entire. Fr. contracted at the commissure. Carpels 3- 

 ribbed, ovate-reniform. y Rt. tuberous. Radical leaf triteraately decom- 

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

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



E. bulbosa Nntt. A small, early-flowering herb. 46'. Shady banks, Penn.,W. N.Y. 

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

 called Pepper-and-SaU). March. April. 



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

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

 pels o-angled, ribs equal, obtuse. Vittse single in each interval. Carpophore 

 undivided. Seed terete. @ y Smooth. Leaves pinnately decompound. 

 Involucra various. (Flowers white.) 



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

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



1 A. lineare. Stem angular, tall ; Ifts. 911 (3 above), linear-oblong or linear, taper- 



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

 with very prominent ribs. 11 Wet. 2 4f. July. Aug. 'Sium, C-B.) 



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



fr. broadly ovate, the ribs filiform, with broad intervals. Wet. Coua. to Pena. Ju., Jl 



3 ^. nodiflorum. Stems procumbent ; Ivs. pinnate; Ifts. lance-oblong, equally eel 



rate; umb. opposite the Ivs., subsessile; invol. 0-2-lvd. (I) Wet. S. Car. 1 2f. Apr. 8 

 I A. leptopliyllum. Erect or diffuse: If. segm. linear to filiform ; umb. opp. the 



Ivs., sessile; fr. very small (!"), globular, with thick ribs. @ Ga. to La. Jn. (Hclosc.) 

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



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



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

 A. OKAVEOLENS. Celery. Lvs. on long petioles, segm. broad-cuneate, incised, uppei 



Ivs. 3-oarted and cnt-lobed : invol. : fr. roundish. @ Enr. Well known as a solad. 



