12U 



\o\\<^^ with \cn- pioiniiiL'Ut st\ loixxliiini, and stvk-s ahoiit the same 

 length: seed sulcate beneath the large oil-tubes. 



Central Califoi'iia, near tlio coast i/f/f «•<•/•, linhnuhr, h'riinu;/. I'nhiiir 

 l.">(l aiul distributod as C. O'ainhii ri, etc.) 



Tilt' Fremont specimen refeiT«<l to by Dr. (jruy in tlio <ti i^cinal dc- 

 siription of this species is Kul(>i>lniK I'rhujlei, and tliis specimen some- 

 wliiit affects tlie whole description. This species is veiy scarce in herbaria. 



4. C. Howellii. Stem 8 to :J«/2 f«^^'t li'S'i, f'<>i" a fascicle 

 of thickened fibres: leaves few, ternate, then once or twice pin- 

 nate; leaflets lanceolate to ovate, strongly toothed or lobed: umbels 

 many-rayed (about 25), with involucre of long narrowly oblancco- 

 late bracts (becoming reflexed), nnd involucels of prominent 

 lanceolate scarious-margined bractlets; ra\s about 1 j/2 inches long; 

 pedicels 8 lines long: fruit (immature) with ver\ prominent stylo- 

 podium longer than the styles: oil-tubes very large. 



Giant's Pass, Oregon, July i:5, 18S7 {Howell 710, distributed as C. 

 Kvlloygii Vi. 



C. C.vuii L,, tlie common garden caraway from Europe, 

 has become naturalized in many places, especially in the north ami 

 northwest. It may be recognized b\- its pinnately compound 

 leaves with Hliform di\isions. 



51. CICUTA Linn. (icn. n. 85-1. — Smooth poisonous marsh 

 perennials, with pinnately compound leaves and serrate leaHets, 

 involucre of few bracts or none, involucels of several slender biact- 

 lets, and white Howers. 



1. C. virosa L. Spec. 255. Stout, 2 to (S feet high: leaves 

 twice or thrice pinnate, the lower on long petioles; leaflets nar- 

 rowly lanceolate, 1 to 2 inches long, acuminate, coarselv serrate, 

 with the veinlets conimonl}- running to tlie sinuses: umbel many- 

 rayed, with involucre mostly wanting, and involucels of few nar- 

 row lanceolate bractlets; rays 1 to 8 inches long; pedicels 2 to 4 

 lines long: fruit broadly ovate to ()\al, ] to 1 14 lines long, with 

 lateral ribs much larger than the others: oil-tubes broad and con- 

 spicuous, the commissural pair contiguous: seed neailv terete. 

 (Fig. 152.) 



Quite common in marshes from the Saskatchewan region and Hudson 

 Bay (»/</•/•■<!), to the western coast, and northward [Jji/aH, bourgeon, 

 .\fiicoiin). T\. Hunnner. 



