Muibt piairie litiid ami aloiij^ iiuiigiubuf Uiickels. Wewtoiii Texas [Ijiml- 

 hfimtr, Wn'(fhl, Thitrhrr. Hi{itl(>u\ Pulinfi). FI. July to Soptftmber. 

 Tho wliolo i)Ianl is said to exliah^ a strong odor of rarrot. 



,")-"•. jn-:RlLA Koch, Dcutsch. 1"1. ii. 4r>r).-- Smooth :icjii;itic 

 perennial, with simply pinnate leaves and \ariously cut leaflets, 

 usnallv conspicuous involucre and involucels of narrow bracts, and 

 wliite flowers. 



IJentham .t Hooker n>ier tliis gtMius to Sinm. but it \>i very properly 

 restored in Bot. Calif, i. 2(;o. 



1. B. angustifolia Koch, 1. c. l'2rect, 14 to 8 feet high or 

 even smaller: leaflets o to y paiis, linear to oblong or ovate, serrate 

 to cut-toothed, often laciniately lobed, sometimes creuate, J^ to 8 

 inches long: umbel many-rayed; rays *i inches long or less; pedi- 

 cels 2 to 8 lines long: fruit scarcely a line long. (Fig. 158.) — 

 S/'/nn aitgnstij'olintn L. 



Throughout the Ignited States and Mexico, but not abundant: eoninion 

 in Euiope. Fl. July and August. 



The size and foliage of this species aie excessively varialde. 



ut>. . EGOPODIUM Linn, (ien. n. H<)8.- A coarse glabrous 

 percjinial, with creeping rootstock, liitcrnate leaves, sharply 

 toothed ovate leaflets, and rather large naked umbels of white 

 flowers. 



iE. PoDACiKAKiA L., a common and troublesome weed in 

 Europe and Russian Asia, is sparingly introduced into this coun- 

 try, having been reported by Darlington in his Flora Ccstruo; 

 by Addison Brown (August, 1877) and others as occurring along 

 roadsides at Woodside, Long Island; by A. Commons from New- 

 ark, Delaware; by W. W. I^ailey, near Providence, R. L; and bv 

 se\eral collectors in the vicinity of X. ^'. Cit\-. (Fig. 159.) 



ol. BOWLESIA Kuiz .V Pav. Prod. !• 1. Pcruv. 44. t. 84. 

 - Slender branchmg annuals, with stellate pul)escence, opposite 

 simple (lobed) leaves, scarious lacerate stipules, and simple few- 

 flowered umbels of white flowers on axillary peduncles. 



Our generic characters are drawn chielly from our own species, and do 

 not entirely apply to all the South American foims. 



I. B. lobata Rui/ iK: Pavon, Fl. Peruv. iii. 'i8. Weak, "J 

 inches to a foot or two h^ng, dichotomously branching: leaves 



