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UMBELLIFERAE QPARSLEY FAMILY^ 



Perennials of dry ground, nearly or quite acaulescent. Petals yellow or white. 

 (Name from X(S^a, a border, referring to the winged fruit.) Peucedanum of 

 Am. auth., but scarcely of L. 



1. L. orientale Coult. & Kose. Pubescent, 1-2 dm. high ; leaves bipinnate ; 

 petals white or pinkish ; fruit nearly round ; dorsal ribs indistinct. {Peuced- 

 anum nudicaule Nutt., in part.)— Gravelly soil, Minn, to la., Kan., and westw. 



2. L. daucifblium (Nutt.) Coult. & Rose. Leaves finely dissected; petals 

 yellow; fruit oval; dorsal ribs prominent. (Peucedanum villosum Nutt., in 

 part.) — Barrens, w. Mo. to Neb. and Tex. 



35. PSEUDOTAENIDIA Mackenzie. 



Calyx-teeth short, thickish. Petals inferentially yellow. Pruit thickish, 

 strongly compressed dorsally, oblong-lanceolate ; carpels obcompressed, with 

 slender dorsal ribs and broad somewhat corky lateral wings. Oil-tubes mostly 

 solitary in the intervals. — Glabrous erect perennial, with 2-3-ternate leaves, 

 entire leaflets and exinvolucrate compound umbels. (Name from ^eOSos, false, 

 and Taenidia, to which this recently discovered genus possesses a marked habital 

 resemblance. ) 



1. P. montana Mackenzie. Slender, erect, 5-8 dm. high; root slightly 



thickened ; petioles broad and clasping ; leaflets elliptical to lance-ovate or 



>oblong, entire, thin ; umbels 6-12-rayed ; involucels none or inconspicuous ; 



fruit 6 mm. long. — Clayey and rocky mountain slopes, Kate's 



Mt., W. Va. {Mackenzie) and Luray Cavern, Va. {Steele). 



36. POLYTAENIA DC. 



Calyx-teeth conspicuous. Fruit obovate to oval, much flat- 

 tened dorsally ; dorsal ribs small or obscure in the depressed back, 

 the lateral with broad thick corky closely contiguous wings form- 

 ing the margin of the fruit ; oil-tubes 12-18 about the seed and 

 many scattered through the thick corky pericarp. — A perennial 

 mostly glabrous herb, with 2-pinnate leaves (upper opposite and 

 3-cleft), the segments cuneate and incised, no involucre, narrow 

 involucels, and bright yellow flowers in May. (Named from 

 TToXu-, many, and Tatvia, a fillet, alluding to the 

 numerous oil-tubes.) 



1. P. Nuttallii DC. Plant 5-10 dm. high ; 



pedicels and involucels pubescent. — Barrens, .Mich, to n. Ala., 



Tex., Okla., la., and Wise. Fig. 837. 



37. PASTINACA L. Parsnip 



Calyx-teeth obsolete. Fruit oval, very much flattened dor- 

 sally ; 'dorsal ribs filiform, the lateral extended into broad wings, 

 which are strongly nerved toward the outer margin ; oil-tubes 

 small, solitary in the intervals, 2-4 on the commissure ; stylo- 

 podium depressed. — Tall stout glabrous biennial, with pinnately 

 compound leaves, mostly no involucre or involucels, and yellow 

 flowers. (The Latin name, from pastus, food.) 



1. P. SATivA L. Stem grooved ; leaflets ovate to oblong, 

 cut-toothed. — Waste places, open rich soil, etc. (Nat. from 

 Eu.) Fig. 838. 



38. LEVfSTICUM [Rivinius] Hill. Lovage 



Calyx-teeth obscure. Petals greenish -yellow. Fruit oblong, rounded at each 

 end, strongly ribbed, the lateral ribs moderately winged ; oil-tubes solitary in 

 the intervals, 2 on the commissure ; seed flattish an the* inner face. — Stout 



837. P. NuttaUii 

 x3. 



;. p. sativa x8. 



