ORDEB 63. UMBELLIFEROUS. 381 



covered with vittse. 2 Petioles usually large, inflated and 3-parted. 

 Umbels perfect. Involucels many-leaved. 



Involucels less than half the length of the pedicels No. 1 



* Involucels about as long as pedicels. Fruit broadly winged Nos. 24 



Fruit scarcely winged. No. 5 



1 A. atropurpftrea Hoffm. St. dark purple, furrowed; petioles 3-parted, the 

 divisions quinate, Ifts. incisely toothed, odd leaflet of the terminal divisions rhom- 

 boidaL^essile. the others decurrent ; involucels of short, setaceous bracts. Among 

 the largest of the Umbelliferas, well known for its aromatic properties, common hi 

 fields and meadows, N. and W. States. St. 4 to 6f high, 1 to 2^' in thickness, 

 smooth, hollow, glaucous. Petioles large, inflated, channeled on the upper side^ 

 with inflated sheaths at base. Terminal 1ft. sometimes 3-lobed. Umbels spheri- 

 cal, 6 to 8' diam., mostly puberulent. Fr, 3'' long, winged. Jn. Pis. greenish 

 white- (Angelica triquinata MX.) 



2 A. hirsuta Torr. & Gr. St. striate, the summit with the umbels tomentous-hir- 

 sute ; Ivs. bipinnately divided, the divisions quinate, segm. oblong, acutish, the 

 upper pair connate, but not decurrent at base. Dry woods, N. York to Car. St. 

 simple, erect, straight, 3 to 5f high. Lvs. on petioles from 6 to 10' long; Ifts. 1 

 to 2 J' long, \ as wide, mostly ovate-oblong, often tapering at base. Umbels 3 or 

 4, on long, velvety peduncles, 2 to 4' broad ; rays unequal, spreading, densely 

 tomentous. In vol. 0. Involucels of 4 to 6 bracts, about as long as the rays. 

 Jl., Aug. (Angelica MX.) 



3 A. officinalis Hoffm. GARDES ANGELICA. St. smooth, round, striate; 

 Ivs. pinnately divided into lobate, subcordate, acutely serrate segments, the ter- 

 minal one 3-lobed ; sheaths large and saccate. Said to be native in Labrador. 

 Cultivated in gardens occasionally for the sake of the stalks, which are to be 

 blanched and eaten as celery. \ (Angelica Linn.) 



4 A. dentata Chapman. Very slender, finely striate, with slender petioles ; lower 

 Ivs. first ternate, then ternate or quinate, with lance-ovate, coarsely and remotely 

 toothed, veiny segm., more or less confluent; umbels few-rayed, with scarcely 

 any involucre ; involueel 4 to 6-leaved, about equaling the pedicels ; fr. broad- 

 oval, broadly winged. Bainbridge, Ga. (Misses Keen), Quincy, Fla. (Chapman.) 

 Plant 2 to 3f high. Fr. 1" long. JL, Aug. 



5 A. peregrina Nutt. St striate, pubescent at summit; Ivs. ternately divided, 

 the divisions quinate, segm. incisely serrate; umbel with many slender rays; in- 

 voL ; involucels of many Ifts., as long as the umbellets ; Jr. with obtuse, subequal, 

 scarcely winged ribs. Sea coast, Me. and Mass. (Pickering.) 



12. DAITCUS, Tourn. CARROT. (AavKoc;, the ancient Greek name 

 of the car rot.) Calyx limb 5 -toothed ; petals emarginate, with an in- 

 flected point, the 2 outer often largest and deeply 2-cleft ; fruit oblong; 

 carpels with 5 primary, bristly ribs, and 4 secondary, the latter more 

 prominent, winged, and divided each into a single row of prickles, and 

 having single vittee beneath ; carpophore entire, free. (g) Invol. pin- 

 natifid. Involucels of entire or 3-cleft bracts. Central fl. abortive. 



1 D. Carota L. St hispid ; petioles veined beneath ; Ivs. tripinnate or tripin- 

 natifid, the segm. linear, cuspidate-pointed; umbels dense, concave. The wo$cT 

 kar in Celtic signifies red, hence carrot. Naturalized in fields and by roadsides, 

 abundant in the Mid. States. Rt. fusiform. St. 2 to 3f high, branching. Lvs. 

 numerous, divided in a thrice pinnatifid manner, pale green. Umbels large and 

 very compact, with white fls. blooming all the summer. Cultivation has pro- 

 duced several varieties. JL Sept. | 



2 D. pusillus MX. St. slender, retrorsely scabrous-hispid ; Ifts. pubescent, bipin- 

 natifid, divisions deeply lobed with linear-oblong, merely acute segm. ; in vol. bipin* 

 natifid ; fr. muricate with barbed prickles. Dry soils, Savannah (Pond) to S. Car. 

 and La. Sts. 6 to 18' high. Umbels small, an inch or two broad, enveloped in 

 the many-cleft involucre. Sds. smaller than in the Carrot 



