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Ilrilhni il' 



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lloilMic III 



(1('\ lit"). 

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ribs. 



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 in ['. S. 



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\ or loss 

 1- bristly 



on tilt' ribs. Ciirpt'l slio-htly IliitttMicd (lorsally or not at nil, often 

 tapt-riiiii' into a lon<:' » audatr attenuation at base, nearly {HMitayonal in 

 M'clion. with equal ril»s. tliin pericarp, and a well-delined jii'oup (d" 

 slren^llienine' cells beneath each rib. Sly lopodiuni i'onical. sometimes 

 depl'essed; styles mostly shoi't. ( )il lultesobsolete in mature fruit (often 

 numerous in youn^- fruit). Seed face 

 fi'omsliiihtly conca\ c todeeply sulfate. 



( ilal»i'ous to hirsute perennials, from 

 ihick aromatic i-oots. :; to 1> dm. hieh. 

 with ternateiy decompound leaves, 

 Itroad ovale to lanceolate variously 

 lootlied leaflets, involucre and involu- 

 cels few lea\ ed or wantinj^". and white 

 or pur|)Ie (lowers in few-raye<l and few- 

 fi'uited mubels. 



Tyjie species. .)////'/'// /v cliii/fiin! 

 Miciix. Fl. 1: 17(1. ls(i;5. 



A u'l'oiip of ahoul 1») sjiecies, chietly 

 Inimd in the I'nited States and C'ana(hi, 

 only 4 sp(>cies occurrinii' beyond our 

 lioundai'ies in Mexico. South America. 

 and eastern Asia. 



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Fl(i. 7.— Wnsliiiij,'iiiiiiii linicliyiMxIii: 

 (I, X A: h. ■ ,s. 



The |ii'iiii'ity <il' lilt' iiiiiiic Wiinliiiii/tdiiid rost.s 

 u|iiiii llic t'iicl that il is iiu'iitiniid ht'fore 

 (i--<iii'ir}ii:it ill a list of tln-ec possilylc iiaiues 

 siimrcstcil liy Ka(iiU'H(|ite for tiie new fj;eniis. 

 Ill till' same sentence lie expresses a prefereiiee 

 I'lir 'hiiiiirlii:ii, and later formally estahlislies 

 till' i:eiins under that name, liy which it has 

 lifcii knnwn ever since. Il is under protest 

 that we displace a name ol' such lon^' use for what seems to he so trivial a reason, 

 hill the name ]\'<it<liiiitil<iiiiii will eoiitinue to he jiut forward in accordance with a 

 technieal inteipretatioii of the law of jiriority. 



In reexamining,' the claims of d'/i/rnsiiKi Null, to treneric rank we linil no oecaHion 

 111 ehantre the decision reaclie(l in our former Ixevision, to which (p. 117) we would 

 refer for a full statement of the case. In his revision of the rmhelliferie for lui^ler 

 ami I'lantTs Xtil. I'JIiiiKi'iiftiiiiilioi. Dr. Drndi' has reuclu'd the same conclusion. 



Os.MoiMiiZA. — Fruit with bristly rit)s; carped with lone- caudate 

 attenuation (except IF. lirac/ii/jKHld). 



Involiieels of sevi-ral hi'aetlels. 

 Carpel with lonji; attenuation; eastern species. 



Style very short (lessthan I nun.) I. W. flai/tnni. 



Styk? lonircr ( L' mm. or nioi'e) 2. II'. lougixli/llx. 



Carpel short attenuate at ha.^e; Californiaii species ."J. 11'. hracliijpoda. 



Involueels none. 

 Flowers white. 

 Fruit ohtuse at apex. 



Folia^re stri^'ose-puhest'cnt; lealk-ts obtuse or acntisli... 4. IF. widn. 



Foliage ahiiost glabrous; leatiuts acute or acuniinate 5. IF. obtusa. 



