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fONTUim'TKlNS I-UOM TlIK NA'I'loNAI. 11 KUIJAUII'M. 



IIKM'P (»)• h'ss iliibrddrd ill tin* seed luid adlit'lMii;;' to it. *J nil llir coin 

 lliissiind side. Seed Uu-r pliiiif (tr soinrw liiil ((Ukjivc. 



( ilidit'oiis itiiMiiiils. willi tliiii ]iiiiiiiitcly d*M'()iii|>oiiiid Inixcs iiiid liiiciir 

 sryiiiciits. hitcnil I'cw rayed iiiiil»fls oppnsilc (lie Icincs, iii\t»liirrt' aiui 

 liiNoliiccIs of few liiu'iif ciilirr or divided liniets. and white llosvers. 



A iiionol\|)i(' u'enns lielony'lim" to the southern i)riurie re<;ion of the 

 I'nited States. 



I. Trepocarpus aethusae Nntt. in \H\ Coll. Mem. 6; r»»>. ol. ||. |s-j!t. 



Vu.. IS. 



From I to U dm. hieli; iiml>eis •_' to ri-raye(i; nmlxdiets few-Mowered. 

 with veiT short pedietds; fruit s to |(> mm. loiii:'. 



Type loeaiily. " territoire d'.VrUansa"": eolleeted t»y .\iilhill; type 

 in lierh. DC. (Iiipiicate in II. "rl.. I'hila.l. Acad. 



Praii'ies cd' .VrUansas and Indian Tei'i'itory to .Vialiama and Texas. 



Sfii film IIS 1 .1(1 iiinii il: 



AltKANSAs: |i'nrt Siiiitli, Hii/iliiir, ill I S.");!-.')! ; iicjir l.itllc liiick, Cnrilli 'J't. .Inly S, 



1SS7; saiiu' statidii, Mrs. Tufl, in ISSS. 

 Imh.w Ticmiiiouv: Suiih Iloin MoiiiitaiiiH, shihlun KM, .Inly <i, isui. 

 ;\i,aii\ma: Near Mdliiic, Mulir. 

 Mi.ssissii'i'i; Stark villc, I'lians, May. iSSM. 

 Tkxas: llciiiiistciKl, ll't/l SiS, .luiie It), IS7L'; near i>all;u'^, liinn-hiiii, .liiiie, iMTil, 



l,SWt, anil ISSl; Tlmruir, in l.SW>. 



20. APIUM L. Sp. IM. 1; -HW. U'u). 



Calyx t«'elh obsolete. Fruit llall.'iiecl laterally, ovate or hroader 

 than loiiy'. j^lahrous. Carpel with prominent obtuse nearly equal 



corky rilts and no strenotheiiiiin' cells. 

 Slylopodium wantinj;' or depressed. Oil 

 lubes solitary in the intervals, '1 on the 

 commissural side. Seed section round. 



Krect ()!• ))r<)strate ylabrous herbs witii 



pinnately or ternately (li\ ich'd leaves and 



umlxds of wliite lh)wei's opposite the leaves. 



VwA species cited is .1. jHfrosilhtiiiu L.. 



which is a l'< ti'ns, Umim ; the second species citetl is J. </r<ir,i)l,ns L. 



,\ oroup of alK)Ut :i<> species chielly dispersed throuj^'h the Kastein 



Hemisphere and i'e))resent<'d in our native Uoni by a sinyle widely 



distributed species. 



1. Apium ammi (L.) Urban. Fl. F.ras. 11': ?A\. ])1. !•!. I.s7l>. 



Fi<;. !!•. 

 Sixiiiiiiiiiiiii L. Sp. I'i. 1: 1'.")!'. 17."):!; Jac<|. Ilort. Vinddh. 2: il.'). |,!. L'dO. 177:'. 

 A.1<iit<i/ihiillinii K. Mnt'ii. in r>cntli. Kl. Anstral. 3: :!7'_'. istiii. 



From 1 to tl dm. luL'-h; leaves ternat(dv divided into liliform sei;- 

 ments; umlnds sessile or sliort peduneuhite; fruit 2 mm. \()n^. 



Type h)eality, "in Apulia. ^lOe-ypto." 



Jn wet eround from North Carolina to Florida, westward to Texas 

 and California; also ext<'ndini>- into Mexico and South America. 



Kit;. I'.i.— Apimii iiiniiii: 

 II. Ill: h. I-J. 



