COI'I/IKU AND KdSK — Noli'l'II AM KllKAN T M MKLLIKKRA K. 103 



Kic;. 'JT.— (^iirinii orcffiiiiuin: 

 ((, :• H; ((, ■ 10. 



28. CARUM L. Sp. IM. 1: 2iu\. IT:.:!. 



Ciilvx ttM'tli proiniiiciil loi- the sizt- of the. fruit. Fruit flattened 

 liiteiiiih. orhic'iiliir to ohioiiu-. ylalu-ous. ('!ii-])el with tiliforni or 

 inconspicuous I'ilts. witli or without 

 -iicriii'lhciiiiiy cells. St y io pod i u ni 

 . Miiiciil. ( )il tuheslurjfe and solitary in 

 I he intervals. 2 toti on the coiumissural 

 -i(|e. S(>ed doi-sally llattened. more or 

 less sulcate Ix'ueatli the oil tul>es: the 

 t:ire plane or slight ly concave. 



Smooth erect slender herbs, with 

 tiiliei'ous or fusiform fascicled roots. 

 pinnat<' leaves with few linear leaf- 

 |(t> (in oui' nativ(> species), involu- 

 crls of few to many hi'acts. and. white 

 llowers. 



Type species, ('dniin airul L. 



A t^cnus of 22 species, helouj^in^ 

 lo the noi'thern heiuisphere. 4 species 

 lieiny found in western N'oi'th Amei'ica. 



St\ l(i|in(liiiiii very larp-, witli slmrt stout i^tylcs 1. C l.rlli);/<fii. 



M\ lii|H>iliiiiii litw, witli Idii;; slcinlcr . •styles. 



I'niit oi'hiculiir ami small {- mm. ) -'. <'. i/dir'tmri. 



l'"riiit ohloiifr and larjrer (.'{ to 4 mm.). 



I'niit nmiidcd at hotli ciuls, with iiic()n.«i>icni)iis ribs '■'>. C. omimnnn. 



I'"riiit iiarmwi'il at hotli ends, with ('(HisiiiciKtus rilis -1. ' '. It'iiiitunil. 



1. Carum kelloggii (Jray. I*roc. Am. Acad. 7: ;>44. istiT. 



Alih iiiii I.I lliii/i/ii (tr^-i-nv, I'ittoiiia 1: 1.'74. 18H5). 



Kesemhlin^ ('. (jdinliK ri^ hut somewhat stout, from a fascich^ of 

 tliickened fibers, with lower leaves terriiite or biteniiite with pinnate 

 divisions and linear seonuMits: involuci'c and involucels moi'e promi- 

 iirnt and liither scarious: fruit larecr, oblono-, Ji to T) mm. lone-, with 

 small oviite ciily.x t(>eth. very pronunent stylopodium. stout styles 

 alioiit the same l(>n<>th. and inconspicuous ril)s; seed sulcat(> l»en(^ath 

 the larji'c oil tubes. 



Type locidity. "San dose," ('id.: collected by Ih'<'ir, r. no. s;{2; type 

 ill Ileih. (Jray. This is the first specinuMi cited, and as.soi-iuted with 

 ii lire "Oakland." li<)ln)uh,\ and " Holinas." KiUoiiij. 



Central Californiii. 



Sl„riii,,'iiH iWldllillCfl: 



Cai.iriuni.v: Near San I'^raiicisco, WllliCx E.rpcil. 141ti; San Antonio Creek, AV//o.7(7 

 A- Havfanl 'M)H, AuKust 14, 18(18; Hamilton Station, Tuolumne County, 

 Li'iinnmi 72, Aujrust 11, 1889; Oakland Mills, Leniuion 7^, August, 1889; 

 Ocean View, San Francisco, Alice EaMinxxl, September 2, 1894; Amador 

 County, altitude AhO meters, lldiixfn 72, August 10, 18%. 



