COILTKR AND ROSE — NOKTH AMERICAN UMHELLIFEKAK. 



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Ilia unci 



;/(, JniH-, 



litfi; lu'iir 



(i; ("nmk 

 irk, lliii- 

 ^■(inl Val- 



(1 fiCilx I II 



)mowli!it 



to, mom 

 )th(Ml or 

 ic\ fruit 



loctcdliv 



hvatcrs df 



llntlDI 111'. 



in Jaciiilti 



H, but "iir 

 (no. :!M'K 



Itt'l'S 111 \ 



I, OctotuT, 

 rly HiTiali' 



I'oliiip' "f 

 in vouiif.' 



hv. CniiL'- 



Itwlu'i'i'i'' 

 roniisfii us 

 iKmii-li'i't' 

 In. 



to ti :.■(•! 



Ite in I'lit- 

 je, HcriMiej 



L 



iisiKillv iUMnninafc, i to L' feet loiiv'. Fruit iunl inflorescence about tlie name an in S. 

 ,,tnii,ll(iliiiii licntli. i*c Hook. 



■ riir |>re.'^ent .siiecies, >'. cii/illr/luhiiii, and >'. rriinffiifolluin (Greene, are threeclosely 

 Klin! anil iieriiajis coiillueiit forms. Tlieir inflorescence and fruit are almost iden- 

 iL.tl. Iiut they iliffer i.'reatly in foliage and in ^'eneral appearance. X rajnlclldtiiiii is 

 n;iin nearly or quite ;,'laiirous, with rather slender few-U-aved stems und loiiK pe- 

 (liMirlccl umbels; the leaves ion^'-iK'tioU'd, pinnatoly or bi|)innately divide<l; the ulti- 

 iiLitr leaflets narrow ly oldontr fo lanceolate. It is in our reyiion mostly confined tothe 

 c;i~l side of the main Sierra. -S'. iriiiii/iifiiliiini has a moi'e condensed j;ro\\th, with 

 li .iiy stems and shorter pechuicled lieads; the leaves l)ipinnately di.s.sected into olilonj; 

 III lanceolate very acute or mucronate ultimate segments only one-fourth to one-half 

 iinli loiiLT. It arrows for the most part in the hij;h mountain.s at S,()(M) to 1 1, ()()() feet. 

 .s /.//(■(//(/(( differs in the particulars named above, and belonjis to tlHMVe.«torn slop(^ 

 111 ihc iiiouutains, di'sceudiuLr with the streams to the foothills. It is particularly 

 al'iiiidaiit near Wawona." 



42. LIGUSTICUM L. S]). PI. 1 : 250. 1758. 



("iilyx t(M'tli siiiiill Of obsolete. Fruit (>l)lon<:" or oviite. iltittonod liit- 

 eially it' iit iill. oliibrous. Ciirpel with till the ribs prouiiiUMit iiiul 

 (■(|ii!il (iiitci'Viils broiul). ticutf or 

 soiiietiiucsslio-htly wiiio-cd. ii o-roup 

 of >tfeno-ih(Miiiio- cells beneath etu'h 

 lib. Stylopodium coniciil. Oil 

 tiilies '2 to (i (mostly '■'> to 5) in the 

 iiilerviils. t) to ID on the eoiumis- 

 >iiial side. S(>e(l with round or 

 aiiL^ied biiek; face from pliine to 

 (lee|»ly concave, with or witiiout ii 

 ciiitral lono-itiidiiiid rido-e. 



Smooth perennials from laro'c 

 aioinutic roots, with usuidly liiro-e 

 ti 1 nately or terniite-))iimiitely com- 

 piiiind leaves (simply pimi!it»> in 

 two s|)ecies\ mostly no involucre, usually involucels of luirrow braet- 

 let>. and whit(> or piidvisli fiow(>rs in larec miiny-rayed umbels. 



I'irst species cited is Ll(/uKf!riiin l< rtKflcuiii L.. which is the type of 

 tl'.e u'eiuis Li I'lxttcuiii. Tho seooiid species cited is Lh/ustHuini scofh- 

 iriiin. the only Linna'tm species i-emainin<»- in th(^ ^"enus. 



A o'emis of al)out 50 s])ecies, widely distributed throuohout the 

 Northern Hemisphere, but tdso in Chile iind Xew Zc^tdiind; 21 species 

 arc (lescribed iis belontjine- to the United Stiitos tind Cantida, but tliis 

 iiiiniber will probably Ix^ increased. 



Leaves with at least the primary divisions ternate. 

 1.1 aves ternately decompound, with broad leaflets simjily toothed or serrate; ea.st- 

 ern species (or hijrh northern). 



Stem branched above; K'aves lar<:e, ;! to 4-ternate 1. A. caiindem^e. 



Stem simple; leaves biternate 2. L. urolhirioii. 



l.i'U\cs ternate-jiinnateiy com]>ound; wi'stern specii's. 

 Leaflets large and broad, serrate or tootlied .'5. /-. rniii-illntinii. 



Klii. in.— Litrnslicuiii (•iiiiiiiloiisi': d, h, > S. 



