S84 Order 63.— UMBELLIFEEyE. 



hairy, and with more deeply cleft divisions in the leaves. Invol. deciduous. 

 Umbels with long, diverging rays, of which but few prove fertile. Fr. crowned 

 with short, convergent (not spreading) styles. May, Jn. 



19. CHj5:R0PHYL'LUM, L. Calyx limb obsolete; petals obovat«, 

 eraarginate, point inflexed ; fruit laterally compressed, contracted above 

 but scarcely beaked ; carpels with 5 obtuse, equal ribs ; intervals with 

 •2 vittse, commissure deeply suloate. — Lvs. 2 to S-pinnately divided, 

 sogm. incisely cleft or toothed. Invol. 0, or few-leaved ; involucal 

 many-leaved. Fls. mostly white. 



1 C. procumbens Lam. Decumbent or assurgent, nearly glabrous; segm. of 

 the lvs. pinnatiUd, with oblong, oUuse lobes; umbels diffuse, few-flowered, oflen 

 simple, sessile or pedunculate ; invol. ; involucels of 3 or 4 very small oval Ifta ; 

 fr. linear-oblong, acute ; ribs narrower than the intervals. — (I) or @ Moist woods, 

 Ohio, (Clark) Ky. (Short) to S. Ca. Sts. 1 to 2f long, pubescent when young, dif- 

 fuse, slender. Segm. of the lvs. rather open, about 4" by 1". Bays 1 to 4, 1 to 

 4-flowered, about 2' long. Apr. May. (Soandix procumbens L.) 



2 C. Tainturieri Hook and Am. Decumbent or erect; lvs. tripinnate, segm. 

 crowded, again pinnatifld or bipinnatifld, ultimate segm. very small, oblong, acute ; 

 fr. attenuated to a short beak ; ribs terete, much broader than the intervals. — E. 

 Ga. (Feay, Pond) to Ala. and La. (Hale). Plant 10 to 20' high, smooth when 

 old. Lvs. very finely dissected, ultimate segm. only 1" long. Fr. nearly 4" 

 long, brown and smooth when ripe. 



20. CONIOSELFNUM, Fisch. (Name compounded of Conium and 

 Selinum.) Calyx teeth obsolete ; petals obovate, with an inflected 

 point ; fruit compressed on the back ; carpels with 5-winged libs, lateral 

 ones marginal and much the broadest ; intervals with 1 to 3 \'itta}, 

 commissure with 4 to 8. — ® Smooth. St. hollow. Lvs. on very large, 

 inflated petioles. Invol. various ; involucels 5 to 7-leaved. 



C. Canadense Torr. and Gr. Lvs. temately divided, divisions bipinnate, with 

 oblong-linear lobes; invol. 0, or 2 to 3-leaved; fr. oblong-oval; vittaj solitary in 

 the dorsal intervals, 2 to 3 in the lateral. — In wet woods, Me. to Wis., but not 

 common. St. 3 to 5f high. Lvs. much compounded, the ultimate segments pin- 

 natifld with linear-oblong lobes. Umbels compound. Pet. white, spreading. 

 Sty. slender, diverging. Fr. about 2" long. Aug. Sept. 



21. LIGUS'TICUM, L. Lovage. (One species was said to be native 

 of Ligiiria) Calyx teeth minute or obsolete ; petals obovate, emargin- 

 ate, with an inflexed point ; fruit nearly terete, or slightly compressed 

 laterally; carpels sharply 5-ribbed, with numerous vittse. — 71 Lvs. tor- 

 nately divided. Invol. many-leaved. Fls. white. 



1 Ii. Sootioum L. Sea Lovaoe. Glabrous; st. lvs. biternate, the upper ones 

 ternate ; lateral Iftg. oblique, cut-dentate, the terminal one rhomboid ; bracts of 

 the invol. numerous, linear. — Fr. narrowly oblong. — Sea coast Rt. thick, tapering. 

 St. afoot high, nearly simple, striate, smooth. Lvs. petiolate. Lfts. 1 to 2^' long, 

 dark green, smooth and shining, entire at base, serrate above. Fr. 4 to 5" long. 

 JJ. § Eur. 



2 Ii. actcefdlium Mx. Anoelico. Glabrous; lvs. iriiernale, with ovate, dent- 

 serrate lfts. ; umbels numerous, forming a whorled panicle or a triply compound 

 umbel ; invol. and involucels of about 3 shart, ovate-subulate lvs. — Topsfield and 

 Soituate, Mass. (Oakes Russel), on Lookout Mt, Chattanoogii, Teun. Plant 3 to 

 6f high. Lfts. 2 to 3' long, distinct, abrupt at base, rounded or acute at apex, 

 veiny. Umbels on long, verticillate peds., terminal one abortive. Fr. short, with 

 the ribs distinctly winged. May — Jl. 



22. ERIGENrA, Nutt. ^epper-and salt. — (Gr. ripiyiveia, daughter 

 of the early spring ; for its early flowering.) Calyx limb obsolete ; 

 petals flat, entire; fruit contracted at the commissure; carpels 3-ribbed, 



