388 Obdhe 63.— UMBELLIFEI^yE. 



large, 20'to 30-rayed. Oal. segm. acute, exceeding the broad 5-lobod stylopodinm. 

 Ribs of fr not prominent. Jl., Aug. 

 2 S. lineare Mx. St. angular, suloate; Ifts. 9 to il, linear and lance-linear, 

 finely •ierrate, acute ; cal. teeth obsolete ; fr. ribs winged. — M ore common than ths 

 last, in swamps, N. J. to Ind. and Can. St. 2 to 4f high, smooth, with 7 promi- 

 nent angles. Lfts. 2 to 4' long, 2 to 4" wide, the odd and lower ones petiolulate, 

 middle pah's sessile. Umbels IJ to 2J' broad. Invol. flf 5 or 6 linear bracts, \ 

 as loDg as the 15 to 21 rays. TJmbellets wilh numerous, small, white fls. Pr. 

 roundish, crowned with the broad, yellowish stylopodium. Jl., Aug. 



33. CORIAN'DRUM, L. Coriander. (Gr. icopig, a bug ; on ac- 

 count of the smell of the leaves.) Calyx with 5 conspicuous teeth ; 

 pelals obcordate, inflexed at the point, outer ones radiate, bifid ; fruit 

 globous ; carpels cohering, with the five depressed, primary ribs, and 4 

 secondary more prominent ones, seeds concave on the face. — ® Smooth. 

 Invol. or 1-leaved. Involucels 3-leaved, unilateral. , 



C. sativum L. Lvs. bipinnate, lower ones with broad-ouneate lfts., upper 

 with linear ones ; carp, hemispherical. — Native of Eur., etc. This well-known 

 plant is cultivated chiefly for the seeds which are used as a spice, as a nucleus 

 for sugar-plums, etc. St. 2f high. Lvs. numerously divided, strong-scented. 

 Umbels with only the partial involucra. Ks. white. Jl. | 



34. PIMPINEL'LA, L. Anise. Calyx limb obsolete ; petals obcor- 

 date, a little unequal ; disk ; flowers perfect or diclinous ; styles capil- 

 lary, as long as fruit ; fruit ovate, ribbed, with convex intervals. — Euro- 

 pean herbs, mostly y, with pinnately, many-parted lvs., and white fls. 

 Umbels compound. Invol. 0. 



P. Anisum L. Radical lvs. incisely trifid; cauline ones multifid, vrith narrow. 

 Unear segments, all glabrous and shining ; umbels large, many -rayed. — Native of 

 Egypt. The aromatic and carminative properties of the fruit are well known. J 



35. .ffGOPO'DIUM, L. Godtweed. Goats-foot. (Gr. ai^ (alyog), 

 a goat ; ttoSiov, a little foot; referring to the form of the leaf.) Calyx 

 limb obsolete ; fruit compressed laterally, oblong, crowned with the 

 conical bases of the deflexed styles ; carpels with 5 filiform ridges, with- 

 out vittse. — 2C Lvs. 1 to 2-ternate. Involucra none. Fls. white. 



.S!. podagrdria L. St. deeply furrowed, glabrous ; lfts. ovate or lanceolate, 

 acuminate, unequally toothe"d, upper merely 3-cleft. — Gardens. Sts. 12 to 18' 

 high, from strong, tenacious, creeping roots hard to eradicate. Umbels many- 

 rayed, f 



36. ATIUM, L. Celery. (Celtic apon, water; the plants grow in 

 watery situations.) Calyx margin obsolete ; petals roundish, with a 

 small inflexed point; fruit laterally compressed nearly double ; carpels 

 5-ribbed, the lateral ribs marginal ; inteijvals with single vitta3. — Eur- 

 opean herbs. Umbels perfect. Invol. 0, or few-leaved. Fls. white. 



1 A. gravSolens L. Lower lvs. pinnately dissected, on very long petioles, 

 segm. broad-cuneate, incised ; upper lvs. 3-parted, segm. cuneate, lobed, and . in- 

 cisely dentate at apex ; invol ; fr. roundish.—® Gardens. St. 2 to 3f high, 

 branching, furrowed Radical petioles thick, juicy. If in length. Umbels with 

 unequal, spreading rays. — The stems when blanched by being buried, are sweet, 

 crisp, and spicy in flavor, and used as salad Jn. — Aug. J Eur. 



2 A. petroselinum Willd. Parsley. Lvs. decompound, segments of the 

 lower ones cuneate-ovate, terminal ones ' triSd, all incised, cauline segm. lance- 

 linear, subentire ; involucels of 3 to 5 subulate bracts ; fr. ovate. — (D Gardens. St 

 2 to 4f high, branched. Lvs. smooth and shining, with numerous, narrow segm. 

 Jn. — Cultivation has produced several varieties. IHsteemed as a potherb, for soup, 

 etc. (Petroselinum sativum Hoffim.) X Sardinia. Greece. 



