Oeder 63.— TJMBBLLIFBR^. 381 



covered with vittse. — U Petioles usually large, inflated and 3-parted. 

 Umbels perfect. Involucels many-leaved. 



• Involiicela less than half the length of the pedicels No 1 



* Involucels about as long as pedicels. — Fruit broadly winged Nos. 2-^ 



— ^Fruit scarcely winged Ho. S 



1 A. atropurpilirea Hoffm. Si. dark purple, fwrowed; petioles 3-parted, the 

 divisions quiuate, Ifts. iucisely toothed, odd leaflet of the terminal divisions rhom- 

 boidal, sessile, the others deourreut; iuvoluoola of short, setaceous bracts. — Among 

 the largest of the Umbelliferse, well known for its aromatic properties, common in 

 fields and meadows, N. and W. States. St. 4 to 6f high, 1 to 2J' in thickness, 

 smooth, hollow, glaucous. Petioles large, inflated, channeled on "the upper side, 

 with inflated sheaths at base. Terminal 1ft. sometimes 3-lobed. Umbels spheri- 

 cal, 6 to 8' diam., mostly puberulent. Pr. 3'' long, winged. Jn. Fls. greenish 

 white. (Angelica, triquinata Mx.) 



2 A. hirsilta Torr. & Gr. St. striate, the swmmit with the vmlels tomentous-hir- 

 sute ; Ivs. bipinnately divided, the divisions quinate, segm. oblong, acutish, the 

 upper pair connate, but not decurrent at base. — Dry woods, N. York to Car. St. 

 simple, erect, straight, 3 to 5f high. Lvs. on petioles from 6 to 10' long; ifts. 1 

 to 2 J' long, \ as wide, mostly ovate-oblong, often tapering at base. Umbels 3 or 

 4, on long, velvety pedundes, 2 to 4' broad ; rays unequal, spreading, densely 

 tomentous. Invol. 0. Involucels of 4 to 6 bracts, about as long as the rays. 

 tJl., Aug. (Angelica Mx.) 



3 A. o£EicinS.lis Hoffm. Garden Ang-ewca. St. smooth, round, striate; 

 lvs. pinnately divided into lobate, subcordate, acutely serrate segments, the ter- 

 minal one 3-lobed ; sheaths large and saccate. — Said to be native in Labrador. 

 Cultivated in gardens occasionally for the sake of the stalks, which are to be 

 blanched and eaten as celery. \ (Angelica Linn.) 



4 A. dentata Chapman. Very slender, finely striate, with slender petioles ; lower 

 lvs. first ternate, then temate or quinate, with lance-ovate, coarsely and remotely 

 toothed, veiny segm., more or less confluent ; umbels few-rayed, with Scarcely 

 any involucre ; involucel 4 to 6-leaved, about equaling the pedicels ; fr, broad- 

 oval, broadly winged. — Bainbridge, Ga. (Misses Keen), Quinoy, Fla. (Chapman.) 

 Plant 2 to 3f high. Fr. IJ" long. JL, Aug. 



5 A. peregrina Nutt. St. striate, pubescent at summit; lvs. ternately divided, 

 the divisions quinate, segm. incisely serrate : umbel with many slender rays ; in- 

 vol. ; involucels of many Ifts., as long as the- umbeliets ; fr. with obtuse, subequal, 

 scarcely winded ribs. — Sea coast. Me. and Mass. (Pickering.) 



12. DAU^CUS, Tourn. Carrot. (AavBOf, tlie ancient Greek name 

 of the carrot.) Calyx limb 5-toothed ; petals emargioate, with an in- 

 flected point, the 2 outer often largest and deeply 2-cleft ; fruit oblong ; 

 carpels with 5 primary, bristly ribs, and 4 secondary, the latter more 

 prominent, winged, and divided each into a single row of prickles, and 

 having single vittse beneath; carpophore entire, free. — (D Invol. pin- 

 natifid. Involucels of entire or 3-cleft bracts. Central fl. abortive. 



1 D. Carota L. St. hispid; petioles veined beneath; lvs. tripinnate or tripin- 

 natifid, the segm. linear, cuspidate-pomted ; umbels dense, concave. — The word 



t t kar in Celtic signifies red, hence carrot. Naturalized in fields and by roadsides, 

 abundant in the Mid. States. Et. fusiform. St. 2 to 3f high, .branching. Lvs. 

 numerous, divided in a thrice pinnafcifid manner, pale green. Umbels large and 

 very compact, with white fls. blooming all the summer. Cultivation has pro- 

 duced several varieties. JL — Sept. § if 



2 D. pusillua Mx. St. slender, retrorsely soabrous-Jiispid ; l/ts. pubescent, bpin- 

 naMfld, divisions deeply lobed with limear-oblong, merely aeute segm. ; invol. bipin- 

 natifid; fr. murioate with barbed prickles.— Dry soils,, Savannali (Pond) to S. Oar. 

 and La. Sts. 6 to 18' high. Umbels small, an inch or two broad, enveloped in 

 the many-cleft involucre. Sds. smaller than in the Carrot. 



