884 Obdee 63.— UMBELLIFBB^. 



hairy, and with more deeply oleft divisions in the leaves. Invol. deciduona 

 TTmbela with long, diverging rays, of which but few proye fertile. Fr. crowned 

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



19. CHiEROPHYL'LUM, L. Calyx limb obsolete; petals obovate, 

 emarginate, point inflexed ; fruit laterally compressed, contracted above 

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

 2 vittee, commissure deeply sulcate. — Lvs. 2 to 3-pinnately divided, 

 segm. incisely cloft or toothed. Invol. 0, or few-leaved ; involucel 

 many-leaved. Fls. mostly white. 



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

 the lvs. pinnatifld, with oblong, oUuse lobes; umbels diffuse, few-flowered, often 

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

 fr. linear-oblong, acute ; ribs narrower than the intervals. — CD 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 i" by 1". Eays 1 to 4, 1 to 

 4-flowered, about 2' long. Apr. May. (Scandix 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. 

 Gta. (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. CONIOSELrUUffl, 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 ribs, Iktexal 

 ones marginal and much the broadest; intervals with 1 to 3 vittse, 

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

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



C. Canad^nse Torr. and Gr. Lvs. ternately divided, divisions bipinnate, with 

 oblong-hnear lobes ; invol. 0, or 2 to 3-leaved ; fr. oblong-oval ; vittae solitaly in 

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

 common. St. 3 to 5 f 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. Lovagb. (One species was said to be native 

 of Liguria.) 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 vitto. — 21 Lvs. ter- 

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



1 L. Sootioum L. Sea LovAaE. Glabrous; si. lvs. biternate, the upper ones 

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

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

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

 dark green, smooth and shining, entire at base, serrate above. Fr. 4 to 6" long. 

 Jl. § Eur. 



2 L. aotcBfdlium Mx. Angelico. Glabrous; lvs. triternale, with ovate, dent- 

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

 umbel; invol. and involucels of about 3 short, ovate-skbulaie lvs. — Topsfield and 

 Soituate, Mass. (Oakes Russel), on Lookout Mt, Chattanooga, Tenn. 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. ERIGEWrA, Nutt. Pepper-andbalt. — (Gr. ijpiyeveia, daughter 

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

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



