388 Oedbr 63.— UMBEJLLIPER^. 



large, 20 to 30-rayed. Cal. segm. acute, exceeding the broad 5-lobed stylopodtam. 

 Ribs of fr not prominent. Jl., Aug. 

 3 S. lineare Mx. St. angular, suloate; Ifts. 9 to 11, linear and lance-Mnxar, 

 finely serrate, acute; cal. teeth obsolete; fr. ribs winged. — More common than the 

 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 pairs sessile. Umbels 1 J to 2J' broad. Invol. of 5 or 6 linear bracts, \ 

 as long as the 15 to 21 rays. TJmbellets with numerous, small, white fls. Fr. 

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



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

 count of the smell of the leaves.) Chlyx 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. — (D Smooth. 

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



C. sativum L. Lvs. bipinnate, lower ones with broad-cuneate Ifls., 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 involuora. Pis. white. Jl. \ 



34. PIfflPINEL'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 if, with pinnately, many-parted lvs., and white fls. 

 Umbels compound. Invol. 0. 



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

 hnear segments, all glabrous and shining ; umbels large, many-rayed.^]Sative of 

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



35. vEGOPO'DIUffl, L." Godtwekd. Goats-foot. (Gr. al^ (a2ydf), 

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

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

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

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



.Si. podagriria L. St. deeply furrowed, glabrous; lfts. ovate or lanceolate, 



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



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

 rayed. ■)• 



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 ; intervals with single vittae. — ^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 lengtlf. 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. % Eur. 



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

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

 linear, subentire ; involucels of 3 to 5 subulate bracts ; fr. ovate.— <I) Gardens. St 

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

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

 etc. (Petroselinum sativum Hoffm.) J Sardinia. Greece. 



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