ftooft Biennial? {perennial, DC), fusiform. Stem oftw// 2/ref //>>//, striate, 

 smooth, branched* Radical leaves rather large* much disserted; segments narrow* 

 settle; petioles 1 to 8 *W*w ft&tg', dilated at base. Stem leaves multiful\ segments 

 iliform; petiolsfl on tno/i /o a>* inc/j and' half long, dilated, nerrea\ scarious on the 

 margin* Umbelfl terminal and axillary, on peduncles 2 to 5 inches long. Involu- 

 cre of 1 lea/% filiform, or sometimes lam eolate, and mt mbjanaicous, often wanting. 

 Petals white. Fruit oblong, or elliptic t often oblique at apex. Style! s/*or/, mostly 

 fffiexed. 

 Hab. Gardens: not common. Pi. /«n«. Fr. August. 



Obs. Sometimes cultivated for its highly aromatic fruit ; tftfliWi te wsecJ /o £*«>* 

 s flavor to cakes, and other articles, in domestic economy. Tntre are no native 

 species in the U. States. 



143. CRYPTOTjENIA. JJtf. PrWr\ 4./;. 118. 



[Gr. Kryp! os, hidden, and Tainia,* fillet; lheru7<£ being concealed in the carpels/] 



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Calyx with tlie limb obsolete. Petals obovate, slightly cmarginate, 

 with a narrow indexed apex. Fruit linear-oblong, compressed at the 

 sides; styles erect, enlarged at base. Carpels with 5 equal obtuse 

 ribs, of which the lateral ones are a little distant from the margin, 

 Vittte several, visible only in a transverse section of the carpels. In- 

 volucre 0, Involucels few-leaved. 



I. C, canadensis. DC, Leaves tern-ate, petiolate, smooth; leaflets 

 rhomboid-ovate, acute, doubly and acutely iio-iscd-scrrate, subsessile J 

 umbels terminal and axillary, irregular, somewhat in pairs; fruit beak" 

 fd by the persistent styles. I$eck> Hot. p. 144. 



Bison canadense. IVilld. Sp. 1 p. 1436. Mx..Rm. \.p. 168. Jlit.Kcw. 

 2.p. Ikb.Muhl Catnip. 31. Big el. Host. p. 114. 

 Chrcrophvlluin canadense. Pern. Sun. 1. p. 320. J'ursh, *%m. 1. p. 

 195. Ell. Sk. I. p. 358. Lindl Ency. p. 210, 



Mvrrhis canadensis. Nutt. Gen. 1. p. 192. Bart. Phil I. p. 141. 

 7'orr. /Y. 1. />. 310, Ejusd. Comp. p. 136. /Yor?//. Cestr. p. 35. 



Uraspermum canadense. /Ja/. J fun. p. 377. 



C ax a i)i a x C it v ptot as v r a. Vulgd — Hone-wort, 



R)ot perennial, coarsely fibrous, Stem about % feet hi ch, slightly err ->oved, or 

 iViate, smooth, branched above. Z,*arrs ternate, sometimes ouinate by 2 addition- 

 al smaller leaflets ; lower petioles long (f> or 8 inches); upper ones gradually short- 

 er until nearly sessile at summit, dilated, scarioiis on the margin. Leaflets 2 to 4 

 inches long, and I to 2 and an half Inches wide, varying U--.n rhotDB© id-ovate to 

 lanceolate, nearly sessile, acutely serrate t-» the very petiole ; the lateral ones gen- 

 erally oblique at base, and often partially divided. I 'mhels terminal, and from the 

 axils of the upper leaves ; rays rather erect and very unequal, so as to appear 

 somewhat paniculate. Involucels of 2 or .'* small subulate leaves. Petals while. 

 lYuit about 1 fourth of an inch in length, oblong, sub-linear, a little inclined to el- 

 liptic, crowned with the subulate styles, not tapering at base. Carpels smooth, 

 with 5 linear rather flattish ribs, ef a pale yellow isfa green ; interstice s dark brown, 

 striate. 



Nub. Woodlands, and shaded places: frequent Ft. June— Sept. Tr. Aug.— Oct. 



Gfc The tety sfteeiesof the geYtns in the TV States. 



