320 PHANEROGAMOUS PLANTS. 



resembles a watermelon seed. We have not seen original specimens 

 of Nuttall's L. multifida, but have little doubt that it is only a yellow- 

 flowered variety of this species. Although the flowers are commonly 

 brownish-purple, some of these specimens are yellow, and the length of 

 the pedicels of the fruit does not seem to be constant. 



10. E D S M I A, Natt. 



1. Edosmia Gairdneri, Torr. & Gray. 



Hab. Valley of the Kooskooskee, Washington Territory, and dry 

 hillocks near San Francisco, California. — The tuberous root is about 

 the thickness of a man's thumb, and is a very wholesome article 

 of food. 



11. THASPIUM, NutU 



1. Thaspium trifoliatum, var. apterum, Qray. 



Thaspium trifoliatum, var. apterum, Gray, Man. Bot, ed. 2, p. 156. 



Zizia cordata, Koch ; DC. Prodr. 4, p. 99 ; Torr. Fl. New York, 1, p. 270, t. 33. 



Hab. Upper Columbia, Washington Territory. — Except in the 

 smaller radical leaves, more incised cauline leaflets, and longer pe- 

 duncles, there appears to be nothing to distinguish this from the 

 eastern plant. 



12. (ENANTHE, Linn. 



1. (Enanthe sarmentosa, Presl. 



(Enantlie sarmentosa, Presl in Herb. Hrenk., fide DC. Prodr. 4, p. 138; Nutt. in 

 Torr. & Gray Fl. 1, p. 617. 



Hab. Puget Sound, and west to the Upper Columbia, north to 

 Fraser's River. — The young stalks have the taste of celery, and were 



