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eaten by the exploring party. Allied to (E. apiifolium of Europe. 

 Nuttall and Presl hit upon the same name. 



13. CONIOSELINUM, Fisch. 

 1. Conioselinum Fischeri, Wimm. & Grab. 



Hab. Puget Sound, on wooded banks.— Plant 3 to 5 feet high ; re- 

 sembles wholly a Russian specimen of C. Ingricum, Fischer, which is 

 referred to G. Fischeri. 



14. D A U C U S, Toum. 



1. Daucus pusillus, Michx.,'v&T. microphyllus, Torr. & Gray. 

 Hab. Oregon and California ; common in various places. 



15. PHELLOPTERUS, Smth. & Hook. 



1. Phellopterus littoralis, Gray ex Schmidt. 



Phellopterus littoralis, [Benth. & Hook. Gen. PI. p. 905.] Gray ex Schmidt. 



Fl. Sachalin, in Mem. Acad. Petrop., ser. 7, 12, p. 138. 

 Glehnia littoralis, Schmidt in Miquel, Prolus. Jap. 

 Cymopterusf littoralis, Gray in Mem. Am. Acad. 6, p. 391, & in Pacif. R.R. Exped. 



(Stevens's Rep., 12, part 2, p. 62.) 



Hab. Sandy shore of Dungeness Point, and at Gray's Harbor, 

 Washington Territory. — Root very long, and about one-third of an 

 inch thick. Caudex 1 to 3 inches long, more or less buried in the sand. 

 Leaves mostly radical, of a thickish texture, simply ternate, with the 

 divisions deeply 3-5-lobed, or biternate. The leaflets ovate or obovate, 

 crenate-serrate, the terminal one mostly 3-lobed, smooth above, but 

 very densely tomentose with a soft pubescence underneath. Pedun- 

 cles about an inch long. Umbel compound, of 6 to 8 rays, which are 

 1 to 2 inches long, and pubescent. Involucre none. Umbellets of many 



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