194 PLANTS GROWING IN RICH OR ROCKY SOIL. 
SMOOTHER SWEET-CICELY. 
Washingtonia longistylis. 
FAMILY | COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Parsley. White. Root, scented like North, southward May, June. 
anise. and westward. 
Flowers: small; growing in umbels with bracts underneath. Calyx: five- 
toothed. Corol/a: of five petals, Stamens: five. /Pistil > one, with two long 
styles. Leaves: thrice-compound; leaflets; ovate; deeply toothed ; downy. 
“ei - one to three feet high; hairy. oot: aromatic; sweet-scented; edi- 
The sweet-cicely has a rather hard lot in life. It is a grace- 
ful, delicate plant, and the gifts of its rootstock are those that 
please mankind rather than do him harm; and yet, indirectly 
it has been the cause of much suffering. Unfortunately it 
bears so strong a likeness to the deadly water-hemlock (Plate 
VI) that the latter is being constantly mistaken for it, with fatal 
results. A close comparison of the two, however, will show 
that in character they are quite different. The sweet-cicely is 
found mostly in the rich woods. 
Its generic name commemorates George Washington. 
WHITE ABRONIA. (Pvate C/Z) 
Abronia fragrans. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Four oclock. White. Fragrant, like vanilla. The Rocky Mountains. June, July. 
Flowers: growing in dense umbel-like clusters. Zsvolucre: of five heart- 
shaped, whitish bracts, thin and dry. Calyx: salver-form : the tube long, and 
spreading into a petal-like border; the lobes notched at the apex. Corolla: 
none. Stamens: two to five, included. /ystz/: one. Leaves: opposite ; 
lance-ovate, with a pair of stipules at the base. Sve: branching. 
The scientific name of this flower when translated is “ deli- 
cate fragrance” ; and we may fitly associate the words with it 
in connection with its English title. In appearance it suggests 
much more the growth of the greenhouse than that of a hardy 
dweller of the Rockies. The flower opens at sunset only, when 
it ladens the air with its luscious perfume. 


