140 UMBELLIFi.It/F. 



fetuse apex. Fruit elliptic-oblong, laterally sub-compress- 

 ed; carpels with 5 obtuse ribs, those of the margin a little 

 broader; intervals with single vittac. — Autumnal herbs, with 

 alternately dissected leaves, no involucre or involucels, perfect 

 umbels, and yellow flowers. 



F. vulgare, Gart. (Anethurn, Willd.) Fennel. 



Leaves I'itcrnately dissected, segments linear subulate, elongated ; rays of the 

 umbel numerous, unequal, spreading; carpels turgid, orate oblong. Native of 

 England. Cultivated in gardens. Stern 3 to 5 feet liigb, round and smooth, 

 branched. Leaves large and smooth, finely cleft into numerous very narrow seg- 

 ments- Seeds warmly aromatic. 



Sub-order II. CAMPYLOSPERMJB. 



Inner face of tic seed hollowed out lengthwise, or the margin* involute. 



19. CHiEROPHYLLUM, Linn. 



Or. Zaire, to gladden, and phullon, a leaf; alluding to the agreeable odor of tb* 

 leaves. 



Calyx-teeth obsolete. Petals obovate, cmarginate, 

 point inflexcd. Fruit laterally compressed, linear or oblong; 

 carpels "with 5 obtuse equal ribs, inner face deeply furrowed 

 lengthwise, intervals with single vittae. — Annua! or biennial ,. 

 plants, with bi or tri-ternate leaves, incisely cleft or toothed 

 segments, no involucre, in an y '-leaved involuccls, and mostly 

 white flowers. 



C. procumbens, Lam. Wild Chervil. 



Stems slender, spreading, somewhat hairy: segments of the leaves pinnaiifld, 

 •with obtuse oblong leaflets; umbels diffuse, few-fiowered, often simple. 



Moist shady places; not common. May. Stems 1 to 2 feet long. Urn I els quite 

 irregular, often with leaves in the place of the involucre. Flowers white. 



20. OSMORHIZA. Raf. Cicily. 



Gr. osma, a seen l, and ri:a, a root; in allusion to the eromatie root 



Calyx-teeth obsolete. Petals oblong, nearly entire, 

 the sharp straight point inflexed. Fruit linear-oblong, 

 angled, attenuated at base, contracted at the sides, crowned 

 with the styles; carpels with hisped angles and 5 acute ribs, 

 inner face with a deep bristly channel ; vittce none. — Peren- 

 nials, with thick aromatic roots, large 2 too-ternatciy compound 

 leaves, few-leaved involucre and involuccls, and white flowers. 



1. 0. LONGISTYLIS, DC Sweet C icily. Sweet Myrrh. 



Leaflets sparingly pubescent cr smooth when old, short pointed, cut-toothed, 

 fometimes lobed; styles slender, nearly as long as the ovary. 



