API ACEAE— CORN ACEAE 





Panax Ginseng 



(Gr pnnax, .1 heal all plant, ■ pam 

 1 whorls of 3, digitate; root globose, small P trifdlium 



\i>1i;i Wild Sarsaparilla 

 1 x : 1 1 1 1 < • unexplained) 

 PI. 13, fig. \ : 1, 2 

 isuall) solitary, pinnate; flowers greenish A.nudicatilis 



Apiaceae — Carrot Family 

 Herbs with alternate and usually compound leaves; sepals 5, often very tiny, petals 5, stai 

 5, ovarj 2-celled, styles -' : flower syncarpous, apop:talous, epigynous, regular. 



ary bristly; flowers monoecious 

 II. Ovary not bristly; flowers perfecl 



1. Flower white or pinkish 



a. Lobes of leaflets linear: fruit round, flattened 



b. Lobes of leaflets broad; fruit long, pointed 



2. Flower yellow 



a. Fruit flattened, winged 



I). Fruit neither flattened nor wil 



Sanicula- -Snaken » »t 



i I., sano, to heal) 

 PL 13, fig. B : 1, 2 



1. Flowers greenish white, sepals lanceolate, acute 



2. Rowers yellow, sepals short, obtuse 



Lomatium — Wild Parsley 



(Gr. lomation, fringe) 

 Low licrli with much dissected leaves 



Sanicula 



Lomatium 

 Osmorhisa 



Thaspium 

 Zisia 



S. maryldndica 

 V. gregdria 



/'. nudicaule 



0. cldytoni 

 O. longistylis 



'/'. bail-mode 



Z. corddta 

 Z. anrca 



( )smorhiza — Sweet Cicely 



(Gr. osme, odor, rhlza, root) 

 PI. 13, fig. D : 1, 2 

 1. Hairy; style and stylopodium short 

 -'. Nearly smooth ; style and stylopodium long 



Thaspium — Meadow Parsnip 



(Gr. thapsia, a plant with a yellow dye) 

 Tall herb with hitcrnate, cut leaves 



Zizia — Zizia 



(Named for the botanist Ziz) 



PL 13, fig. C : 1. 2 



1. Basal leaves simple, cordate 



2. Rasal leaves compound, 2-3 times ternate 



Cornaceae — Dogwood Family , 



Shrubs and trees, rarely herbs, usually with opposite haves: sepals 4, rarely 5, petals 4, stamens 

 -11I 1-2-celled, style 1; flower syncarpous, apo < nous, regular. 



Cornus- I >( ig"w i m id 



(L. cornus, cornel) 

 PL 13, fig. E : 1. 2: fig. F : 1. 2. 3 

 1. Dwarf herb; flowers tiny, in a head with 4-6 white bracts 

 _' Shrubs : flowers without bracts 



a. Leaves opposite 

 1 It Twigs green; leaves broadly ovate or orbicular 



Or yellowish : leaves much longer than broad 



(a) Leaves woolly, pubescent beneath 



(b) Leaves smooth beneath 



b. Leaves alternate 



(*. canadensis 



ndta 



C. baileyi 



C. stolonifera 



C. alternifolia 



