rMHELLIFER.E. 105 



tical, with an alternated inflexed point. Fruit rliptical. 



Ccirpch convex, ribbed. Seed nearly terete. IVrennial 



plants with (ernate or biternate leaves. Flotrers in terminal 



uml)els or opposite the leaves. Involucre none ; in\ oluccls 



lateral, 3 leaved. 



1. T. C : "M- Stem terete, usually •,'labrous. Radical leaves nearly 



orbicuhr. . tix)tlied, cauliiie oncstcrnaic; ecgnients ovate, Ecrraie. 



Cur/>' ■ ribs. 



\ or purple. %. May — June. On high lands. 1--2 ft. 



t. T. Barbixode. Slttn pubescent at the nodes. Leaves bi or tri-tcrnate ; 



8<- cunoaie, ovate, unequally serrate. r.'/H6e/.< terminal, and opposite 



t, t'S. Fruit eliptical or ovate, some of the ribs only winged. 



IA4-P yellow. '4. June. Banks of rivers. 1-2 feet. 



Gexl's XIV. LIGUSTICUM. 



Limb of the calyx tootlicd or obsolete. Petals unguiculate, 

 obovate eniar^nnate, with an inflexed point. Fruit slightly 

 compressed or nearly terete. Carpels ribbed, somewhat 

 winiied. Seeds somewhat semi-tercte. Leaves ternate or 

 2-3 ternate. Involucre composed of few short subulate leaf- 

 lets ; involucels nearly the same. 



1. L. AcTXiFOLirM.^ (Angelica Lucida of Elliott.) Root large with a 

 strong odor, a (avorite food for hoes. Leaves tri-ternately divided ; segments 

 ovale, wiih deep s^erratures. Umlels numerous, forming a loose, naked, 

 8«': ' iicillate panicles, all but the terminal one abortive. Fruit 



o\. While Hoot. 



Wiiiit. 4. July. Middle Georgia. 3-6 feet. 



Geni:s XV. ARCIIANGELICA. 



L?/;iZ' of the calyx 5-tootlied. Petals o\ ale, entire, with an 

 incurved point. Fruit compressed on the back. Carpels with 

 8 dorsal ribs, with 2 martrinal wings. Perennial herbs. Leaves 

 bi-pinnalely divided ; petioles dilated at the base. Involucre 

 almost wanting, involucels many leaved. 



1. A. HmsuTA. {Ancelica Trit^uinata of Elliott.) Stem pubescent near 

 the summit, .«erratc ; leaflets quinaic ; segments ovate-oblong, serrate, the up- 

 per f'>i.'.. Cinbelt on long peduncles densely pubescent, rays rather 

 lo: L' ; involucels 6--10-ieavcd, sometimes unilateral. /'rutV slight- 



ly v,i.._. .,. ,. iong. 



Whi'.c or greenish. %. July — Aug. So. Car. and Geo. 2~5 feet. 



GE.NUS XVI. TIEDMANNIA. 



LiniA of the calyx 5-toothed. Petals ovale, with a narrow 

 ioflexed point. Fruit compressed on the back, obovate. Car- 

 pds ribbed, lateral ones dilated into a broad margin. Seeds 

 flat. A biennial plant. 



1. T. Tebltifolia. Stem fistulous, erect, branching above. Leaves sim- 

 ple, trrctc, 4t-^ inches long, divided by numerous transverse partitions, invo- 



