KNTANDRIA, DIGYNIA. 145 



minutely punt tate, cauda. and more sparingly 

 the angles of the seed acule;?tcly hispid. — JVutf. 



- andix Claytoni, Mich. 



Scandix dulcis, Muhl. 



About two feet high. Fruit near three quarters of an inch 

 \ almost black. On the - banks of the Schuyl- 



kill, weal aide, just opposiU Br k*i island A rure pla 

 which 1 have found no when un in the spot just men- 



tioned, anil there it is plentiful. u The root bai ■ \ eij ign 

 ble scent and sweet taste." Pursh Perennial June, July. 



143. ( H/CUOPHYldAM. Gen. pi. 490. (l~» e.) 



Fruit oblong-linear, terete, ecostate, gla- 

 brous, commissure sulcate. — SprengeL 



1. C. young stems, and particularly the sheaths ofi raf ifr e ai. 

 the leaves hairy. Umbels opposite the leaves, 

 naked, Grayed. Umbellets about 5-floworcd ; 

 inxolucell short, about 5-leaved, ovate, erect 

 Flow lis all tortile; petals oblong-oval, entire, 

 arcelj inflected. Styles very minute. Seeds 

 Linear-oblong, 3 or 4 linos Ionic, brownish, even, 

 TCTJ smooth and distinctly lined: stride 5, in- 

 tervals angularly elevated. — *Vutt. 



Scandix procambeos, >Villd. 



Procumbent Chervil, 



Whole plant very slender and delicate, and under twelve 

 inches in height. Flowers white, rery small ; fruit more than a 

 ier of an inch long-. Not frequent. On the hanks of the 

 Schuylkill, west side, just above .Market-street bridge, and on 

 the same side, a little below the bridge. It deligUts in shady 

 moist situations. Annual. May. 



1-T. SMYUMIM. Gen.pl. 495. (UmbcUiferx.) 



Fruit roundish and solid, somewhat late- 

 rally completed, angularly ribbed. Seed 

 (bin Ifiish), irjbbously convex, marked with 

 3 angular, elevations. — *.Vutt. 



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