PENTANDRIA, DIGYNIA. 
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minutely punctate, cauda, and more sparingly 
the angles of the seed aculeately hispid . — JfutL 
Scandix Claytoni, Mich. 
Scandix dulcis, Miilil. 
About two feet high. Fruit near three quarters of an inch 
long, and almost black. On the shaded banks of Ihe Schuyl- 
kill, west side, just opposite Breck’s island. A rare plant, 
which I have found no where else than in the spot just men- 
tioned, and there it is plentiful. The root has a very agreea- 
ble scent and sweet taste.” Pursh. Perennial. June, July. 
142. CH^PvOPHYLLUM. Gen. pi. 490. (UmbelUferce.) 
Fruit oblong-lineai’^ terete^ ecostate^ gla- 
brous, commissure sulcate. — SprengeL 
1. C. young stems, and particularly the sheaths of procumbens, 
the leaves hairy. Umbels opposite the leaves, 
naked, 3-rayed. Umbellets about 5-flowered; 
involucell short, about 5-leaved, ovate, erect. 
Flowers all fertile ; petals oblong-oval, entire, 
scarcely inflected. Styles very minute. Seeds 
linear-oblong, 3 or 4 lines long, brownish, even, 
very smooth and distinctly lined ; stride 5, in- 
tervals angularly elevated. — Jfiitt, 
Scandix procumbens, Willd. 
Frocumbent CherviL 
Whole plant very slender and delicate, and under twelve 
inches in height. Flowers white, very small ; fruit more than a 
quarter of an inch long. Not frequent. On the banks of the 
Schuylkill, west side, just above Market-street bridge, and on 
the same side, a little below the bridge. It delights in shady 
moist situations. Annual. May. 
143. SMYRNIUM. Gen.pl. 495. {UmbelUferce.) 
Fruit roundish and solid, somewhat late- 
rally compressed, angularly ribbed. Seed 
(blackish), gibbously convex, marked with 
3 angular elevations. — 
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