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ERICACEAE 
1. P. sativa L. Common Parsnip. Erect, 8.6 to 11.5 dm. high: 
leaflets ovate, serrate, incised, lobed or more or less divided; rays 2.4 
to 6 cm. long; oil-tubes conspicuous.—Cult, from Eur. for the esculent 
roots; locally naturalized. 
18. ANETHUM L. 
Slender annuals with leafy stems and finely dissected leaves. Flowers 
yellow, in compound umbels. Bracts and bractlets none. Fruit ellip¬ 
tical, flattened dorsally, the lateral ribs narrowly winged. Oil-tubes 
solitary in the intervals. (Ancient Greek name of the dill.) 
1. A. graveolens L. Dill. Anise. Plants branching, 2.8 to 8.6 dm. 
high.—Garden plant from Eur.; also locally naturalized in S. Cal. The 
seed-like fruits are used as seasoning in cooking. 
19. ANGELICA L. 
Stout perennials with leafy stems and ternately or pinnately com¬ 
pound leaves. Flowers white, in large terminal compound umbels. 
Bracts and bractlets none or scanty. Fruit compressed, elliptic-oblong; 
lateral ribs broadly winged, the others often narrowly winged. Oil- 
tubes 1 to 3 *in the intervals. (Latin angelica, on account of its medi¬ 
cinal properties.) 
1. A. tomentosa Lindl. Stems stout, 5.5 to 14.5 dm. high; herbage 
more or less tomentose; leaflets 7.2 to 9.6 cm. long; rays 2.4 to 14.4 cm. 
long.—San Diego Co. to Mendocino Co. 
ERICACEAE. HEATH FAMILY 
Trees, shrubs or perennial herbs with simple leaves and regular 
flowers with the parts commonly in 5s. Stamens free from the corolla, 
as many or twice as many as its lobes or petals. Anthers opening by a 
terminal hole or chink. Ovary 3 to 10-celled. Fruit a pod or berry.— 
About 1400 species, very generally distributed. 
Corolla choripetalous; fruit a pod; flowers in umbel-like clusters.1. Ledum. 
Corolla sympetalous. 
Calyx-tube free from the ovary. 
Corolla funnelform ; fruit a pod.2. Rhododendron. 
Corolla urnshaped; fruit berry-like. 
Trees ; berry with a rough surface. 3. Arbutus. 
Shrubs. 
Fruit a dry berry with a smooth or merely glandular surface. 
4. Arctostaphylos. 
Fruit consisting of the pod inclosed in the enlarged and berry-like 
calyx...5. Gaultheria. 
Calyx-tube adherent to the ovary; fruit a berry...6. Vaccinium. 
1. LEDUM L. Labrador Tea 
Low shrubs with fragrant herbage and numerous small white flowers 
in umbel-like clusters. Petals spreading, distinct. Stamens 4 to 10. 
Fruit a 4-celled pod, splitting from the base upward. (Greek ledon, 
ancient name of the cistus.) 
1. L. glandulosum Nutt. Evergreen, 5 to 14 dm. high; leaves oblong, 
acute at each end, rather thickly clothing the stems, the under surface 
often with a close glandular-dotted felt; petals 5 to 6 mm. long; pod 
oval, 4 mm. long.—Marin Co. and n.; high Sierra Nevada. 
