Moist low grounds, Canada! to Pennsylvania ! west to Ohio ! and Western
Missouri, Dr. Englemann. May-June.—Stem 4-6 feet high, 1-24
inches in diameter at the hase, fistulous, glaucous. Leaflets 2 dr 3 inches
long and 1-2 inches wide, paler and somewhat glaucous beneath ; the terminal
one united with the upper pair, or deeply 3-parted, sessile or abruptly and
slightly petiolulate. ' Petioles 1-2 inches in diameter. ' Umbels somewhat
globose after flowering, 6-8 inches or more in diameter ; the rays and peduncle
minutely pubescent. Involucre wanting. Involucels of 8-12 short
subulate leaflets. Petals greenish-white, oyal, with a subulate. reflexed or
incurved point. F ruit nearly 3 lines long, frequently tricarpellary; the dorsal
ribs prominent, but not winged. Vittse about 24 ; 8 of which belong to
the commissure.— Common Angelica.
4. _4. hirsuta: stem striate, the summit, with the peduncle and rays of the
umbel, tomentose-pubescent.; leaves bipinnately divided'; the divisions usually
quinate ; segments ovate-oblong, acute, or somewhat obtuse, equally
sérrate, ratherthick; the upper pair connate, but not decurrent at the base- ;
lower petioles elongated, dilated at the base; umbels spreading; fruit pubescent.—
Angelica hirsuta, Muhl.! cat. ed. 2. p. 30. A. triquinata, Nutt,
gen. 1. p. 186; Schuit, syst. 6. p. 604 ; Ell. sh. 1. p. 352 i> Törr.! jl. 1. p.
315; DC. ! prodr. 4. p. 168;' Hook. jl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 267 ; Darlingt. Jl,
Cest. p. 193, “ Pastiniea triquinata, Spreng. Umb., spec., p. 68, t. 6, ƒ. 2.”
Ferula villdsa, Walt. Car. p. 115 ; Pursh, jl. 1. p. 192, excl. syn. Angelica
sylveétris alta, &e., Gronóv.! Yirg.ed. 1.
Dry woods and thickets, New York! to South'Carolina, not found wést of
the Alleghany Mountains ? July-Aug.—Stem 2-5 feet .high, simple,
straight, i-4 inch in diameter at the base. Leaves distant: lower ones on
slender petioles 6-10 inches long ; the uppermost biternately divided, with
shorter petioles, which are dilated the greater part of their length :• segments
usually about 14 inch long; slightly and evenly but somewhat doubly serrate;
the lower exterior oné often 1-2-lobed at thè base, so as to appear, auri-
culate. 1 Umbels on long-peduncles, which are clothed with a dense white
pubescence ; rays about 2 inches long. Involucels about as long as the um-
bellets, 6-10-léaved, often unilateral. Petals ovate, with an incurved point.
Fruit with 3 acute dorsal ribs, Vittse usually 20 ; 8 of which belong to the
commissure.—This plant has much the appearance of the European Angelica
sylvestris.
5. A. peregrina (Nutt.! mss.): -stem striate, pubescent at the summit;
leaves ternately divided, the divisions quinate; segments ovate, acute, in--
cisely serrate and somewhat lobed; sheaths, moderately dilated; umbel
loose, with many slender rays; involucre none; involucels 9-14-leaved,
about as long as the umbellets; fruit with the lateral ribs very thick and
scarcely winged.
Grassy plains of Wappatoo Island, Oregon, Nuttall! Sea Coast of Massachusetts,
Dr. Pickering! (fruit and flowers only.) “ Differs from A. atror
purpurea in its long many-leaved involucels, much larger flowers, and in the
fruit, the dorsal ribs of which are much more prominent and the marginal
ones, thick and obtuse, instead of thin and winged.” Nutt.—Our Oregon specimen,
received from Mr. -Nuttall, resembles A. atropurpurea in its thin
leaves with, acute deeply serrated lobes, but differs in the characters pointed
out by Nuttall, and also in.the more slender stem and1 smaller petioles. We
have not compared complete specimens from Mainè and Oregon ; but the
fruit from the former locality seems to be quite, different from that of A. atropurpurea.
6. A. dentata (Chapman! mss.): stem slender,, glabrous, finely striate;
petioles long and slender; lower leaves ternately divided ; the divisions ter--
nate and quinate ; segments ovate-lanceolate, coarsely and sparsely toothed,
prominently veined on both surfaces; cuneate and somewhat confluent at the
base; the upper leaves With narrower segments, and pinnatifid-toothed ; umbel
few- (8-10-) rayed ; involucre none, or of 1-2 minute leaflets ; involucel
4-6-leaved, about as long as the umbellets ; fruit broadly oval; dorsal ridges
carinated ; the lateral ones broadly winged.
Sandy pine barrens, Gadsden County, Middle Florida, Dr. Chapman !
Dr. Alexander! July-Sept.—Stem 2-3 feet high, scarcely as thick as a
crowquill at the base. Radical leaves on petioles 6-8 inches long ; the segments
nearly an inch long, with 3-4 strong acute teeth on each side ; the upper
leaves ternately divided, with small deeply toothed segments : petioles
slightly dilated at the base. Rays of the - umbel 1-14 inch long. Petals
broadly ovate, with a short incurved point. Styles half as long as the ovary,
recurved. Fruit 24 lines long; the wings thin and nearly as. broad as the
Seed. Vittae about 20 (8 on the commissure).—A Very distinct species.
25. CYMOPTERUS. Raf. in jour. phys. 1819 ,‘ DC. prodr. 4. p. 203 /
Nutt, in jour. acad. Philad. 7. p. 28. J
Margin of the calyx 5-toothed. Petals ovate or oblong, the point inflexed.
Fruit elliptical or oval. Carpels much compressed dorsally : the dorsal ribs
winged and undulate ; the alternate ones often obsolete, or only slightly elevated.
Intervals with 2-4 vittae. Commissure with 4-8 vittae. Carpophore
free or adnate.—Perennial glabrous herbs (natives of the Rocky Mountains
and the adjacent country), usually low, with short stems or root-stocks,
Leaves decompound ; the segments narrow. Involucre usually none. In-'
Volucels many-parted, often unilateral, Flowers white or yellow.
§ 1. Calyx-teeth subulate: pericarp thin: commissure with about 8 vitteei
carpophore none.—E ucvmopterus.
1. C. glomeratus (DC.) : eaudex somewhat elevated, bearing the leaves
and peduncles at the summit; segments of the leaves oblong-linear; involucels
palmately 5—7-parted.—DC.' prodr. 4. p. 204. Selinum acaule,
Pursh, jl. 2. p. 732. Thapsia glomerata, Nutt.! gen. 1. p. 184. Ferula
Palmella, Hook. !-fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 268.
Plains of the Missouri {Bradbury !) and Arkansas; and on'the Rocky
Mountains towards the sources of the Platte, Nuttall! Saskatchawan,
Drummond! April-May_— Root thick and fusiform. Plant 3-8 inches
high : eaudex about an inch high, sometimes divided. Leaves on long
petioles, ternately divided, and bipinnatifid. i Rays of the umbel 4-6,
scarcely a quarter of an inch long. Flowers white; those of the centre
abortive, pedicellate ; the fertile ones- nearly sessile. Involucellate leaflets
cohering at the baseband partly adnate to the rays of the umbellets. “ Petals
roundish-oval.” Nutt. Fruit elliptical, nearly one-third of an inch long
When mature : wings thickened and somewhat spongy; the intermediate
ones of one carpel, and the central one of the other obsolete. Vittae 3-4
m each interval, and 8 or. sometimes more in the commissure, frequently
anastomosing.
§ 2. Calyx-teeth minute ': pericarp somewhat corky : Commissure with 4 vitUei
carpophore none.—P hellopterus, Nutt. mss.