Revision of North American Umbelliferae

John Merle Coulter, Joseph Nelson Rose

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MillUlhp i. 1. iCtbrarg THIS BOOK IS DUE ON THE DATE INDICATED BELOW AND IS SUB- JECT TO AN OVERDUE FINE AS POSTED AT THE CIRCULATION DESK. 100M/7-85 REVISION UmbellifercCNorth American M. Coulter and N. Rose.JOHH J. Herbarium of Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind. — REVISIOM —OK North American Uml)ellifer3e. The Order UiHbcUifcrt.c has always been considered a most perplexing one, chiefly because tl.e characters ordinarilv used among flowering plants are of no avail, and the attempt to use has to confusion. The order must still bethem led considered a difficult one to the ordininy stut'.ent, inasmuch as it demands care- ful sections of the fruit anil an examination of rather minute struct- ures. In our revision of the North American species we arc much indebted to the hearty co-operation of botanists and todesire make the following acknowledgements: To our lamented leader. Dr. Asa Gray, the inception of tiie work was due, and his c PI. Wrightiana' PK Lindheimer- ian«' (185r)-(57); vi., vii.(1850); Manual Proc. Amer. Acad, (18G8), viil. (I8(il);(1870); Pacif. R. R. Rept. xli. (18(10); Ives' Report Am. Joui. Sci. II. xxxiii. (18()2); Proc. Philad. Acad. (18(13). (18.-)4).Torrey and Gray: Pacif. R. R. Rept. 11. Torrey: Mex. Boundary Survey (1858). Chapman: Manual Southern States (18(10). Wood: Class-Book dscoi. vii. (I,s7:it:Watson: Bot. King's Exped. (ls71);Am Natuialist, Botany (ls77i,of California (1876 and 1880); Proc. Aaier. Acad. xi. (187(1), xii. xiv.

Sujets

• Botany
• North America
• Apiaceae

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• Langue: English
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MillUlhp i. 1. iCtbrargTHIS BOOK IS DUE ON THE DATE
INDICATED BELOW AND IS SUB-
JECT TO AN OVERDUE FINE AS
POSTED AT THE CIRCULATION
DESK.
100M/7-85REVISION
UmbellifercCNorth American
M. Coulter and N. Rose.JOHH J.
Herbarium of Wabash College,
Crawfordsville, Ind.—
REVISIOM
—OK
North American Uml)ellifer3e.
The Order UiHbcUifcrt.c has always been considered a most
perplexing one, chiefly because tl.e characters ordinarilv used
among flowering plants are of no avail, and the attempt to use
has to confusion. The order must still bethem led considered a
difficult one to the ordininy stut'.ent, inasmuch as it demands care-
ful sections of the fruit anil an examination of rather minute struct-
ures.
In our revision of the North American species we arc much
indebted to the hearty co-operation of botanists and todesire make
the following acknowledgements: To our lamented leader. Dr.
Asa Gray, the inception of tiie work was due, and his c<<nstant
encouragement at first made the final loss of it doublv felt. Dr.
Sereno Watson has given every assistance that his great knowl-
edge of order could suggest, besidesthe placing the rich collect-
ions of Harvard Univcrsitv at our disposal; and it is but justice to
worksay that the would have been well nigh impossible hail it
not been for his masterly I^ibliographical Index. Dr. N. L. Brit-
ton has also enabled us to studv the valuable collections of Colum-
bia College, cspecialh' desirable on account of its Torrex collec-
tion. The Philadelphia Acadenn also generously submitted their
collection of to our \ importaiit aidUmbellifers inspection, a er\'
on account of the number of Xuttallian t\pes it contains. The
herbarium of was also oui-the Agricultural Department placed at
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North Carolina State Collegedisposal by Ur. Geo. \'asc\ ; while ihe collections of the California
Academy of Sciences, rich in Pacilic Coast forms, were sent to ns
by the curator, Miss Mary Curian. Mr. I, C. Martindale, whose
collection of Umbellifers is probably the completest to be found
among private collections, and Capt. John Donncll Smith and Ivlr.
Canby, whose collections are especiall\- rich in theWilliam M.
more recently collected North American species, haye put their
in our hands. Prof. W. W. Bailey hasentire collections sent us
the of Brow n L iiiyersity, among which the Olney and
are very valuable in the older types. Prof.Bennett collections
John Macoun has contributed the Canadian species, and his recent
British America broughtexplorations in Western have to light
much interesting material. The collections of S. B. Parish, L. F.
Henderson and Thomas Howell ha\ e also been of great service.
Mr. M. S. Bebb has furnished valuable material and notes in the
study of IJiaspitiin and EidopJins. Others who have kindly
every assistance in their power are Prof. T. Porter,furnished C.
Prof. William Trelease, Mr. Walter Deane, Prof. S. M. Tracy,
Dr. Arthur, Prof.Prof. Chas. R. Barnes, ]. C. Thomas McBride,
Rev. Thomas Morong, Dr. Lester V . Ward, Mr. Frank
T\veed\-, etc., etc. It would be impracticable to give an
account of all the material that has passed under our in-
spection during some four years of unremitting study, but no pains
obtaining all the information to be had fromhave been spared in
the heritaria of this country.
The plants of this t)rder were first setHistorical sketch.
byapart under the ordinal name Uiiibenifcri.c A. L. de Jussieu in
his //(////^/v/;;/, published in 17SU. The subsequent gen-G'<v/<7-(i:
eral pi-esentations of the family that nia\- be mentioned are by G.
l^nihcllifcrariini (Ed. 2.F. Hoffmann, (iciiera flantavKni 1810);
A. P. de Candolle, J/r/;/, Fam. Omh. as well as in the(1829),
Prodronins S. L. Endlicher, Generaplantarum 1886-50)
( 1880) ; ( ;
Lindley, I'eg-ctah/c Ki//odoin {I'^MS^ under the WAme Apiace(e);
J.
G. W. Bentham and D. Hooker, (rci/cra plantarum (1867).
J.
lias this order in preparation for Engler andDr. Oscar Drude also
Prantrs Die 7iatiirUchen Pflanzciijamilioi.
their last gen-In reference to North American Umhellifcric,
eral presentation was by Torrey and Gray, Flora Nortli Affierica,
the following worksVol. I. 1888-40). Previous to that time(