UMBELLIFERH. XXXVII. Apivm. 
ginning or middle of June they are transplanted into flat beds in 
the open air, at the distance of 15 inches from each other, and 
not in trenches like other celery. They must be abundantly 
watered as soon as they are set out, and the watering must be 
repeated every other day, or, if the weather should be warm, 
every day. As they increase in size they will require a greater 
quantity of water, and they must be occasionally hoed. The 
roots will be fit for use in September or October. Mr. Sabine 
states that he has been informed, that the plan of giving excess 
of water is peculiar, and that the vigorous growth of the plant is 
more dependent on richness of soil than on any other cause. 
Abercrombie directs to earth up the bulbs 4 or 5 inches to blanch 
them, when they are full grown. 
To save seed.—Either leave some established plants in the 
spring where growing; or in February or March dig up a com- 
petent number, cut down the top leaves, and set the plants in 
the ground full 2 feet asunder. They will produce seed in 
autumn, Walker grows only red celery, and in preparing plants 
for seed, chooses the most solid, of the reddest colour, and the 
smallest size. When taken out of the transplanting bed, the 
lateral shoots being removed, they should be planted in a dry 
warm situation, where the seed will ripen well. 
Strong-scented Apium, Smallage, Celery, and Celeriac. FI. 
June, Aug. Britain. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
2 A, Cutre’ysz (Hook. et Arn. in bot. misc. 3. p. 353,) plant 
glabrous ; stem nearly terete, hardly angular; leaves spreading, 
bipinnate : lobes cuneated, somewhat trifidly cut, quite entire ; 
petals involute at the apex. ¢.H. Native about Valparaiso. 
The plant is much stouter than 4. gravéolens, and the stem is 
not deeply furrowed. The leaves resemble those of common 
parsley, but are much smaller, and more flaccid. The peduncles 
or short lateral branches are stout and firm. Fruit much larger 
than that of 4. gravéolens. Involucrum and involucels wanting. 
Chili Celery. Pl. 2 feet. 
Secr. I. ORrroscIa'DrUM (opoc opeoc, oros oreos, a mountain, 
extadioy, skiadion, an umbel; habitat of plants). D.C. prod. 
4. p. 101. Petals denticulated, with an inflexed point. 
i 3 A. monta num (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 17.) 
faves ternate; leaflets obovate-cuneated, trifid: lobes acute, 
ed entire. 2/.F. Native of New Granada, in Paramo de 
"ec at the height of 9,300 feet. Ligústicum ternatum, 
chlecht. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 555. 
Mountain Celery. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
Ta RANUNCULIFÒLIUM (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 18. t. 421.) 
+ a somewhat ternate ; leaflets obovate-cuneated : lateral ones 
obed ; intermediate one 3-parted ; segments 2-3-lobed. . 2. 
4 Growing along with the preceding, of which it is probably 
niy a variety. 
Cronfoot-leaved Celery. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
lig A. etaucr'scens (H. B. et Kunth, l. c.) leaves subternate ; 
ets obovate-cuneated, tripartite; lobes bifid or trifid. XY. 
Growing along with the two preceding species, of which it is 
Perhaps only a variety. 
Glaucescent Celery. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
See Commersowir (D. C. prod. 4. p. 101.) leaves pinnate ; 
fake A lobes linear. 2/.F. Native of South Ame- 
i tie tyles a little longer and more divaricate than any other 
na, Species. It is very nearly allied to 4. ranunculifdlium, 
the | e segments of the leaves are narrower and more acute, and 
e lower leaves are pinnate. 
Commer son’ s Celery. P]. 2 to 3 feet. 
+ Species not sufficiently known. 
T A. FRactopyy’ LLUM (Horn. hort. hafn. suppl. p. 128.) seg- 
Mme; š 
nts of radical leaves cordate, and truncate at the base, and 
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trifid at the apex. &. H. Native country unknown. The 
fruit is very like that of 4. gravèolens. 
Broken-leaved Celery. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1826. Pl. 1to 
2 feet. 
8 A. AusTRA`LE (Pet. Th. fl. hist. d’ac. p. 43.) leaves bipin- 
nate: segments cuneiform ; branches whorled; umbels sessile, 
crowded. &. F. Native of the Island of Tristan da Cunha. 
Carm. descr. p. 34. Flowers white. Petals not described. 
Perhaps the same as 4. Commersonii. 
Southern Celery. Pl. 1 foot. 
Cult. The species will grow in any common soil, and are in- 
creased by seeds. 
XXXVIII. PETROSELINUM (from merpoc, petros, a rock, 
and cedtvor, selinon, parsley; habitat of the species). Hoffm. 
umb. 1. p. 78. t. 1. f. 7. Lag. am. nat. 2. p. 102. Koch. umb. 
p-127. D.C. prod. 4. p. 102.—A‘pium species of Lin. Spreng. 
and others. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Digynia. Margin of calyx obsolete. 
Petals roundish, incurved, entire, hardly emarginate, with an 
inflexed point. Stylopodium short, conical, rather crenulated. 
Styles diverging. Fruit ovate, contracted from the sides, some- 
what didymous; mericarps with 5 equal filiform ribs: lateral 
ribs marginal; having the furrows between the ribs furnished 
with one vitta each, and the commissure with 2. Carpophore 
bipartite. Seed gibbously convex, flattish in front-—Branched 
glabrous herbs. Leaves decompound, with cuneated seg- 
ments. Involucra few-leaved; involucels many-leaved. Flowers 
white or greenish, uniform: those in the disk of the umbel fre- 
quently sterile. Stamens longer than the corolla. | 
1 P. sativum (Hoffm. et Koch, 1. c.) stem erect, angular ; 
leaves decompound, shining; lower leaflets ovate-cuneated, 
trifidly toothed : superior ones lanceolate, nearly entire; leaves 
of involucel filiform. ¢. H. Native of Sardinia, Greece, | 
Archipelago, Turkey, Chili about Conception, '&c. on shaded 
rocks; and now cultivated in every culinary garden. Nees. off. 
pfianz. 16. t. 21. A‘pium Petroselinum, Lin. spec. 379. Hayn. 
arz. gew. 7. t. 23. A'pium vulgare, Lam. fl. fr. 3. p. 1027. 
A‘pium tenuifdlium, Riv. pent. irr. with a figure. The Parsley 
is called Persil in French, Petersilie in German, and Petroselino 
in Italian. It is a hardy biennial ; introduced to England in 1548 
from Sardinia. It is now so common as to be naturalised in 
several places both in England and Scotland. The root leaves 
are much curled in some varieties. The flowers are yellow, and 
appear in June ; they have usually one leaf at the origin of the 
universal umbel; and the involucel often of from 6 to 8 short 
small leaves, fine almost as hairs to the partial umbels. 
“It may be right to notice, that the poisonous plant called 
fools-parsley (Æthùsa Cynapium), a common weed in rich gar- 
den soils, has sometimes been mistaken for common parsley. 
They are very easily distinguished : the leaves of fools-parsley 
are darker green, of a different shape, and, instead of the peculiar 
parsley smell, have when bruised a disagreeable odour. When 
the flower-stem of the fool’s-parsley appears, the plant is at once 
distinguished by what is vulgarly called its beard, the 3 long 
pendant leaves of the involucrum. The timid may shun all risk 
of mistake by cultivating only the curled variety. This last it 
may be remarked, makes the prettiest garnish,” Neill. 
Varieties.—T here are : 
1. The common plain leaved, which is the true species, is sel- 
dom cultivated. 
2 The curled-leaved. This is the most esteemed variety. 
A‘pium crispum, Mill. dict. no. 2. P. sativum /3 crispum, D. C. 
prod. 4. p. 102. Las: : 
3 The broad-leaved or large-rooted Hamburgh, which is culti- 
vated for its carrot-shaped roots. A'‘pium latifdlium, Mill. dict. 
