984 — AMMIACEAE 
| 37. PASTINACA L. Annual or biennial herbs. Leaf-blades pinnately 
compound. Umbels compound.  Involueres and involucels usually wanting. 
Sepals obsolete. Petals yellow. Fruit some- 
what longer than broad, much Eccl. flat- 
tened: carpels with the dorsal and 
tiguous ribs slender, and thin od wings: Ye. 
oil-tubes solitary in the intervals and 2—4 in 
the inner side.—About 7 species, natives of ` 
urasia i 
1. P. sativa L. Plant coarse, strong- 
scented, 6-20 dm. tall: leaf-segments ovate 
or elliptic, eronate- eap. incised or lobed: 
fruit obova val, orbieular-oval, 5—6 
mm. m c (WILD a )— Roads ides, 
fields, thickets, and waste-places, nearly 
S. and 
throughout U. S. Can. Nat. of 
Eurasia .—fSum — The root is esculent. 
38. CONIOSELINUM Hoffm. Perennial herbs. Leaf-blades 2—3-pin- 
nately decompound, the alternate segments narrow, incised or lobed. Umbels 
compound. Involueres and involucels of 
or the former 
ing. Sepals eei Petals white. 
longer than broad: carpels with the dorsal 
and contiguous ribs prominent and the 
lateral ones winged: oil-tubes solitary in 
the dorsal intervals, l-several in de lateral, 
and 4—8 in the inner face.—About 10 spe- 
cies, natives of the north temperate zone. 
1. C.chinense (L.) B. S. P. ce 5-15 dm 
an leaf- -segments incised: umbel-rays 2—4 
" ng: uit aes Or ellipsoid- ied 4—5 
ong.— (HEMLOCK-PARSLEY. )— mps 
aid = cliffs, Blue Ri age and more die ae provinces, N. C. to Ind., Minn., 
Lab. and Pa.—Sum.—fall.. 
39. ANGELICA L. Perennial caulescent herbs. Leaf-blades pinnate or 
decompo ound. Umbels compound. Involueres and involucels present or want- 
g 
prominent, and broadly winged lateral ribs: oil-tubes solitary or several in 
intervals and 2-10, or more, in the inner face.—About 40 species, mostly in 
the northern hemisphere.—Sum.—fall.—(ANGELICAS.)—The roots and fruits of 
some species are used medicinally. 
Peduncles and rays pubescent. 1. A. villosa. 
Peduncles and rays glabrous. oun 
Leaflets thin; lobes ascending : oil-tubes 1-3 in each interval. 2. A. Curtisii. 
DE leathery ; lobes spreading: oil-tubes about 20, contigu- 
and continuous. 3. A. dentata. 
