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Arracacia esculenta. Eatable 

 Arracacha. 



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Class and Order. 

 Pentandria Digynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — Umbellifer^. ) 



Generic Character. 



Aracacia. Bancr. Calycis margo obsoletus. Pet. lance- 

 olata aut ovata integra, acumine inflexo supra nervum 

 medium frenatum. Styli erectiusculi ( " demum diver- 

 gentes " ) basi dilatati. Fructus oblongus a latere com- 

 pressus. Mericarpia jugis 5-aequalibus laevibus, laterali- 

 bus marginantibus. Vittce nullae. — Involucrum o aut I- 

 phyllum. Iuvolucella subunilateralia 2 — 8 setacea. Flores 

 poly garni, radii hermaphroditic disci masculi aut imperfecti. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Arracacia* esculenta; foliis pinnatis, pinnis pinnatifidis 

 incisis serratis lobis acuminatis, fructus jugis obtusis. 



Arracacia esculenta. Be Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 244. 



Arracacia xanthorhiza. Bancroft in Trans, of Agr. # 

 Hort. Soc. Jam. 



Conium Arracacha. Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 152. (excl. tyn. 

 Conii maculati, Humb. ?) 



Descr. Root annual, fleshy, itself a tuber, of a large 

 size, yellow or white, and bearing several knobs or other 

 tubers on the outside. These latter are of two sorts; the 

 °ne kind, comparatively small, proceeds from the upper 

 surface or crown of the root, inclining upwards, gives oil 



each 



* So called, from the Indian name of the plant. 



