﻿PARSLEY 
  FAMILY 
  

  

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  since 
  the 
  flowers 
  are 
  so 
  much 
  alike 
  that 
  the 
  species 
  are 
  dis- 
  

   tinguished 
  from 
  each 
  other 
  mainly 
  by 
  minute 
  characteristics 
  

   of 
  the 
  fruit.] 
  

  

  I. 
  ERYNGIUM 
  L. 
  

  

  Annual, 
  biennial, 
  or 
  perennial 
  herbs. 
  Stems 
  erect 
  or 
  creep- 
  

   ing. 
  Leaves 
  simple, 
  mostly 
  linear 
  and 
  spiny-toothed. 
  Flowers 
  

   white 
  or 
  blue, 
  in 
  dense, 
  bracted 
  heads 
  or 
  spikes, 
  flowers 
  brac- 
  

   teolate. 
  Calyx 
  teeth 
  rigid, 
  persistent. 
  Petals 
  erect, 
  pointed. 
  

   Styles 
  slender. 
  Fruit 
  top-shaped, 
  scaly 
  or 
  granular 
  ; 
  ribs 
  

   wanting; 
  oil 
  tubes 
  usually 
  5, 
  minute.* 
  

  

  FIG. 
  26. 
  Flower 
  and 
  fruit 
  of 
  Umbelliferce 
  

  

  A-D, 
  Carum 
  Carvi: 
  A, 
  flower; 
  B, 
  partly 
  matured 
  pistil; 
  C, 
  mature 
  fruit; 
  

   D, 
  cross 
  section 
  of 
  fruit. 
  E, 
  fruit 
  of 
  parsnip 
  ; 
  F, 
  fruit 
  of 
  carrot, 
  c, 
  carpels 
  ; 
  

   cp, 
  carpophore, 
  or 
  stalk 
  to 
  which 
  ripe 
  carpels 
  are 
  attached 
  ; 
  d, 
  disk 
  ; 
  o, 
  oil 
  

   tubes 
  ; 
  ov, 
  ovary 
  ; 
  s, 
  stigmas. 
  (A-D, 
  after 
  Schnizlein 
  ; 
  E, 
  after 
  Bischoff) 
  

  

  1. 
  E. 
  yuccifolium 
  Michx. 
  BUTTON 
  SNAKEROOT, 
  RATTLESNAKE 
  

   MASTER. 
  Perennial. 
  Stem 
  erect, 
  branched 
  above, 
  striate, 
  covered 
  

   with 
  a 
  bloom, 
  2-3 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  linear, 
  often 
  2 
  ft. 
  or 
  more 
  in 
  

  

  