﻿PARSLEY 
  FAMILY 
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  IV. 
  OSMORHIZA 
  Raf. 
  (WASHINGTONIA) 
  

  

  Perennials, 
  springing 
  from 
  stout, 
  aromatic 
  roots. 
  Leaves 
  

   compound 
  in 
  threes. 
  Flowers 
  white, 
  in 
  compound 
  umbels. 
  

   Calyx 
  teeth 
  wanting. 
  Fruit 
  linear 
  or 
  nearly 
  so, 
  tapering 
  at 
  

   the 
  base, 
  with 
  5 
  equal 
  bristly 
  ribs, 
  without 
  oil 
  tubes. 
  

  

  1. 
  0. 
  Clayton! 
  Clarke. 
  HAIRY 
  SWEET 
  CICELY. 
  Rather 
  stout 
  and 
  

   hairy, 
  especially 
  when 
  young, 
  li-3 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Lower 
  leaves 
  on 
  long 
  

   petioles, 
  large, 
  twice 
  compound 
  in 
  threes, 
  the 
  divisions 
  ovate 
  or 
  oval, 
  

   cut-toothed 
  ; 
  upper 
  leaves 
  nearly 
  sessile, 
  less 
  compound. 
  Umbels 
  with 
  

   long 
  peduncles 
  and 
  spreading 
  rays. 
  Style 
  and 
  its 
  enlarged 
  base 
  some- 
  

   what 
  conical. 
  Root 
  nauseous. 
  Rich 
  woods. 
  

  

  2. 
  0. 
  longistylis 
  DC. 
  SMOOTH-LEAVED 
  SWEET 
  CICELY. 
  Much 
  

   like 
  No. 
  1 
  in 
  general 
  appearance. 
  Smooth 
  or 
  nearly 
  so. 
  Style 
  rather 
  

   thread-like. 
  Root 
  of 
  a 
  pleasant 
  aromatic 
  flavor 
  (as 
  is 
  also 
  the 
  fruit). 
  

   Woods. 
  

  

  Caution. 
  So 
  many 
  plants 
  of 
  this 
  family 
  have 
  actively 
  poisonous 
  

   roots 
  and 
  foliage 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  unsafe 
  for 
  any 
  one 
  but 
  a 
  botanist, 
  who 
  

   can 
  distinguish 
  the 
  poisonous 
  species 
  from 
  the 
  harmless 
  ones, 
  to 
  taste 
  

   them. 
  

  

  V. 
  CARUM 
  L. 
  

  

  Herbs, 
  with 
  slender, 
  smooth 
  stems. 
  Leaves 
  pinnately 
  com- 
  

   pound, 
  smooth. 
  Umbels 
  compound. 
  Flowers 
  white 
  or 
  yellow- 
  

   ish. 
  Calyx 
  teeth 
  minute. 
  Fruit 
  smooth, 
  oblong 
  or 
  ovate, 
  with 
  

   thread-like 
  ribs 
  ; 
  oil 
  tube 
  single 
  in 
  the 
  intervals 
  between 
  the 
  

   ribs 
  ; 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  styles 
  thickened 
  into 
  a 
  conical 
  mass. 
  

  

  1. 
  C. 
  Carvi 
  L. 
  CARAWAY. 
  Perennial. 
  Leaves 
  large, 
  with 
  the 
  leaf- 
  

   lets 
  cut 
  into 
  numerous 
  thread-like 
  divisions. 
  Flowers 
  white. 
  Fruit 
  

   aromatic, 
  used 
  somewhat 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  and 
  more 
  in 
  N. 
  Europe 
  for 
  

   flavoring 
  cookies, 
  bread, 
  etc. 
  Introduced 
  from 
  Europe. 
  

  

  VI. 
  ZIZIA 
  Koch. 
  

  

  Smooth 
  perennials. 
  Leaves 
  generally 
  as 
  in 
  Thaspium. 
  In- 
  

   volucre 
  wanting 
  ; 
  involucels 
  of 
  small 
  bractlets. 
  Umbels 
  com- 
  

   pound. 
  Flowers 
  yellow. 
  Calyx 
  teeth 
  prominent. 
  Fruit 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  ovoid, 
  smooth, 
  with 
  thread-like 
  ribs 
  : 
  oil 
  tubes 
  large 
  and 
  

   solitary 
  between 
  the 
  ribs, 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  one 
  in 
  each 
  rib 
  ; 
  the 
  

   central 
  fruit 
  of 
  each 
  umbellet 
  sessile. 
  

  

  