&. Pastinaca Le Parsnip. 
with thick tap roots. Leaves pinnately compound, the 
leaflets again pinnate or pinnatifid, the ultimate segnents elliptical or 
ovate, Umbels numerous. Calyx teeth wantinge Stylopodiun flate Fruit 
proadly oval, strongly flattened parallel to the commissure, the lateral ribs 
ne dorsal ones sonewhas elevated. Oil tubes solitary in the intervals 
winged, whe 
or rarely 2, 2 on -—he commissural facee 
sativa Le > stems «5-1 m. tall or 
elabrous, angled; leaves 15-30 cme long, oval in outline, the ultimate 
° 4. 
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1. P. 
more, : 
segnents obovate, oval or elliptical, mostly o-4 ome long, sharply toothed, 
saie more or less lobed; flowers yellow; fruit 
4,.5-5 me long, glabrous, the oil tubes slender, appearing as brown streaks. 
Occasiona} in waste places; ese ped fron cultivation. —— 
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