249 UMBELLIFERS, 
Stum. Linneus. 
bels compound. Jnvolucres both partial and compound. Caly« minute. 
Fruit compressed from the side. Ridges 5, equal, 
narrow, the lateral on the edge. Vitte 3 or there- 
abouts to each furrow. Albumen subterete. 
1. 8. Sisarwm Linneus.—(Sximret.) Fig. 336. 
Root tuberous, fascicled; lower leaves pinnate, with 
oblong serrated leaflets, the terminal being cordate ; 
the upper ternate with lanceolate leaflets. 
Habitat. Japan, China, Common in gardens. 
Quality. Roots sweet, succulent, nutritious, subaromatic, em- 
__ ployed in cookery in the same way as Scorzonera. 
Smyrnium. Linneus, 
Umbels compound. IJnvolucres variable. Calyx obsolete. Fruit roundish- 
ovate, compressed, didymous. Zidges sharp, 
thick, the 3 dorsal prominent, the lateral 
distant, on the edge. Vitte 00. Albumen 
involute. 
1. 8. Olusatrum Linneus. — (ALEXANDERS.) 
e— Fig. 337. 
Stem terete ; leaves ternate, stalked, serrate ; 
fruit black. a 
Habitat. W: near ruins, 
Quali eseaailog sur pineal when blanched ; 
337 
,, fruit carminative. : 
Uses. Formerly instead of Celery ; rarely cultivated 
‘now. 
Corranprum. Linneeus. 
Umbels compound. Jnvolucres : general 0, partial 3-leaved, halved. Calyx 
 5-toothed. Fruit spherical. Ridges : primary narrow, round, zigzag, 
_ obsolete ; secondary prominent, filiform. Vittoe 
0, except on the commissure. Albumen hemi- 
spherical, concave. : 
1. C. sativum Linneus.—(Cortanper.) Fig. 338. 
Upper leaves multifid ; flowers white. 
Habitat, Levant ; cultivated in gardens. | 
Uses, Wei peisesermanen ‘and as an adjuvant to other 
medicine. 338 
Daucus. Linneus. 
Fruit with both primary and secondary ridges, compressed from the Deeks 
Ridges prickly, or broken into irregular . gwen aan 
beneath each secondary ridge. Albumen plano-convex. 
= ‘ae of the halves, magnified ; ¢, its transverse 
Fig. 336,—a, Fruit of Sium Sisarum, ed BB eet b, one of the ox pred oie an nt Bod its 
section ; 337. a, Fruit of Smyrnium Olusatrum, “ 
transverse section ; 398. Fruit of Coriandrum, magnified ; D, tra 
