BOTANIC MATERIA MEDICA, 65 
below, stigmas small and capitate, carpels many- 
seeded. The stone crop has an acrid mucilag- 
inous taste. Although not now officinal, has in 
years gone by been highly thought of asa rem- 
edy in dysentery, scrofula and catarrhal trou- 
bles. It has been lately introduced to the 
medical profession as a new remedy in form of 
a fluid extract. | ‘ 
Petroselinum Sativum or Apium Petrose- 
linum.—WNatural order Umbelliferze Orthosper- 
mz. Commonly known as Parsley. The plant 
is a native of Southern Europe, but is now nat- 
uralized in all parts of the world, and used as a 
condiment to flavor soups, etc. The herb grows 
4 to 8 inches (10 to 20 centimeters) in height, 
and when in bloom has a number of small, yel- 
low flowers growing in umbels, with five sta- 
mens (pentandria) and five petals adhering to 
the ovary, or rather, incorporated with the calyx. 
The fruit splits open showing two separate per- 
icarps with asingle seedineach. The leaves of 
this herb are small and intensely green, smooth 
and with many compound cuts or divisions. 
The seed yield an aromatic volatile oil, resem- 
bling in color other light oils of the same nature ; 
also a non-nitrogenous substance called apzo/ by 
the discoverers, Messrs. -Joret & Homolle, of 
Paris. The root of the parsley as it occurs in 
commerce is somewhat cone-shaped, about 6 
inches (15 centimeters) long and ¥% inch (12 
millimeters) thick ; annulated, wrinkled and with 
many transverse ridges. Externally of a light- 
brown color, and when neatly cut, the internal 
arrangements show many medullary rays diver- 
ging fromthecentre. Theroot hasan aromatic, 
