322 EPIPETALES. 
Examptes.—Hemlock (Conium maculatum), Carrot (Dau- 
cus Carota), Parsley (Apium Petroselinum) Parsnip (Pasti- 
naca sutiva.) 
The Umbellifere are divided into three tribes or sub- 
orders :-— 
I. OrrHosPerm#.— With the seed plane in front, neither 
involute nor convolute. 
Hydrocotyle. Sanicula. Eryngium. Apium- 
IL. Campyiosrermz.—Seed rolled inwards (inflexed) at 
~ the margin, or deeply furrowed in front. 
Scandix. Myrrhis. Conium. Smyrnium. 
Ill. Cztosrermm-—Seed with the base and apex eurv- 
ed inwards. 
Coriandrum. 
Economicat Properties.—There are several irsatite 
and useful culinary vegetables in this family, as Parsley 
(Apium Petroselinum, Petroselinum sativum, Hooker), 
Celery (A. graveolens), Carrot (Daucus Carota), Samphire 
(Crithmum maritimum), Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa), Earth 
Nut (Bunium fleruosum, and B. Bulbocastanum). The 
blanched leaf-stalks of Celery, the leaves of Parsley and 
Samphire, and the roots of Carrot, Parsnip, and Earth-nut, 
are the parts used. The leaves and stems in this family are 
in general dangerous, but the seeds are, for the most part, 
safe, being warm and aromatic, as in Caraway (Carum Ca- 
rui), Coriander (Coriandrum sativum). The root of Sweet 
Fennel (Anethum Feeniculum) is eaten in some parts of 
- Italy. Garden Beaked-Parsley (Anthriscus Cerefolium or 
_ Seandiz C.) is a salad and pot herb, known by the name of 
Garden Chervil. ‘‘ Candied Angelica, a well known article 
in confectionary, consists of the prepared stalks of the An- 
gelica Archangelica.” (Archangelica officinalis).—Hooker. 
-parsnip or Hog-weed (Heracleum Sphondylium) is said — 
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