CHAPTER XV 



UMBELLIFERAE 



APIUM GRAVEOLENS 



THE parsley family is a large one consisting chiefly of herbaceous 

 plants which may be annuals, biennials, or perennials. 

 Among the more important economic representatives are celery. 



Fig. 119. Habit of celery plant at time of harvest. (Photograph by J. Horace McFarland Co.) 



Apium graveolens L. ; parsnip, Pastinaca sativa L. ; carrot, Daucus 

 carota L. ; and parsley, Petroselinum hortense Hoffm. The family 

 name is derived from the character of the inflorescence, which is 



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