XXMBELLIFERJE. 



159 PASTINACA. 



Leaflets cut-serrate, the terminal one sometimes 3-lobed, the lateral ones of 

 the upper division decurrent. Umbels 3, terminal, splierical, G — 8 inches in 

 diameter, without the involucre; umbellets on angular stalks and with in- 

 volucels, of subulate bracts longer than the rays. Flowers greenish white. 

 J^JJ(> Cuinman Angtlicu. 



2. A. HIRSU'ta. r. i^/- G. Angelica hirsuta. Mh. 



Stem striate, the summit with the umbels tomentose-hirsute; leaves bipin- 

 nately divided, the divisions quinate. segments oblong, acutish, tlie upper pair 

 connate but not decurrent at base. Dry woods, N. Y. Stem simple, straight, 

 erect, 4 feet high. Umbels on long, velvety peduncles. luvolucels about as 

 long as tiie rays. July. Aug. 



3. A. OFFICINA'LIS. ILffm. Angelica Archangelica. L. 



Stem smooth, round, striate; leaves bipinnately divided into lobate, subcor- 

 date, acutely serrate segment,';, the terminal one 3-lobed ; sheaths large and 

 saccate. Said to be native in Labrador, &.c. Cultivated in gardens occasion- 

 ally for the sake of the stalks, which are to be blanched and eaten as celery. 



Garden Angelica. 



12. ARCHE'MORA. 

 Involucres or few-leaved; involiicels many leaved ; fruit 

 ova!, compressed; capsules with 5 ribs, the lateral ones mar- 

 ginal and winged; carpophore 2-parted; seeds Hat. — Peren- 

 nial herbs. 



A. Ri'gidA. Dc. CEnanthe rigida. JV. 



Glabrous; s<cm terete ; im^cs pinnately divided, leaflets oblong-lanceolate 

 or ovate, rather ricid, entire, or remotely denticulate or dentate. Swamps, 

 N. Y. Stem 2 — 4leet high. Leaflets from 3 to 11, with few or many teeth, 

 or none, varying also in outline in the same plant. Flowers white, in thin 

 umbels. Sept. 



/3. (E. longifolia P.) LefljZefs long, linear, mostly entire ; involucres nearly 

 wanting. Slem 3—5 feet high. " Water Drup-wort. 



13. PASTINA'CA. 



Fruit much compressed, oval, with a broad margin; carpel 

 with 5 nearly obsolete ribs, the intervals witli single vittiE; 

 carpophore 2-partcd; seeds flat. 



A Latin name formerly applied to the carrot, from pastvs, food. FIs. perfect. 

 Cal, of 5 minute teetli. Pet, broad-lanceolate, entire, involute, as long as 

 stamen. — Herbs, perennial or biennial. 



P. SATi'VA. 



Leaves pinnate, downy beneath ; lerijlets oblong, incisely toothed, the upper 

 one 3-lobed. The parsnep is said to have been introduced, but it grows wild 

 abundantly in fields, by fences, &c. The root is fusiform, large, sweet-fla- 

 vored, esculent, as every one knows, in its cultivated state, but in its wild 

 state becomes hard, acrid and poisonous, and much dwindled in size. Stem 

 3 feet high, erect, furrowed, smooth, branching. Umbels large, terminal. 

 Flowers yellow, small. Fruit large, flat. The abundance of saccharine mat- 



