100 PENTANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Pastinacsr, 



Peucedaniis. Fuchs. Hist. 599. f. 

 Hog's Fennel. Pet. H. Brit. t. 24./. 7. 



In salt marshes ; very rare. 



In ditches near Shoreham, Sussex j and at Walton, near Harwich, 

 Essex. Bay. About a quarter of a mile below Feversham, by 

 the river side. Sherard. It still grows there, as well as on a 

 cliff, by the sea^ at Hearn, 6 miles from Whitstable. Mr. Crow 

 of Fever sham. Never found in Norfolk. 



Perennial. July — September. 



Herb smooth, tough, slender, 3 or 4 feet high, with a resinous juice, 

 and a strong sulphureous smell. Leaves copious, their ultimate 

 segments, or leaflets 3 together, either quite linear and almost 

 capillary, or linear-lanceolate, flat, though very narrow, pointed, 

 3-ribbed, 1 }j inch long. Umbels erect, 3 or 4 inches broad. 

 Floivers numerous, of an uniform buf^" yellow. Many stimulat- 

 ing qualities have been attributed to the root, but it should seem 

 to be rather dangerous for internal use. 



170. PASTINACA. Parsnep. 



Linn. Gen. 144, Juss. 2\9. Fl. Br. 328. Tourn.t.]70. Spreng. 

 Prodr. 14. Lam. t.206. Gccrtn. t.2\. 



FL all regular, uniform, perfect, and generally prolific. 

 Cal. of 5 very minute, obsolete teeth, permanent, con- 

 cealed by the floral receptacle. Pet. 5, broad-lanceolate, 

 pointed, involute, equal. Sta7n, thread- shaped, spreading, 

 about the length of the petals. Anth. roundish. Germen 

 inferior, ovate, compressed transversely, obscurely stri- 

 ated. Styles in the flower very short, erect; subsequently 

 spreading, recurved, moderately elongated; greatly di- 

 lated, rather depressed, at the base, and confluent with 

 the broad, orbicular, wavy, rather thin, Jl. recept, Stig- 

 mas capitate. Fruit broadly elliptical, somewhat obovate, 

 compressed transversely, crowned with the fl. recept. and 

 styles. Seeds of the same form, with a slight notch at the 

 summit ; very nearly flat at the back, with 3 dorsal ribs, 

 and 2 distant, more prominent and broader ones, at the 

 circumference, beyond which is a thin, narrow, even, 

 acute border ; their inner surface flat, marked with a 

 pair of continued, converging, browni lines, shorter than 

 the seed. Juncture close, flat, parallel to the seeds, and 

 nearly as broad. 

 Large, broad-leaved, biennial or perennial, sweetish or 

 bitter, aromatic plants, with more or less roughness on 

 their surface. Fl. yellow. Seeds light brown, darker be- 

 tween the ribs. 



