

PENTANDRTA. DIGYNIA. Apium. 



P. Plant dwarfish : umbels very numerous, compound and dioi'ca. 



30,0 



simple: male and hermaphrodite flowers on distinct 



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J.B. iii. 2. 18. 



Ger. em. 1021. 3. 



Stem a hand's breadth high, wide spreading, smooth, scored, 

 with but few leaves . Leaves 3 or ^-fingered, strap-shaped. Um~ 

 hehy 1 terminating, and 2 lateral, opposite, generally compound, 

 some few simple. Petals long-spear-shaped, bowed in, not nicked. 

 Stam. white, long. Involuc. none. Some plants with only 

 stamens, others with stamens and pistils. Nearly allied to P. 

 glauca, or constituting a distinct genus. Linn. Root spindle- 

 shaped. Fern, flowers have 5 stamens, but the anthers are imper- 

 fect. Huns. The male plant has a yellow sickly appearance. 

 Mr. Swayne. Flowers yellowish or whitish. 



Least Anise. Mountainous pastures. Uphill, Somersetshire. 

 [St. Vincent's Rock, just behind the Hot Well House, Bristol.] 



•P. May, June. 



A'PIUM. Invohcr. 1 leaf: petals equal : fruit small, 



bulging, ribbed : styles bent backwards. 



A. Stem-leaves wedge-shaped. > 



Kniph. 5-Ludw. 1 80-F/. dan. 79C-Blackw. 443~G<r. 862- 

 H. ox. ix. 9- 8-Fuchs. fte-J. B. iii. 2. IQO-Trag. 464- 

 Pet. 26. \1-Matth. 768-Dod. 695-Lob. oh. 40 5. 2, and 

 ic. i. 707. \-Ger. em. \0U-Park. 926. 



Involucr. often wanting. Linn. Stem smooth, shining, deeply 

 furrowed. Umbels^ some sitting, others on long fruit-stalks, ap- 

 pearing as if proliferous. Mr. Woodward. Root-leaves winged. 

 Leafits divided into 3 lobes, serrated. Umbels, spokes 5 to 11 ; 

 those of the umbellules i 1 to 10. Petals white. 



Smallage. Parsley. Ditches and marshes. [Salt marshes near 

 Yarmouth, and in the midland counties. Mr. Woodw, 



grave 



Moors 



Bog 



near Marazion, Cornwall. Mr, 

 Worcester. St. — Side of the river opposite St* Vincent's Rocks.] 



B. Aug.* 



* The root in its wild state (when it grows near \vater t St.) is fetid, 

 acrid, and noxious ; but when cultivated (in dry ground, St.) it loses these 

 properties, and the root and lower part of the leaf-stalks and stem blanched 

 °y covering them up with earth, are eaten raw, boiled in soups, or stewed. 

 In this latter state it is called Celery. They are said to be hurtful to 

 People subject to nervous complaints. They are certainly good antiscor- 

 butics. The seeds yield an essential oil. Sheep and goats eat it. Cows 



*H>t fond oi it. Horses refuse it. 



