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COW PARSNIP. 



' Heracleum lanatum. Parsley Family. 



Stem. — Stout, often two inches thick at base, four to eight feet high, 

 ridged, hollow, green. Leaves. — The lower large, compound in three di- 

 visions, leaflets lobed and sharply notched ; on short leaf-stems which are 

 much inflated and clasp the stalk; rank-smelling. Floiuers. — In spreading, 

 flat-topped clusters, white, with heart-shaped, notched petals ; outer flow- 

 ers larger than inner ones, and with irregular petals. 



In swampy places this great vigorous looking plant, which 

 blossoms in early summer, is often a conspicuous, and despite 

 its coarseness, not altogether an unpleasing feature. 



PURPLE-STEMMED ANGELICA. 



Angelica atropurpurea. Parsley Family. 



Stem. — Stout, four to six feet high, smooth, dark purple. Leaves. — 

 The lower very large, with inflated leaf-stems ; compound in two or three 

 divisions, these divided into lance-shaped or ovate sharply-toothed leaflets. 

 Flo"vers. — White or greenish, in large spreading more or less flat-topped 

 clusters. 



In early summer, especially along the banks of streams and 

 rivers, the great purple-stemmed angelica may be found spreading 

 its flat-topped clusters of small greenish flowers. This plant may 

 be distinguished from the cow parsnip by its purple stem, and 

 by its numerous pinnately-arranged leaflets. 



SANICLE. BLACK SNAKE-ROOT. 



Sanicula Marylandica. Parsley Family. 



Stem. — One to four feet high. Leaves. — Three to seven-parted ; the 

 divisions sharply cut. Floxvers.— Greenish-white or yellowish, small ; 

 borne in small button-like heads in a two to four-rayed umbel which tops 

 the stem ; some perfect, others staminate only. Fruit. — Round and 

 prickly. 



This plant, which is uninteresting in appearance and hardly 

 suggestive of the Parsley family, blossoms in our wet woods dur- 

 ing the summer. 



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