16. Yeixow-jtjicedDbop- 



WOKT. 



336 THE PARSLEY FAMILY. 



Stem without spots and streaks. 

 Petioles immensely dilated (Fig. 174) ; umbel very 

 large and convex ; flowers with a lilac tinge. 

 Stem stout, two to four feet high, furrowed, 



and tinged with purple 20. Angelica, 



Petioles not remarkably dilated. 

 Juice of the stem yellow. Plant four feet high, 

 stout ; umbels convex. Leaves- glossy. 



Eoots tuberous 



Juice of the stem colom'less. 

 Plant glabrous. 

 Water or water-margin plants. 



1. Leaflets an inch or more in length, 



lanceolate, serrated. Stem stout 



and hollow 4. Watee Cowbank. 



2. Leaflets large, wedge-shaped, cut and 



lobed at the extremity. Umbels 

 often sessile and unequal, and 

 either terminal or axillary 5. Wild Celeey. 



3. Leaflets very small, numerous, and) 17. Fine-leavbd Drop- 



widely spreading. Eoots fibrous) woet. 



Dry-land plants. 



Scentless or nearly so. 



Stem remai'kably flexuose at the base. 



Bracts inconsiderable 10. Eaeth-nxjt. 



Stem not flexuose. Bracts of the um- 



bellules long and pendulous . . 18. Fools'-paesley. 

 Strong-scented. 

 Intolerably foetid. Segments of the 



leaves broad and flat 30. Coeiandeb. 



Aromatic. Segments of the leaves as 



fine as hair 19. Spignel. 



Plant, or a portion of it, more or less downy or hairy. 

 Strongly aromatic. Stem thick, succulent, 



hollow, one or two feet high 29. Sweet Cicelet. 



Scentless,or nearly so. Stem 18 inches high, slender. 

 Flowers tinged with lilac. Umbels on 

 long stalks. Terminal segment of 



the leaf elongated ; stem rough . . 23. LiLAcHEDaE-PASSLEy, 

 Flowers pure white. 



Fruit rough. Umbels on rather short 

 stalks ; stem glabrous, pohshed ; 

 sheaths and leaves more or less hairy 20. Bue-pabsley. 

 Fruit smooth. Umbels on long stalks ; 

 umbellules drooping while young ; 

 stem glabrous above, more or 

 less hairy below ; leaflets shining, 

 ciliated 27. Cowpaesley. 



