HERBAGE-VEGETABLES 7d 
Celery (Apium graveoleus, Parsley Family, Umbellifere). Plant 
Fic. 78. 
in its first year, showing leaves and roots. (Nicholson.) 
Fic. 79.—Celery. Leaf. Upper part of flowering stem, showing flower 
clusters and fruit. A flower, enlarged. Fruit. The same cut across. 
(Britton and Brown.)—The plant is a biennial, smooth throughout; 
leaves 25-50 cm. long, bright green (except when ‘‘blanched”’ by cul- 
ture); flowering stem, erect 3-9 dm. tall; flowers white; fruit, dry, 
brown. The plant as it grows wild in salt marshes and by the seashore 
is somewhat poisonous, but becomes wholesome in cultivation. 
