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UMBELLIFER^]. 



slender, branched stem, which is remarkably tough and 

 wiry, by its small pinnated leaves, and umbels of small 

 whitish flowers, and by the rays of the umbel being few 

 and very unequal in length. The root-leaves wither 



(Corn Parsley}. 



early, and the few which grow on the stem are small and 

 inconspicuous. FL August, September. Biennial. 



* P. sativum is the common Parsley of gardens, 

 which, though often found seemingly wild, is not really 

 indigenous. 



