156 PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. [CL. V. 



1. S. palustre. Marsh Milk-parsley. Leaves thrice pinnate ; leaflets 

 pinnatitiii, with lance-shaped segments ; rays of the umbels rough ; ribs 



of the seeds broad and obtuse. Stem four or five feet high, erect : 



umbels large : flowers numerous, white : bracteas lance-shaped, de- 

 flected, with membranous margins. The whole plant abounds with a 

 milky acrid juice. Perennial : flowers in July : grows in marshes: rare. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. iv. pi. 229. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 97. 468. 



80. PEUCE'DANUM. SULPHUR-WORT. 



Flowers regular, uniform, separated, the innermost barren. 

 Calyx superior, of five acute, permanent teeth. Petals five, in- 

 versely heart-shaped ; with inflected points. Filaments hair-like, 

 spreading, longer than the petals; anthers roundish. Germen 

 oblong. Styles small, recurved, tumid at the base ; stigmas ob- 

 tuse, notched. Fruit broadly elliptical, nearly round, compressed, 

 crowned with the calyx and styles. Seeds broadly elliptical, 

 notched at both ends, nearly flat, with three slightly prominent 

 ribs, the interstices striated, the margin dilated, with a flat, entire, 

 narrow ring. Juncture broad, flat, close. Named from peace, 

 a pine, and danos, dwarf. 165. 



1. P. officindle. Sea Sulphur-wort. Hog's Fennel. Leaves five times 



deeply divided into three, with linear, flat leaflets; bracteas linear. 



Stem three feet high : flowers yellow. The roots are fetid and acrid. 

 Perennial : flowers in June and July : grows in salt marshes in Sussex 

 and Essex : very rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xxv. pi. 1767. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. 

 p. 99. 469. 



81. PASTINA'CA. PARSMEP. 



Flowers regular, uniform, perfect. Calyx superior, of five very 

 minute teeth. Petals five, broadly lance-shaped, pointed, invo- 

 lute. Stamens thread-shaped, spreading, as long as the petals ; 

 anthers roundish. Germen egg-shaped, obscurely striated. Styles 

 at first very short, erect, afterwards elongated, spreading, re- 

 curved, greatly dilated at the base ; stigmas knobbed. Fruit 

 broadly elliptical, transversely compressed, crowned by the broad, 

 round, waved, floral receptacle and the styles. Seeds broadly 

 elliptical, with a slight notch at the top, flattish at the back, with 

 three ribs, and two more prominent and broader ones at the 

 circumference, their border narrow, thin, acute. Juncture close, 

 flat, nearly as broad as the seeds. Name from pastus, food. 166. 



1. P. sat tin. Common Wild Parsnep. Leaves simply pinnate, downy 



beneath. Root spindle-shaped : stem three feet high, erect: flowers 



yellow, small. Biennial : flowers in July : grows at the edges of fields 



in England : not common. Eng. Bot. vol. viii. pi. 556. Eng. Fl. vol.ii. 



p. 101. 470. 



82. HERA'CLEUM. COW-PARSNEP. 



Inner flowers barren ; those of the circumference perfect and 

 fertile. Calyx superior, of five small, acute teeth. . Petals five, 

 inversely heart-shaped, with one inflected point ; in the inner- 

 most flowers smallest and nearly equal ; in the outer much larger, 



