WHITE 



COW PARSNIP. 



Hcracleum 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. Flowers. 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 atropurpwea. 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. 

 Flowers. 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. Flowers. 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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