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P2. Latter end of June. Fr. mat. Last of August, 



Hab- Gardens. Annual. lto2 feet high: flowers white. Nat. Italy. 

 Obt. Cultivated for the aromatic seeds; which are used in domestic economy- 



b. Involucre and Involucds, mostly 0. 



21. PASTINACA. Gm. PI. 494. 

 [Supposed from the Lat. pasco, to feed; in reference to its nourishing qualities.] 



Fruit oval, apex emarginate, dorsally and flatly compressed, marginate. 

 P. sATivA. Sm. Fl. Brit. Root fusiform; leaves simply pinnate, glabrous, or pubescent beneath. 

 }^K/go— Parsnep. Garden Parsnep. 



FL Last of June, and after. Fr. mat. Last of August, and after. 



/faS. Gardens, and lots. Biennial. 4 to 5 feet high: flowers yellow. A'af. Southern Europe. 



Obs. Cultivated for its highly nutritious, and agreeable root. This plant has strayed from the gardens, ia 

 many places, and almost become naturalized. Seeds planted the beginning of April. 



22. ANETHUM. Gen. PI. 496. 

 [Gr. ano thein,to run up; alluding to its quick, or straight growth.] 

 Fruit ovate, subcompressed, 5 ribbed, or striate. Petals involute, entire. 

 A. T(ssjcm.VM. Sm. Fl. Brit. Fruit gibbous; leaves tripinnate, leaflets setaceous, long. 

 Ku/g-o— Fennel. Garden Fennel. 



Fl. Middle of July Fr- mat. Middle of September. 



/Ja6. Gardens. Perennial. 4 to 5 feet high: flowers yellow. A^^if. Europe. 



Ob». The whole plant is highly aromatic. Cultivated chiefly for its seeds: which are used ia domestic 

 economy,— and sometimes svwked, like tobacco, as a remedy for colic. 



23. APIUM. Gen. PL 499. 



[EtymoI.5?:v obscure: perhaps from the Lat. Jpps, bees; those insects being fond of it: " vel ab Apice, 

 quia veteres inde coronas ccniiciebant ad caput ornandum." Eoerh.} 



Fruit o\'a\e; ribs 5, small, a little prominent. Pffa/s equal, inflexed. Jni'o/ucrc 1 leaved, or 0. 



A. PETRosELiNUii. IVilld. Stem Striate; stem leaves linear; involucre minute. 

 Vulgo — Parsley. 



Fl. Latter end of June. Fr. mat. Latter end of August. 



/Za6. Gardens. Biennial. 2 to 4 feet high: flowers white. A'of. Sardinia. 

 Obs. The leavti are used, chiefly as a pot-herb,in soups, 5cc. The root is a popular diuretic, 



A. GRAVEOLENs. JFUld. Stem channelled ; stem leaves cuneiform. 



Fw/^o— Celery. 



Fl. Middle of July. Fr. mat. Beginning of September. 



Hab. Gardens. Biennial. 2 to 3 feet high: flowers white. Nat. Europe. 



06s. Much cultivated for the sake of the long, succulent, spicy petioles of the lower leaves; which are 

 rendered white, and tender, by covering them with earth, while the plant is growing. 



3. Flowers incomplete. 



24. CHENOPODIUM. Gen. PL 435. 

 [Gr. Chen, chenoi, a goose, and P9us,podos, a foot; from a fancied resemblance in its l«ayes.3 

 Cal. inferior, 5 parted, 5 angled- Cor. 0. Seed 1, lenticular, covered by the closing calvx. 



C. ANTHELMiNTicuM. Ell. Lcaves lance-obloas, sinuatc-dentate; racemes long, leafless 

 Fu/g-o— Worm-seed. Jerusalem Oak. 



Fi Last of July, and after. Fr. mat. Beginning of October, 



.Ha&. Gardens. Perennial. 3 to 5 feet high. Nat. Ameiica.! 



Obs. An active vermifuge; and cultivated by some persons for that object. 



25. BETA. Gen. PL 436. 

 [Celtic, Belt, red. De Theis. Or from its fruit resembling the Greek letter B (.Beta>.\ 



Cal. 5kaYed. Cor. 0. *«cZ 1, reniform, withia the carnose base of the calvx. 



