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551. Flowers yellow. (Carrot Family concluded.) 



Leaflets without teeth Yellow Pimpernel no. 552 



Leaflets coarsely or finely toothed 



Main umbel bracted Lovage no. 553 



Main umbel not bracted, but the ultimate ones sometimes with 

 small bracts, 



Leaflets lobed and toothed ; plants 2-5 ft Parsnip no. 554 



Leaflets merely finely toothed Meadow-parsnip no. 555 



552. Yellow Pimpernel. Taenidia integcrrima. A smooth 

 perennial, usually branched, and 1-3 ft. high. Leaves thrice 

 compound, the oval, pointed, stalkless leaflets without teeth. 

 Main umbel about 3 in. wide, yellow, without bracts. Fruit 

 oval, about % in. long, smooth. In dry places. Quebec to No. 

 Carolina, and westward. June. Fig. 552. 



553. Lovage. Hipposelinum Levisticiim. {Levisticiim officin- 

 ale.) A coarse, stout branched perennial up to 6 ft. high. 

 Leaves large, many times compound, the ultimate segments 

 wedge-shaped, with a few coarse teeth or lobes toward the 

 tip. Umbel about 3 in. wide, conspicuously bracted, yellow. 

 Fruit smooth, but ribbed. Escaping from gardens. Vermont 

 to Penn. Native of Europe. June-August. Fig. 553. 



554. Parsnip. Pastinaca satwa. A stout herb with a grooved 

 stem 2-5 ft. high. Leaves once or twice compound, the ulti- 

 mate segments coarsely lobed and toothed, essentially stalk- 

 less. Flowers yellow in a large bractless umbel, the small 



