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parted ; segments lobed and dentate at apex ; flowers white, in umbels, with 

 unequal, spreading rays. Cultivated in gardens. July-August. 



8. Fceniculum. Calyx-margin obsolete. Petals revolute, with a 

 broad, retuse apex. Fruit oblong, laterally compressed. Carpels with 

 5 obtuse ribs ; marginal ones a little broader. Intervals with single 

 vittse. 



F. VULGARE {Fennel}. Stem round, smoothed, branched ; leaves.biter- 

 nately dissected, with linear-subulate, elongated segments ; umbels with 

 numerous unequal, spreading rays ; involucre and involucels none ; carpels 

 turgid, oblong-ovate ; flowers yellow. Common in gardens. July. 



9. Archangelica. Calyx-teeth short. Petals equal, entire, acu- 

 minate, with the point inflexed. Fruit dorsally compressed. Carpels 

 with 3 carinate dorsal ribs, with the 2 lateral ones dilated into wings. 

 Vittoe very numerous. 2f 



A. ATROPURPUREA (Angelica}. Stem mostly dark purple, furrowed ; 

 leaves 3-parted, on large, inflated petioles ; divisions of the leaves bipinnately 

 divided, with 5-7 segments ; flowers greenish, in very large umbels, on 

 nearly smooth peduncles ; involucels many-leaved ; fruit smooth. A rank 

 plant in meadows, 4-6 feet high. June. 



10. Pastinaca. Calyx-teeth obsolete, or minute. Petals round- 

 ish, entire, involute, with an inflexed point. Fruit much compressed, 

 with a broad, flat margin. Carpels with 5 nearly obsolete ribs. Inter- 

 vals with single vittoe ; commissure with 2 or none. Carpophore 2- 

 parted. Seeds flat. Involucre and involucels few-leaved ; or none. y. 



P. SATIVA (Parsnip). Roots fleshy, stem smooth ; leaves pinnately di- 

 vided, slightly pubescent, especially beneath ; leaflets ovate, or oblong ; um- 

 bels large, on long peduncles ; flowers yellow ; fruit oval. Common in cul- 

 tivation, and also naturalized in waste places. Stem 3-5 feet high. July- 

 September. @ 



11. Heracleum. Calyx with 5 small, distinct teeth. Petals ob- 

 cordate, with an inflexed point, in the exterior flowers deeply 2-cleft. 

 Fruit compressed, flat, with broad, flat margins. Carpels with 3 ob- 

 tuse dorsal ribs. Seeds flat. Involucre caducous, mostly few-leaved. 

 Involucels many-leaved, if 



H. LANATUM. Stem branching, hollow, pubescent ; leaves very large and 

 broad ; leaflets, petiolate, cordate ; lobes acuminate ; flowers white, in very 

 large umbels ; segments of the involucre lanceolate, deciduous, those of the 

 involucels lanceolate, acuminate ; fruit nearly orbicular. A rank plant, 4-8 

 feet high, in meadows. June. 



12. Daucus. Calyx-margin 5-toothed. Petals obovate, emargi- 

 nate, with an inflexed point. Fruit ovoid, or oblong. Carpels with 5 

 primary ribs, 3 dorsal and 2 on the flat commissure, and 4 secondary 



