78 WILD FLOWERS AND FRUITS 



WILD SARSAPARILLA (Aralia nudicaulis) . Ginseng family. 

 Stem i ft. high, with a long-stalked leaf of many 

 pointed leaflets; flowers small on leafless stem. 

 Damp woods. Spring, early summer. 



36. Leaves (neither opposite, wanting, nor from root only) com- 

 pound or finely dissected, flowers in umbel, over 1 ft., 

 leaves dissected. 



CARAWAY (Carum Carui}. Parsley family. 



i ft. or over; stem smooth; flowers delicate in 

 compound umbel. Spring and summer. 



MOCK BISHOP-WEED (Discopleura capillacea). Parsley 



family. 



Ht. i ft. or over; umbel with many rays; leaves 

 filiform. Wet ground. Early summer-autumn. 



WILD CARROT. QUEEN ANNE'S LACE (Daucus Carota). 



Parsley family. 



Stem with bristles; flowers small in compound 

 umbel, becoming hollowed in centre. Roadsides 

 and fields. Early summer. (See Colored Plate I). 



37. Same as 36, but leaves not dissected. 



N.B. It will be desirable to study the text-books 

 before attempting to distinguish the mem- 

 bers of this group. 



SANICLE. BLACK SNAKE-ROOT (Sanicula Maryland-tea). 



Parsley family. 



Max. ht. 4 ft. ; flowers in small heads in small 

 umbels; lower leaves with long stalks, upper with- 

 out stalks, several-parted (palmately), the divisions 

 generally toothed. Woods. Spring, summer. 



SWEET CICELY (Osmorrhiza longistylis) . Parsley family. 

 Max. ht. 3 ft.; smooth or slightly hairy; flower 

 small, style long; leaves 3-times compound; leaf- 

 lets egg-shaped, variously toothed; root aromatic. 

 Woods. Spring, early summer. 



