156 PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. [CL. V. 



1. S. palustre. Marsh Milk-parsley. Leaves thrice pinnate ; 

 leaflets pinnatifid, with lance-shaped segments ; rays of the umbels 



rough ; ribs of the seeds broad and obtuse. Stem four or five 



feet high, erect : umbels large : flowers numerous, white : brae- 

 teas lance-shaped, deflected, with membranous margins. The whole 

 plant abounds with a milky acrid juice. Perennial : flowers in 

 July : grows in marshes : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. iv. pi. 229. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. ii. p. 97. 468. 



80. PEUCE'DANUM. SULPHUR-WORT. 



Flowers regular, uniform, separated, the innermost barren. 

 Calyx superior, of five acute, permanent teeth. Petals five, in- 

 versely heart-shaped ; with inflected points. Filaments hair- 

 like, spreading, longer than the petals ; anthers roundish. Ger- 

 men oblong. Styles small, recurved, tumid at the base ; stig- 

 mas obtuse, notched. Fruit broadly elliptical, nearly round, 

 compressed, crowned with the calyx and styles. Seeds broadly 

 elliptical, notched at both ends, nearly flat, with three slightly 

 prominent ribs, the interstices striated, the margin dilated, with 

 a flat, entire, narrow ring. Juncture broad, flat, close. 

 Named frompeuce, a pine, and danos, dwarf. 165. 



1. P. officindle. Sea Sulphur-wort. Hoy's Fennel. Leaves five 

 times deeply divided in to three, with linear, flat leaflets ; bracteas 



linear. Stem three feet high : flowers yellow. The roots are 



fetid and acrid. Perennial : flowers in June and July : grows in 

 salt marshes in Sussex and Essex : very rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xxv. 

 pi. 1767. Eng. FL vol. ii. p. 99. 469. 



81. PASTINA'CA. PARSNEP. 



Flowers regular, uniform, perfect. Calyx superior, of five 

 very minute teeth. Petals five, broadly lance-shaped, pointed, 

 involute. Stamens thread-shaped, spreading, as long as the 

 petals ; anthers roundish. Germen egg-shaped, obscurely stri- 

 ated. Styles at first very short, erect, afterwards elongated, 

 spreading, recurved, greatly dilated at the base ; stigmas 

 knobbed. Fruit broadly elliptical, transversely compressed, 

 crowned by the broad, round, waved, floral receptacle and the 

 styles. Seeds broadly elliptical, with a slight notch at the top, 

 flattish at the back, with three Tibs, and two more prominent 

 and broader ones at the circumference, their border narrow, 

 thin, acute. Juncture close, flat, nearly as broad as the seeds. 

 Name from pastus, food. 166. 



1. P. sativa. Common Wild Parsnep. Leaves simply pinnate, 



downy beneath. Root spindle-shaped: stem three feet high, 



erect : flowers yellow, small. Biennial : flowers in July : grows 

 at the edges of fields in England : not common. Eng. Bot. vol. viii. 

 pi. 556. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 101. 470. 



82. HERA'CLEUM. Cow- PARSNEP. 



Inner flowers barren ; those of the circumference perfect and 

 fertile. Calyx superior, of five small, acute teeth. Petals five, 

 inversely heart-shaped, with one inflected point ; in the inner- 

 most flowers smallest and nearly equal ; in the outer much 



