PARSLEY FAMILY. Umbclllferae. 



Vgiata arguta This has a stout, brownish stem, about 



Yellow eight inches tall, and fine, conspicuous 



Spring foliage, mostly in a clump at the base, the 



California leaves rich-green and very glossy, stiff 



and crisp in texture, though not thick, with bristle-tipped 

 teeth. The rather ugly little flowers are greenish-yellow 

 and the main cluster has no bracts. This grows in can- 

 yons in southern California. 



This has branching, purplish stems, 



Purple Sanicle, frQm gix inches to three f eet ta n an( j 

 Nigger-babies 

 Sanicula handsome foliage. The flowers are 



bipinnatifida maroon-color and are crowded into balls, 

 Purplish less than half an inch across, forming a 



Cal^Ore 111111116 ' lo Se> irre S ular cluster with leaf Y bracts 

 at the base. The effect of the dark flowers 

 and fine foliage is rather attractive and it is common on 

 grassy slopes in the hills. 



This has a smooth, stiff stem, one to 



Boldnderi ^WO ^ eet ta ^ t ^ le l eaves cut mto l n g 



White narrow divisions, and the flowers very 



Summer small, cream-white or pinkish, forming a 



Northwest flat-topped cluster, about two inches 



across, with narrow, pale bracts. This is quite pretty and 

 common in Yosemite. 



Decorative in form and color and un- 

 Indian Parsnip usual lookingf w i th sm ooth, pale bluish- 

 Aulospermum . ... , ,, , , 



Idngipes green foliage, with a bloom, the leaves 



(Cymopterus) prettily cut and lobed, with pinkish leaf- 

 Yellow stalks, forming, when young, a large 

 Spring rosette, close to the ground, but the stem 

 gradually lengthens until the cluster of 

 leaves, after the flowers are gone, finds itself on the summit 

 of a long stem, sheathed at base. The minute, bright 

 yellow flowers form flat-topped clusters, with flower-stems 

 two or three inches tall, not hollow, the main cluster about 

 an inch across, usually without bracts, and composed of 

 five to ten smaller clusters, with bracts. When the plant 

 is young the general effect of the flat, pale gray rosette of 

 fern-like leaves, spotted with the contrasting yellow of the 

 flowers, is pretty and striking. Sometimes a few of ths. 

 flowers are purple. This has a thick root and grows on dry 

 sunny hills, in gravelly soil. 



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