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8. SITJM, AVATER PARSNIP. (Old name, of obscure meaning.) H 



S. cicuteef61ium, Gmelin. The common species, in water and wet 

 places ; tall, smooth, with grooved-angled stems, simply pinnate leaves, 

 the long leaflets linear or lanceolate, very sharply serrate and taper- 

 pointed, and globular fruit with wing-like, corky ribs ; flowers all sum- 

 mer. Root and herbage poisonous. 



9. FCENICULUM, FENNEL. (Name from the Latin fcenum, hay. ) 



F. officinale. All. (or F. VULG^RE). COMMOK F. Cult, from Eu. for 

 the sweet-aromatic foliage and fruit; stout, very smooth herb, 4-6 

 high ; leaves with very numerous and slender, thread-shaped divisions ; 

 large umbel with no involucre or involucels ; fruit J' or i' long, in late 

 summer. 1J. 



10. CICUTA, WATER HEMLOCK. (Ancient Latin name of the 

 Hemlock.) Flowers summer. 2/ 



C. maculata, Linn. SPOTTED COWBANE, MUSQUASH ROOT, BEAVER 

 POISON. Tall, smooth stem, sometimes streaked with purple, but seldom 

 really spotted ; leaflets lance-oblong, coarsely toothed or sometimes cut- 

 lobed, veiny, the main veins mostly running into the notches ; fruit 

 aromatic when bruised ; root a deadly poison. Common. 



11. APIT7M, CELERY. (Old Latin name.) 



A. graveolens, Linn. A strong-scented, acrid, if not poisonous plant, 

 of Eu. ; of which the GARDEN CELERY is a state rendered bland, and the 

 base of the leafstalks enlarged, succulent and edible when blanched, 

 through long cultivation ; leaves divided into 3-7 coarse and wedge- 

 shaped, cut or lobed leaflets or divisions ; umbels and fruits small. Var. 

 RAP.\CEUM, CELERIAC, TURNIP-ROOTED CELERY, is a state with the root 

 enlarged and edible. (2) 



12. CARTJM, CARAWAY, etc. (Name perhaps from the country, 

 Caria.} (Lessons, Fig. 208.) 



1. CARAWAY, with finely pinnately compound leaves, and white flowers. 



C. C&rui, Linn. GARDEN CARAWAY. Cult, from Eu., for the " caraway 

 seed," the oblong, highly aromatic fruit ; stem leaves with slender but short, 

 thread-shaped, divisions. This and the next occasionally spontaneous. 



2. PARSLEY, with coarser leaves and greenish flowers. 



C. PetroseHnum, Benth. (or PETROSEL!NDM SATIVUM). PARSLEY. Cult, 

 from Eu., especially the curled-leaved state, for the pleasant- flavored 

 foliage, used in cookery, chiefly the root leaves, which have ovate and 

 wedge-shaped, 3-lobed and cut-toothed divisions ; fruit ovate. @ 



13. LEVISTICTJM, LOVAGE. (Ancient Latin name.) One species. 2/ 



L. officinale, Koch. GARDEN L. Cult, in old gardens, from Eu. ; a tall, 

 very smooth, sweet, aromatic herb, with large ternately or pinnately 

 decompound leaves, coarse wedge-oblong and cut or lobed leaflets, a 

 thick root, and small, many-flowered umbels. 



14. ANGELICA. (Angelic, from reputed cordial properties.) Flowers 

 summer. 2/ 



A. atropurpurea. Linn. Moist deep soil N. ; strong-scented, smooth, 

 with very stout, dark-purple stem, 3-6 high, large leaves ternately com- 



