522 SOl.Coriand. 45. UMBELLIFER^. PI ex. cat 



spherical, crowned ; akenium hemispherical ; latuscxile 

 ^-ribbed, 5-valleculated, - not vittated ; commissure hol- 

 lowed; vittse 2, semi-lunate, in the membranous endocarp; 

 spermapodium bristielike, compressed, smaller at each end 

 adnate, half 2-cut; spermapodophore adnate to the fruit. 



Cor'tandrum satimim. Cultivated coriander. 



Coriandrum, Rail Sijn. 221, 1 ; Ger. em. 1012. 

 Coriandrnui vulgare, Park. 918. 

 Coriandrura sativum, Lin. S. P. 36T. 



Gardens and cultivated ; annual ; June. 



Stein upright, branchy ; leaves compound ; lower leaves 

 pinnate, leaflets wedgeshape, roundish, cut ; upper leaves 

 triternate ; lobes linear ; innbells many-rayed. — Leaves 

 strong-scented; seeds slightly aromatic, used to cover the 

 taste of senna, and in spices, as currie powder, and season- 

 ing for black puddings; also covered with sugar as a sweet- 

 meat; formerly steeped in wine or vinegar, and then dried 

 to render them milder. 



XXXVIL 302. PEUCEDANUM. Dioscor. Hogs-fennel. 

 Involiicrum few-leaved, bristlelike ; involucella many- 

 leaved, bristlelike; j^^ott/er^ of the centre abortive; calyx 

 S-toothed, inflected; petals equal, oblong; lacinule acute, 

 inflected; fruit ovate, elliptical, lenticularly compressed; 

 akenium elliptic, compressed, 5-ribbed ; marginal rib slightly 

 winged; commissural vitt(E2, curved; spermapodium bristle- 

 like, 2-cut. 



Peucedajium officinale. Shop hogs-fennel. 



Leaves 3 or 4-ternate ; leaflets threadshape, linear, undi- 

 vided. 



Peucedaniim, Raii Syn. 206, 1 ; Ger. em. 1054, 1. 



Peucedaiium vulgare. Park. 880. 



Peucedanuiii officinale, Lin. S. P. 333. 



Sulphur wort. Horestrong. Ilarcstrange. Brimstone wort. 



Marslies by the sea ; perennial ; June and July. 



Root fusiform; stem branchy; leaves stiff^ bald; umlells 

 large, many-rayed.— Root foetid, acrid, bitterish, yielding 

 bv incision a yellow juice di'ying into a gum-rosin. 



XXXVIII. 303. PASTINACA. Brunsfel. Parsnep. 



Involucrum and involucella ; flowers hermaphi'odite, 

 fertile; calyx 0; petals equal, obtuse, tip involute; stylo- 

 podium conical, undulated at the edge ; fruit nearly orbi- 

 culate, compressed, flat; akenium reverse ovate, striated. 



