Pl.ex.cal. 45. UMBELLIFER^. 303. Pastinaca. 525 



marginal streak slightly winged ; dorsal vittce 4, nearly 

 equal; commissural vittas 2, curved, short, obtuse, distant; 

 spermapodium bristlelike, 2-cut. 



Pastinaca sativa. Cultivated parsnep. 



Leaves pinnate, pubescent underneath ; leaflets cut, ser- 

 rate; terminal leaflets 3-lobed, 



Pastinaca sylvestris latifolia, Raii Syn. 206, 1 ; Ger. em. 1025, 2; Park 

 944. 



Pastinaca sativa, Lin. S. P. 376. 

 Pastinaca sylvestris, //w^^son Fl. Angl. 125. 

 Selinum Pastinaca, Crantz Austr. 161. 

 Anethum Pastinaca, Wibel Fl. Wentli. 146. 

 TVild parsnep. 



Edges of fields, on chalk ; biennial ; July. 



Root fusiform ; stem 3 feet high, branchy ; umbells short, 

 many-rayed. — Seeds produce sweeter and larger parsneps 

 than the seeds of the garden variety. 



^. edulis. Leaves broad. 



Pastinaca latifolia sativa, Raii Syn. 206, 2; Ger. em. 1025, 1; Park, 

 944. 



Leaves pinnate ; leaflets eared, either hairy or smooth.-* 

 Roots nutritive, sweeter than carrots, but strong-scented; 

 are brewed into an agreeable wine, or with hops, beer ; 

 seeds febrifuge, contain an essential oil. 



XXXIX. 304. SILAUS. Pliny. Sulphur-wort. 



Involucrum 1 or 2-leaved ; involucella many-leaved ; ca- 

 lyx 0; petals equal, oblong, inflected at the tiYt; fruit ovate, 

 gibbous, crowned; akeniinn oblong, reverse ovate, gibbous, 

 5-ribbed; ribs blunt, vallecules convex, 2 or 3-streaked; 

 spermapodium undivided, bristlelike. 



Silaus pratensis. Meadow sulphur-wort. 



Leaves tripinnate ; leaflets lanceolate, linear. 



Seseli pratense nostras, Raii Syn. 216, 1 ; Park. 905. 

 Saxifraga Anglicana facie seseli pratensis, Ger. em. 1047, 1. 

 Peiicedanum Silaus, Lin. S. P. 354. 

 Ligusticum Silaus, Stukes Bot. Mat. Med. 2, 90. 

 English saxifrage. Meadow saxifrage. 



Damp fields and pastures ; perennial ; August. 



Root fusiform ; stem 2 feet high^ branched, streaked ; 

 leaves bald, decompound; leaflets opposite, not cut or pin- 

 natifid; lobes decurrent, edge microscopically aculeated. 



