524 305. Petrosel. 45. UMBELLIFERiE. Pl.ex.cal. 



XL. 305. PETROSELINUM. Dioscorides. Parskij. 

 Involucnim ; involucella ; calyx ; petals equal, 

 roundish; lacinule short, blunt, inflected; stamejis short; 

 stylopodium depressed ; style reflected ; fruit roundish, twin ; 

 akenium half round, gibbous, 5-ribbed ; ribs acute ; valle- 

 cules convex, 2 or S-striated, many vittated, naked ; sperma- 

 podium undivided. — Umhells sessile. 



Peiroselinum vidgare. Common parsley. 



Leaves bipinnate ; leaflets deltoid ; stem-leaves linear. 



Apium hortense, -Gex. e»i. 1013, 1 

 Petroselinuili vulgare, Park. 9s!3. 

 Apium Petrnselinum, Lin. S. P. 379. 



Cultivated; annual; July. 



Leaves used in sauces and seasonings. 



j3. crispum. Leaflets curled. 



Curled parsley. 



Preferred by some, as not being liable to have lesser 

 hemlock mistaken for it. 



y. latifolium. Leaflets very broad. 



XLI. 306. APIUM. Pliny. Smallage. 



Involucrum ; involucella ; calyx ; petals equal, 

 roundish; lacinule short, blunt, inflected; stamens short; 

 stijlopodium depressed, style reflected; /}7/z7 roundish, twin; 

 akenium half-round, gibbous, 5-ribbed; ribs acute; valle- 

 cules convex, 2 or 3-streaked, many-vittated, naked; sper- 

 mapodium undivided,— Umbells sessile. 



Jpium graveolens. Strong-scented smallage. 



Leaves bipinnate ; leaflets rhombic, wedgeshape. 



Apium palustre et officinarum, Rati Syn. 214, 1, 



Eleoselinum seu Paludapium, Ger, cm. 1014, 1. 



Apium vulgare sive palustre, Park. 926. 



Apium graveolens, Lin. S. P. 379. 



Seseli gr;iveoiens, Scopoli Cam. 360. 



Wild celeri. Marsh parsley. Water parsley. 



Rivulets near the sea ; biennial ; August. 

 Stem bald; branches spreading; /eaye5 yellowish green, 

 shining. — Root and stem foetid, acrid, poisonous. 



3. du.lce. Leaves dark green. 



Apium dulce. Miller^ s Gard. Diet. 

 Apium Celeri, Gcerlner Fr. et Sem. 1,22. 

 Cckri. Scllery. 



