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ralized, and threatens to become a troublesome pest, ur farms. 
When it gets s on the > premises of a careless pore? farmer, ny soon | mul- 
tiplies so as 
should be diligently eradicated before it matures its seeds. 
2. PASTINA’CA, Tournef. Parsnip. 
[Latin, Pastus, food ; from the use made of the root.] 
Calyzx-teeth obsolete. inet = Pex a del a dilated flat 
i each channel 
margin. Carpels ribbed as 
between the ribs, and tw: aie thee ofthe earel as lng ds the 
volucre and lodnene 0, or few-leaved. Stem sulcate, smooth. 
carpels, In 
Leaves ibe eipe dissected ; = leaflets incised-dentate or lobed. 
A, L. Leaflets in 3-4 pairs with a terminal odd one, ovate- 
oblovg, eo obtuse, Escinad dentate sessile ; the terminal o ne 3-lobed 
and petiolulate 
CuntivaTeD Prernt aca. Parsnip. Garden Parsnip. 
Fr. Panais potager. Germ. Die Pastinake. Span. Chirivia. 
Plant yellowish-green. Root biennial, fusiform, large and fleshy. Stem 3-5 feet high, 
rather shat. furrowed and fistular , somewhat branching. Leaflets 2-4 _— long—the 
S mbels nearly 
or very flatly Sulbigccemad on the back. "Ribs filiform ; asi fone ‘ oll-tesbes 
dark purple, generally linear, sometimes a little clavate. 
Gardens ; cultivated. Native of Europe. Fl. Ju gg Oe Fr. August ~Octoder. 
Obs, Generally culti tivated for 1 ihn ee te in the best 
varieties (such as that called the “ Guernsey Le ade is expe & 
rich and marrow-like. The plant p rodnces tay is apt to 
96. An ambel of the Carrot (Daucus Carota]. or. an catargod fruit, 98. The 
Rtn showing an an oil-tube under each of the prickly secondary ribs 
