PARSLEY FAMILY. 149 . 
terete, striate. Leaves pinnately or ternately eee the rather rigid 
leaflets entire or spay oothed near the a: 
‘ida, DC. acts 3-9, ue. oblong-Janceolate, very entire 
or tis stg J rey near the apex; umbels terminal and subter- 
minal, on long peduncle 
Riaip oR sTIFF dace Cow-bane. Wild Parsnip. 
Whole plant smooth. Root perennial. Stem 2-4 or 5 feet high, Sepa mpey et sparingly 
branched gh barons all simply pseudo-pinnate ; common peti r 6 i inches es long, 
= np what margined ; or segments 2-3 or conde Phin conten 
lin vate- eae coldie and cuneate-o long, often alittle falcate. Umbels about 3, on rather 
ae saat striate peduncles. Involucre 0, or sometimes of 2-3 lance-linear leaflets. Invoe 
lucels of 6-8 subulate-linear leaflets. Petals white. Channels filled to convexity by the 
ee eros oil-tubes. Inner face of the carpels a little concave, lined with a white corky 
coal 
Swampy meadows and low grounds ; New York to Louisiana. FI. August. Fr. Oct. 
Obs. This is reputed to be an active siete Sagat to horned 
cattle, “when eaten by them ; and therefore very farmer is interested in 
knowing t the plant, ty causing it to be e radicated $ican ie meadows 
d pastures. It v: es somewhat in its features; but the above is a 
description of its tinal: fo orm, in Pennsylvania. 
5. FGENIC’ULUM, Adans. Fennu. 
[Latin, diminutive of Fenum, hay ; from a resemblance in its pie ] 
Fruit elliptic-oblong, abies ett capas with 5 obtuse keeled ribs, of 
which the lateral ones are marginal, and often a little peer. Channels 
with ap ocas aise pais, and involuce's 0. Biennial or perennial. 
Stems te oe striate. Leaves decompound, pinna’ sis Gade the seg- 
ments li owers 
1.-Fs vonea 4iu, Gaertn. Segments of the leaves subulate-linear, elon- 
gated ; umbels many-rayed. 
Coumoy Fanicutum. Fennel. Garden Fennel. 
Fr. Fenouil. Germ, Der Fenchel. Span. digg: 
. Root perennial? (biennial, DC.). or 6 feet high, branching, 
Striate-grooved, purplish-green a_i some what glaucous ; rge, peng and eee 
biternately dissec pe ote to an inch — on half long, Saar orm, 
divisions often dichotomou much 
ee: at summit. Uimbels of Is of 15 20 or 30 tt pi 
cultivated. Native of Europe. Fl. July. #r. September, 
Obs. The br plant is highly aromatic. anne who Roe. Bees, in 
former years, were much in the practice, when those 
pan a — inside of the bee-hive with this fragrant — under the 
odor would attach them to their new domicil. It is 
ein cultivated for its aromatic fruit, | whie h is is occasi cused in 
like ohaceo, ag a popular 
Sa Rer er pe 
for cholic. "Those ho ha read the oan 
remedy for ¢ - WwW m = ea 
the meation of the tatom of the old ladies to eaty 
