EE EE 
Turnip-rooted Celery, is also ainiet snthoughs not so commonly. | 
— 150 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
with them sprigs of fennel to keep them awake during the long sermon, 
a tice which is not entirely obsolete. In the more primitive portions 
of the country, the patch of fennel Sl still be seen growing, and ite 
sanctuary is still redolent of its odor 
nee sae ae ee 
[Said to b of the plant. 
Fruit ovate or oblong. Car ai with 5 filiform “ara ribs. 
with single o7-tubes. Involucre and involucels mostly wanting. Stems 
~ saneeh, Leaves pinnately dissected ; segments multifid. Flow- 
white. 
Leaves some nt » bineenetit, the segments linear ; 
involucre L-leaved or 0; involucels 
ARIAN CARUM. Cilinon Carawa 
: 
Fr. Carvi. Germ. Gemeiner Kuemme:. Span. Alcaravéa. 
—— eee Laphing DC.), fusiform. Stem about 2 feet high, branched. Radical 
leaves rat! leaves multifid, the segments filiform. Pedals white. Fruit oblong 
or = often ‘chien at rasdes 
Gardens : cultivated. Native of Europe. Fl. June. Fr. August. 
Obs. This is sometimes cultivated for its highly aromatic fruit, —which 
is used to impart a flavor to cakes, and other articles of cookery. 
7. A’PIUM, Z. Crery. 
{From the Celtic, Apon, water ; near which it naturally grows.] 
F, Carpels with 5 filiform equal ribs. Channels with sin- 
gle ib tihes, ‘the outer ones often with 2-3. Involucre and involucels 0. 
Stems sulcate. Leaves pinnately dissected, with wedge-shaped divisions. 
1. A. Grave’ouens, L. var. dulce. Lower leaves on very long petioles ; 
segments cuneate, lo bed. 
Srrone- (uM. CELERY. 
Fr. Céléri. Coke Der Celeri. Span. Apio =strEe 
Whole plant glabrous. Root bie ental, fosifa Stem 2 t. high, branching. 
on ut succulent channel < pala, 6-12 tichos Ba sag in length, and 
which are green, or often purplish, wis not artificially blanched ; stem leaves on short 
omeenae Umbels te erent oe axillary y—the axilla es often sub: Sessile ; rays unequal, 
Pe white. Prot nearly Orbicalar. 
pe er oe eeivniol’ maaitre of Europe. Fi. July. Fr. September, 
Obs. This is much cultivated for the sake of the succulent aping petioles 
of the radical leaves, which are used as a salad: but to be 
rendered palatable— —or even eatable—t they. require to ig blanched or 
etiolated by the exclusion of light, eure) is usually effected 
in trenches an aon oe vering them earth, The var. _ Eee DC., or 
