152 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
guished by its unspotted stem, ae ie pendulous one-sided involucels 
and the st pide ridges of the frui 
10. PETROSELI’NUM, Hoffm. Parsuzy. 
(Greek, Petra, rock, and Selinum ; Rock Selinum,—from its native habitat.] 
ae Mecey Carpels with 5 oe ribs. Channels with single etn 
and two on the inner face of the carpels. “ Involucre few-leaved. 
lucels Gites eae Stems somewhat angular. Leaves dec saepoed 
1. P. sati’vcum, Segments of the lower leaves cuneate-ovate, 
trifid and ini dentate —of the upper ones linear-lanceolate and nearly 
entire ; involucels subulat 
CuLtTIvAaTED Pid Rly Parsley. 
Fr. Persil. Germ. Die Petersilie. Span. Perexil. 
‘lant Stem 2-4 feet high, striate with green and yellowish 
stripes, bran ched. ppg: cnmiee green, the lower ones much romeo g5 Umbels aioe 
mv0- 
and axillary, pedunculate. Invol cre of a i aflet (or sometimes 2-8) linear 
Tucels of 5-6 short subulate leaflets. Petals ae nish-white. Fruit ¢ ovate. 
Gardens: cultivated. Native of Eastern Foes: Fl. June. Fr. August 
Obs. Cultivated for the Haunt antic leaves which are fei in 
processes. The root has long been a popular 
diure The 
var. crisrum, or Curled Parsley—with the segments of the Toe! leaves 
broader, and curled on the margin—is also frequent in kitchen gardens. 
JE. OL0u'T A, I: sugges to 
[Latin e 
Calyx with 5 minute teeth. F; ge routs. “Chega with 5 equal flat- 
tish ribs, with a single od/-tube in each interval. Involucre few-leaved. 
Involucels many-leaved. Sub- cease fest: Stem terete, smooth, fistular. 
_ Leaves rid or triternately dissected. 
> LC. macula’ta, LZ. Stem spotted ie ena § 
leaves bi- ri tri-ternately divided,—the 
sf te, mucronately serrate, the nerves a 
ininetiog? in the notches. 
nial, with thick oblong fleshy fibres. Stem 4- 
myek ta brancting, dark purple, or striate with green and 
parp a - brown ; leaves smooth, the lower ones on rather 
ioles, triternate re dissected with the terminal 
a "eaacke 2-3 inches long, petiolulate, penninerved— 
,) running to the epost of the serratures instead 
e 0 or ts. Invo- 
Dr. Bice. 
Umbels spreading ; rays slender, 
fle ® 
~~" Fig. 106. The fruit of the Water Hemlock [Cicuta coiwibehae 107. A tate 
Sporrep Cievra. Spotted Cow-bane. Waiter 
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