PARSLEY FAIMIIA' gOj 



mistaken for it ; but its hollow stem and serrate leaves at once dis- 

 tinguish It, even when not in flower. — I'l July," August. Perennial. 

 3. A. ijiunddtum (Least I\Iarsh-wort).— A'small, usually sub- 

 merged, occasionally creeping plant ; stem stout, crooked ; sub- 

 merged leaves in hair-like segments ; J/oa/i/ig leaves pinnate with 



wedge-shaped leaflets; iiinliels above water, very small, of 2 4 



unequal ra)s : flo:c'ers small, white. — Ponds ; common. — Fl. Tune, 

 July. Perennial- 



Apii'M X0DlFL(.iRi':^T {Pyocumhjnt MaTsh-^Mm-i). 



II. Petroseli'nu.m (Parsley). — Branched herbaceous plants 

 with fusiform roots ; pinnate leaves ; umbels, compound ; braeis 

 few ; braeieoles many ; flowers yellow or white ; sepals minute ; 

 petals roundish, entire, with a narrow, incur\'ed point ; carpophore 

 forked ; fruit ovoid, with 5 filiform equal ridges and solitary vlttie 

 between them. (Name from the Greek petros, a rock, selinoii, 

 parsley.) 



I. P. sativu)n (Common Parsley).— A glabrous, shining, erect, 

 much-branched plant; stem 1 — 2 feet high, solid, ribbed; leaves 

 tripinnate ; flowers yellow. — A garden-escape, chiefly found on 

 old walls. PI. June — ^Vugust. Biennial. 



