r'AKSI.FA" FAMILY 



with abundant milky juice, drying to a brown resin ; stem 3 — ^ 

 feet high, furrowed, hollow ; haves j-pinnate,; leaflets pinnatifid 

 with narrow acuminate segments ; bracts many,* deflexed, persist- 

 ent ; flowers w\\\ie. — Marshes, chiefly in the south and east ; rare. 

 — Fl. July, August. Perennial 



3,* P. Ostruthium (Masterwort). — A smooth, stout plant, i — 3 

 feet high ; stem round, furrowed, hollow ; leaves long-stalked, 



biternate ; leaflets few, large, broadly-ovate, cut and toothed ; 

 umbels large : braels absent ; flowers white. — Moist meadows in the 

 north ; rare. Formerly cultivated and now ojily an escape. — Fl. 

 June — August. Perennial. 



^6. Pastix.\ca (Parsnip). — Tap-rooted annual or biennial herbs, 

 with pinnate leaves; leaflets broad, sessile ;. j»»/)f/:.' compound ; 



