HERBAGE-VE( i ETA P.LES 



Fig. 7S. — Celerj- (Apium graneoleus, Parsley Family, Umbelliferce). Plant 

 in its first year, showing leaves and roots. (Nicholson.) 



Fig. 79. — Celery. Leaf. U])per rjart of flowering stem, showing flower 

 clusters and fruit. A flower, enlarged. Fruit. The same cut across. 

 (Britton and Brown.) — The plant is a biennial, smooth throughout; 

 leaves 25-50 cm. long, bright green (except when "blanched" by cul- 

 ture); flowering stem, erect 3-9 dm. tall; flowers white; fruit, dry, 

 brown. The plant as it grows wild in salt marshes and by the seashore 

 is somewhat poisonous, but becomes wholesome in cultivation. 



