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b. Flowers yellow, yellowish or greenish 



(1) Flowers yellow 



dii isions thread lik.- '"<< ulum 



(b) Leaf divisions broad 



(2) Flowers yellowish or greenish 



l if divisions thread like Anethum 



(b) Leaf divisions wedge-shaped, lobed Carum 



2. Flowers in heads Eryngium 



I teracleum — ( x>v/ I 'arsnip 

 (Or. Herakieio*, of Herculea, from the great also) 



Tall, 1-3 in. high ; leaves very hairy II- lanqlum 



Da nous — Carrot 



(Or. daukos, carrot) 

 is finely cut; fruiting umbel cup-shaped D. carota 



Apium — Celery 



(Lat. apium, parsley) 

 . ,v7 pinnately divided; umbels small; in one variety, the root is turnip- 

 like I. ''.ens 



Foeniculum — Fennel 



it. at. foenum, hay) 

 th, 1-2 m. high : sweel aromatic F. vulgire 



Pastinaca — Parsnip 



I I. at. pastus, food) 

 iarse, toothed or lobed ; poisonous when wild P. saliva 



Anethum— Dill 



(Gr. anethon, anison, anise, dill) 

 Stem smooth, about 1 m. high; petals falling quickly A. grave olens 



( arum — Parsley 



(Gr. karon, carum, caraway) 

 greenish; cultivated C. petroselinum 



Eryngium — Sea I lolly 



(Gr. eryngion, name of a plant) 

 1. Bracts below the head 1 8 I:, amelhysiinum 



1. Bracts below the head 10-20 /•.'. alpinum 



Rubiales Madder Order 



Rubiaceae — Madder Family 

 Herbs or shrubs with opposite or whorled leaves; sepals united, completely coherent with the 

 ovary, or with 4 5 free lobes, petals 4-5 or more united, stamens 4-5, ovary 2 celled, stigmas 2, fruit 

 eded capsule; (lower syncarpous, sympetalous, epigynous, regular. 



1. Leaves whorled; (lowers tiny, 4-parted Galium 



2. Leaves opposite; flowers large 



a. Flowers solitary, fragrant ; corolla 5-9-lobed Gardenia 



b. Flowers clustered ; corolla 4 lobed Bouvardia 



( ialium — Bedstraw 



(Gr. gadon. bedstraw, gala, milk, from the curdling effect of sam- 

 Leaves lance-linear, in 4's ; flowers white, in a panicle G. boreale 



Gardenia — Gardenia, Capo Jessamine 



i Named for Dr. Garden, an American correspondent of Lil 



Leaves oblong, bright green; (lowers large, white, often double G. florida 



Bouvardia — Bouvardia 



(Named for Bouvard, a French botanist) 

 Leaves opposite, ovale acuminate ; (lowers white />'. ijngiflora 



