46 The American Naturalist. [January, 
Oreoselinum. Germanis Deutsch petersilg. Fuch. 1542, 573. 
Petroselinum. Tragus, 1552, 459. 
Apium. Cam. Epit., 1586, 526. 
Apium hortense Fuchsi. J. Bauhin, 1651, III., Pt. 2, 97. 
Apium latifolium. Mill. Dict., 1737. 
Dutch parsley. Gard. Kal., 1765, 127. 
Hamburg parsley. Mawe, 1778. 
Broad-leaved. Mawe, 1778. 
Hamburg or large rooted. McMahon, 1806; Burr, 1863, 433. 
Large rooted. Thorb. Kal., 1821. 
Persil tubereux. Hort. Fran., 1824. 
Persil a grosse racine. Vilm., 1883, 405. 
VI. A Persil panache is mentioned by Pirolle, in L’Hort. 
Frangais, 1824, but I find no further account. 
The Parsley is called in France persil; in Germany petersilie ; 
in Flanders and Holland jpeterselie; in Holland preterselie; in 
Denmark petersilje; in Italy prezzemolo, petroncino, erbetta; in 
Spain perejl; in Portugal selsa;™ in Norway persille; in 
Russia petruschka 
In Arab Le 

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s,“ kussah ;* in China, ku-sut; 
in Egypt, bagdunis ;" in t India; jiad vjooaen khorasanee ; in 
Japan, žin, seri; in Persia, karefo. 
PARSNIP. Pastinaca sativa L. 
It has been supposed that the pastinaca of the Romans included 
the carrot and the parsnip, and that the e/aphoboscon of Pliny’ 
was the parsnip. Pliny describes the medicinal virtues of the 
elaphoboscon, and says it is much esteemed as a food. The refer- 
ences however do not prove this plant to be cultivated, nor do the 
references to the fastinaca satisfactorily indicate the parsnip. I 
am unwilling to accept such evidence as we find that the cultiva- 
ted parsnip was known to the ancient Greeks and Romans. 
141'Vilmorin. Les Pl. Pot., = 146 Bretschneider. On the Study, etc., 15. 
142 Schubeler. Culturpflanz, 147Speede. Ind. Handb. of Gard., r81. 
143 McIntosh. Book = the Gut. II., 232. 18 Kaempfer. Amoen., 825; Thunberg, 
M Delile. Fl. Æg. Il Jap., 120. 
45 Birdwood. Veg. = of Bomb., 163. ™ Pliny, Lib. XXII., c. 37. 
