46 The American Naturalist. [January, 
Oreoselinum. Germanis Deutsch petersilg. Fuch. 1542, 573. 
Petroselinum. Tragus, 1552, 459. 
Apium. Cam. Epit., 1586, 526. 
Apium hortense Fuchs. J. Bauhin, 1651, IIL, 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. L'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 petersilze ; 
in Flanders and Holland petersefie; in Holland preterselie; in 
Denmark getersilje; in Italy prezzemolo, petroncino, erbetta; in 
Spain perejil; in Portugal selsa;“' in Norway persille; in 
Russia priruschka’? 
hagedounis,“ kussah ;™* in China, hu-sut; 
in Egypt, iunhois: ith i ladin ninian vjooaen khorasanee ;" in 
Japan, 42m, seri; in Persia, £arefo. 

PARSNIP. Pastinaca sativa L. 
It has been supposed that the pastinaca of the Romans, included 
the carrot and the parsnip, and that the elaphoboscon 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. 
1 Vilmorin. Les Pl. Pot., 403, M6 Bretschneider, On the Study, rei 15. 
142 Schubeler. Culturpflanz, 94. 147 Speede. Ind. Handb. of Gard., 
14 McIntosh. Book — Gard., II., 232. "8 Kaempfer. Amoen., 825; cect 
W Delile. Fil. Æg. Il Jap., 120. 
145 Birdwood. Veg. ma of Bomb., 163. 1% Pliny, Lib. XXII., c. 37. 


