PETROSELINUM. 
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erect stiff straight l|-2 ft. high sparingly stragglingly and di- 
varicately branched, angular strongly ribbed or furrowed fistu- 
lose, often red or purple downwards like the 1. -stalks. Foliage 
dark shining gr. ; lfts. of lower 1. an inch or more long or broad, 
of uppermost 4 — § in- long? 1-2 lines broad. Umbels lateral and 
terminal numerous small inconspicuous very shortly stalked or 
sessile with a ternate or 3-partite 1. or two at their base, very 
unequally 4-12-rayed, not confluent and without either general 
or partial inv. Partial umbels remote distinct small. FI. mi- 
nute and inconspicuous dull greenish-w. Stam. scarcely longer 
than the pet. Styles short divergently recurved, not longer than 
the depressed stylopod. 
The use of this pi. as an esculent is confined to a very few 
gardens in Mad., chiefly at Camacha or the Mount. By the 
country people it is entirely neglected. 
2. Petroselinum Hoffm. 
1. P. SATIVUM Hoffm. Parsley. Salsa. 
Smooth and shining ; st. erect branched ; 1. 2-3-pinnate, lfts of 
the lower 1. inciso-ternate stalked rhomboidal or broadly wedge- 
shaped with toothed obtuse subtruncate lobes, of the upper- 
most linear-lanceolate entire; umbels many-rayed, rays sub- 
equal spreading; styles recurved longer than the stylopod. — 
DC. iv. 102 ; Seub. FI. Az. 42 ; Koch 311 ; Bab. 140. Ajrium Pc- 
troselinum L., Desf. i. 265 ; Brot. i. 463 ; EBS. t. 2793. — Herb, 
ann. or bienn. Mad. reg. 1, 2, c. PS. reg. 2, c. Bocks and cliffs 
in ravines or by the sea almost everywhere, Bib. de S ta Luzia, &c. 
PS. in the Serra de fora, &c. May- July. — Boot whitish strong 
thick long tapshaped or fusiform. St. stout erect stiff hard round 
striate 12-18 in. rarely 2-3 ft. high mostly somewhat low and 
straggling, much branched, full bright gr. never reddish. Foli- 
age bright gr., lfts of lower 1. \ in. long or broad, of uppermost 
1 in. long, 1 line broad. Umbels terminal moderately large di- 
stinctly stalked, not very unequally 10-20-rayed, not confluent, 
with 1-3 general and 5-10 partial linear invol. Partial umbels 
separate distinct. FI. small inconspicuous greenisli-y. Stam. 
considerably longer than the pet. which are very small and 
strongly incurved. Styles moderately long, divergently recurved, 
longer than the raised tumid stylopod. Fr. compressedly ovoi- 
dal dark brown with distinct pale ribs. Vittce 6 subequidi- 
stant, 4 dorsal, 2 commissural. 
Of the same universal use in cookery in Mad. amongst all 
classes as elsewhere. The curled or crisped-leaved var. /3. DC. 
is also occasionally cult. 
