PASTINA'CA* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Penta'ndria-J-, Diqy'nia. 
Natural Order. Umbelli'fer as, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 218. — Sm. 
Gram, of Bot. p. 132. — Lindl. Syn. p. 111. ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. 
of Bot. p. 4. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 463. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 517. 
— Umbellate, Linn . — Rosales; subtype, Angelicida: ; Burn. 
Outl. of Bot. pp. 614 & 774. 
Gen. Char. Flowers all regular, uniform, perfect, and gene- 
rally prolific. Calyx nearly obsolete. Corolla (fig. 1.) of 5, round- 
ish, entire, retuse pointed, involute petals. Filaments (see f. 1 & 2.) 
5, thread-shaped, spreading, about the length of the petals. Anthers 
roundish. Germen (see fig. 2.) inferior, egg-shaped, compressed 
transversely, obscurely striated. Styles in the flower very short, 
upright ; subsequently spreading, recurved, moderately elongated ; 
greatly dilated, rather depressed at the base, and confluent with 
the broad, round, wavy, rather thin, Jloral receptacle. Stigmas 
capitate. Fruit (fig. 3.) much compressed at the back, with a 
broad flat border. Carpels ( seeds of Linn.,/ (fig*. 4 & 5.) with 
very slender ridges, the 3 dorsal ones equidistant, the 2 lateral ones 
remote, contiguous to the dilated border. Interstices ( channels ) 
with single vittce. Seed flat. Universal and partial Involucrums 
none, or of few leaves. Flowers yellow. 
The roundish, entire, equal, involute, retuse petals ; the dorsally 
compressed fruit with a broad flat border ; the carpels with 3 very 
slender ridges, the 3 dorsal ones equidistant, the 2 lateral ones re- 
mote, contiguous to the border ; and the channels with single filiform 
vittce ; will distinguish this from other genera in the same class 
and order. 
One species British. 
PASTINA'CA SATIVA. Common Parsnep. Wild Parsnep. 
Spec. Char. Leaves simply pinnate ; downy beneath ; leaflets 
egg-shaped, cut and serrated, terminal one 3-lobed. 
Engl. Bot. t. 556. — Mart. FI. Bust. t. 83. — Linn. Sp. PI. p 376. — Pm. FI. Biit. 
v. i. p. 328. Engl. FI. v. ii. p. 101. — With. (7ih ed.) v. ii. p. 391. — Gray's Nat. 
Arr. v. ii p.523. — Lind.Syn. p. 116. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 118. — Rtlh. FI. Cant. 
(3rd ed.) p. 124. — Winch’s FI. of Northumb. and Durham, p. 20. — Don’s Gen. 
Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. iii. p.338. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p.84. — Bab. FI. Bath, 
p. 20. — Curl. Brit. Entomol. vol. v. t. 221. — Mack. Catal. of PI. of Ire), p. 30. — 
Pastindca sylvestris, Huds. Fl.Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 125. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 
101. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 67. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 156 .—Pastinucu syl- 
vestris lati/olia, Kay’s Syn. p. 2C6. — Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 1025. 
Localities. — On the borders of fields, hillocks, and dry banks, in a chalky or 
limestone soil. Not uncommon in some parts of England, rare in others. — Ox- 
fordsh. Very plentiful by road-sides, and on the borders of fields, almost every 
where in the neighbourhood of Oxford; and about Dpper Ileyford: W. B. — 
Bedfordsh. Common: Rev. C. Abbot. — Cambridgesh. About Cambridge: 
Rev. R. Relhan. — Devon ; Waste ground near Plymouth : H. Watson, Esq. 
Fig. 1. The Corolla. — Fig. 2. The Germen and Stamens. — Fig. 3. The unripe 
fruit. — Fig. 4. The 2 Carpels, which formed the fruit, separated, and suspended 
by the central, thread-shaped, 2-parted column or axis.— Fig. 5. A Carpel cut 
through transversely. — All, except figs. 3 & 4, slightly magnified. 
* From pastas, food. Hooker, f See Anchusa sempervirens, f. 48, n. f. 
