522 301. Coriand. 45. UMBELLIFERJE. PL ex. cal 
spherical, crowned ; akenium hemispherical ; latuscule 
4- ribbed, 5-valleculated, not vittated ; commissure hol- 
lowed; vittse 2, semi- lunate, in the membranous endocarp; 
spermapodium bristlelike, compressed, smaller at each end 
adnate, half 2-cut; spermapodophore adnate to the fruit. 
Coriandrum sativum. Cultivated coriander * 
Coriandrum, Raii Syn. 221, 1 ; Ger. em. 1012. 
Coriandrum vulgare, Park. 918. 
Coriandrum sativum, Lin. S . P. 367. 
Gardens and cultivated ; annual ; June. 
Stem upright, branchy ; leaves compound ; lower leaves 
pinnate, leaflets wedgeshape, roundish, cut ; upper leaves 
triternate ; lobes linear ; umbells many-rayed. — Leaves 
strong-scented ; seeds slightly aromatic, used to cover the 
taste of senna, and in spices, as currie powder, and season- 
ing for black puddings ; also covered with sugar as a sweet- 
meat ; formerly steeped in wine or vinegar, and then dried 
to render them milder. 
XXXVII. 302. PEUCEDANUM. Dioscor. Hogs-fennel. 
Involucrum few-leaved, bristlelike ; involucella many- 
leaved, bristlelike; flowers of the centre abortive; calyx 
5- toothed, inflected; petals equal, oblong; lacinule acute, 
inflected; fruit ovate, elliptical, lenticularly compressed; 
akenium elliptic, compressed, 5-ribbed ; marginal rib slightly 
winged ; commissural vittce 2, curved ; spermapodium bristle- 
like, 2-cut. 
Peucedanum officinale. Shop hogs-fennel. 
Leaves 3 or 4-ternate ; leaflets threadshape, linear, undi- 
vided. 
Peucedanum, Raii Syn. 206, 1 ; Ger. em. 1054, 1. 
Peucedanum vulgare, Park . 880. 
Peucedanum officinale, Lin. S. P. 353. 
Sulphur wort. JJorestrcng. Harestrange. Brimstone wort. 
Marshes by the sea; perennial; June and July. 
Root fusiform; stem branchy; leaves stiff, bald; umbells 
large, many-rayed. — Root foetid, acrid, bitterish, yielding 
by incision a yellow juice drying into a gum-rosin. 
XXXVIII. 303. PASTINACA. Brunsfel. Parsnep. 
Involucrum and involucella 0; flowers hermaphrodite, 
fertile ; calyx 0 ; petals equal, obtuse, tip involute ; stylo - 
podium conical, undulated at the edge ; fruit nearly orbi- 
culate, compressed, flat; akenium reverse ovate, striated, 
