PL ex. cal. 45. UMBELLIFERiE. 303. Pastinaca. 523 
marginal streak slightly winged ; dorsal vittce 4, nearly 
equal ; commissural vittae 2, curved, short, obtuse, distant ; 
spermapodium bristlelike, 2-cut. 
Pastinaca saliva. Cultivated parsnep. 
Leaves pinnate, pubescent underneath ; leaflets cut, ser- 
rate; terminal leaflets 3-lobed. 
Pastinaca sylvestris latifolia, Raii Syn. 206, 1 ; Ger. em. 1025, 2 ; Park 
044. 
Pastinaca sativa, Lin. S. P. 376. 
Pastinaca sylvestris, Hudson FI. Angl. 125. 
Selinum Pastinaca, Crantz Austr. 161. 
Anethum Pastinaca, Wibel FI. Wenth. 146. 
Wild parsnep. 
Edges of fields, on chalk ; biennial ; July. 
Root fusiform ; stem 3 feet high, branchy ; umbells short, 
many-rayed. — Seeds produce sweeter and larger parsneps 
than the seeds of the garden variety. 
/3. edulis . Leaves broad. 
Pastinaca latifolia sativa, Raii Syn. 206,2; Ger. em. 1025, 1; Park. 
944. 
Leaves pinnate; leaflets eared, either hairy or smooth. — 
RoGts nutritive, sweeter than carrots, but strong-scented; 
are brewed into an agreeable wine, or with hops, beer ; 
seeds febrifuge, contain an essential oil. 
XXXIX. 304. SILAUS. Pliny. Sulphur-wort . 
Involucrum 1 or 2-leaved ; involucella many-leaved ; ca- 
lyx 0 ; petals equal, oblong, inflected at the tip ; fruit ovate, 
gibbous, crowned ; akenium oblong, reverse ovate, gibbous, 
5-ribbed; ribs blunt, vallecules convex, 2 or 3-streaked; 
spermapodium undivided, bristlelike. 
Silaus pratensis. Meadow sulphur-wort* 
Leaves tripinnate ; leaflets lanceolate, linear. 
Seseli pratense nostras, Raii Syn. 216, 1 ; Park. 905. 
Saxifraga Anglicana facie seseli pratensis, Ger. em. 1047, 1. 
Peucedanum Silaus, Lin. S. P. 354. 
Ligusticum Silaus, Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2, 90. 
English saxifrage. Meadow saxifrage. 
Damp fields and pastures ; perennial ; August. 
Root fusiform ; stem 2 feet high, branched, streaked ; 
leaves bald, decompound; leaflets opposite, not cut or pin- 
natifid; lobes decurrent, edge microscopically aculeated. 
