diftinguifhed by its want of a nefta- 
rium, and by the fingular pale-green 
ftrap, called a brattea, annexed to the 
pedunculus, that fupports an umbel of 
from three to feven radii, with one 
flower at the extremity of each. The 
leaves, you fee, are heart-fhaped and 
finely ferrated. Virgil celebrates this 
tree for the lightnefs of the wood. 
* * filia ante juga lavis. 
Pa/It- That tall umbelliferous plant, 
which grows fo profufely on the 
border of this field, I fee, attracts 
your particular notice. You have 
hitherto feen no plant of this flruc- 
ture whofe flowers were yellow; and 
that circumftance is alone fufHcient 
to inform me that it is the Paflinaca 
fyfoeftris, qr Wild Parfnip. It has no 
involucrum either general or partial, 
Its petals are involuted and entire, 
and its leaves are fimply pinnated. 
The general umbel coiififts of about 
ten radii, and the partial of as many 
more. You will find it in the Clafs 
and Order Pentandria Digynia. 
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