A large plant family in the order Apiales, also known as Umbelliferae. Most are aromatic herbs with alternate, feather-divided leaves that are sheathed at the base. The flowers often form a conspicuous flat-topped umbel. Each small individual flower is usually bisexual, with five sepals, five petals, and an enlarged disk at the base of the style. The fruits are ridged and are composed of two parts that split open at maturity.
    

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Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

Six flowering plants, one possibly a pink (Dianthus species) and one an Anthriscus species. Watercolour, c. 1870.

Angelica (Angelica archangelica): root segments and stem with bud. Watercolour.

Sweet cicely (Myrrhis odorata (L.) Scop.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate rootstock and flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

Hedge sison (Sison amomum L.): flowering stem with separate leaf, flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Wild carrot (Daucus carota L.): flowering stem with separate root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

A species of the genus Bupleurum: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

Bur parsley (Caucalis sp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

A plant (Carum bunius L.) related to caraway: flowering stem with part of root and separate flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

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Wild carrot (Daucus carota L.): flowering stem with separate root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

A species of the genus Bupleurum: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate flower. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

Bur parsley (Caucalis sp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

A plant (Carum bunius L.) related to caraway: flowering stem with part of root and separate flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.