APIUM

(Lat.), n,n. *)’pi?-u3m(utm), Said to be from apis, a bee, because the pleats to which the name was anciently applied are specially liked by bees; according to others, from Celtic apon, water, related to Sansk., apya, that which grows in the water. Fr., ache. Ger., Eppich. It., appio. Sp., apio. 1. An ancient name for celery, parsley, and a number of allied plants. [A, 312; B.] 2, A genus of umbelliferous plants established by Tournefort; divided by Spach Into the sections À. and Pet rose linum, and the latter being made a distinct nus by Hoffmann, B, mie Be amink Crantz]. See AmMI majus.— A. anisum [Crantz], A: anisum dictum [Tournefort]. The Pimp in ell a anisum. [B, 211.]—A. earvi [Crantz]. Carum carvi. (B,173.] —A. crispum [Bauhin). A variety of A, pet rose linum, [B, 211.)—A. domesticum. See A. pet rose linum.— A. dulce ‘Tournefort et al]. he A. graveolens. [B, 211.J—A. graveolens [Linnæus]. Fr., ache des marais (Fr. Cod.]. Ger., Wa erepich, Syn.: A. pal us- ‘re [Bauhin]. Celery, smallage; a biennial herb, with the lower leaves pinnately disneniea andiaet) on long ioles, the upper leaves }-parted, the flowers devoid of involucel, and the fruit roundish-ovate, laterally compre ed, brown, and about ys inch lon; In its wild state, the plant has a foetid odor (whence the species-name), a rank, coarse taste, and even poisonous properties. All parts of the lant are aromatic, and the seeds contain both a volatile and a fixed oil. The root is sometimes used as a diuretic, and was reckoned one of the dive “major aperitives’ by the ancients, and the seeds were re-