Selinum
(from Selinon, the Greek name for Parsley; applied to this genus on account of the resemblance in the leaves). SYNS. Cnidium, Mylinum. Including Oreocome. ORD. Umbelliferae. A genus comprising about twenty-five species of mostly hardy, branched, glabrous, perennial herbs; one is found in the mountainous parts of Columbia, and another in South Africa, the rest being all natives of the Northern hemisphere. Flowers white or rarely yellowish-green, in compound, many-rayed umbels. Leaves pinnately decompound. The species possess no interest from a garden standpoint.