88 PENTAN]). DIGYN. 



3. C. nodosa {knotted Cniicalh, or Hedge- Parsley), umbels 



lateral simple subsessile, stem prostrate. K. B. I. 11)9. 

 Hab. Waste places by road-sides, &c. Bank below Salisbury Craig, 



towards Diiddingston Loch, and by the road-side loading from 



Drummore to Preston, Mangh. Fl. June. ©. 

 Leaves bipinnate, leaflets shortly cut. Umbels capitate, opposite the 



base of u leaf. Flowers reddish. Petals very small. Ex'enud 

 fruits of the umbels most bristly, striated, subcylindrical. 



-IG. DAUCUS. 



1. D. Caruta {wild Carrot), stem hispid, leaves 2 — 3 ])innatc, 

 leaflets cut linear-lanceolate acute, fruit- bearing umbel con- 

 cave, fruit bristly. Lightf. p. 156. E. B. t. 1174. 



Had, Pastures and borders of fields, common. Fi. Jidy, ^. 



The origin of the cultivated carrot. — In the English i). mur'ttbnns, the 

 leaflets are much broader, and the fruit-bearing umbel convex. Is 

 it really a distinct species ? 



47. BUNIUM. 



1. B. Bull'ocastarmm {common Ear tli-mit), general involucre 

 of scarcely 3 leaves, leaves tripinnate linear glabrous, fruit 

 ovate. Lrg/itj: p. \5t). E. B. t. i)SS {B. Jlexuosu7n). 



Hab. Woods and pastures, frequent. 



-Roo^ularge, ovate, single, esculent tuber, from which spring the stem, 

 about 1 foot high, and a few radical leaves. Whole plant slender. 



48. CONIUM. 



1. C. maculatum {conunon Hemlock), seeds without prickles, 



stem much branched polished and spotted. Light/, p. 157- 



E. B. t. 1191. 

 Hab. Waste places, banks, &c., frequent. Field near the Bridewell, 



Glasg., abundant, lloplc. Fl. June, July. 3- . 

 Stem 2 — 4 feet high. Leaves much divided in a pinnated manner. 



Leajlets ovato-lanceolate, shining, serrated : vvdien bruised, fetid. 



General involucre of several short, ovato-lanceolate leaves; partial 



ones subsetaceous, all on one side. Fruit ovate, smooth, furrowed. 



Highly narcotic and dangerous in large quantities : has been much 



used medicinally in xdcerous and cancerous disorders, 

 4[), SELINUM. 

 1. S. palustre {Marsh Milk- Parsleij), lactescent, leaflets pin- 



natifid, segments linear-lanceolate, stem solitary striated, rays 



of the umbels pubescent, styles after flowering divaricating. 



E. B. t. 229. 

 Hab, Marshes, rare. Ditch at Ardencaple wood, Hopk. Fl. July. % . 

 Three to five feet high, much branched above. Umbels large, Livo- 



lucres of many, lanceolate, submembranaceous leaves. Root said to 



be used by the llussians instead of ginger, Sm. 



oO. PEUCEDANUM, 

 1, I*. Siluus {Mcudoia Sulphur-wort)f leaves tripinnate, leaflets 



