290 PENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Crithmum. 



and near Feversham. R. Sj?i. — About Yarmouth and Clay, 

 Norfolk. Huds. P. June, July.* 



mi'nus. P. Leaves winged; leafits wing-cleft; segments strap- 



sharxxL onnosite: stem verv much branched, spread- 



ing. Hud 



Pirn fine I la dtoica, which see. 



Silau's. P. Leafits wing-cleft; segments opposite : Involucrum of 



2 leaves. Linn. 



Jacq. austr. 15-Crantz. ttmb. 6. andaustr. Hi. 6-R't<v. pent. 58. 



Seseli prat.-Ger. 1047- l-Park. 904. 4- J. B. iii. 2. 

 171-Ger. 877-Dod. 310. 2-Lob. oh. 425.4; and ic. i. 



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738. l-Ger. em. 1048. 2-Park. 904. 3. 



Lower-leaves trebly compound ; the little-leaves cloven into 

 2 or 3 spear-shaped, segments. Involucr. 1 or 2 little leaves. 

 InvolucelL 12 spear-shaped leaves, deep purple or black at the 

 ends. Umbel of about 7 spokes. Urn be littles 1 2 to 20, and up- 

 wards. All the florets generally fertile, but some of the central 

 ones sometimes barren. Petals pointed, yellow. Germen crowned 

 with a glandular yellow receptacle, turning to a deep red as the 

 seeds ripen. 



Meadow Saxifrage^ or Sulphurwort.' Moistish meadows 



and pastures. P. Aug* 



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CRITH'MUM. florets equal : fruit oval com- 



pressed. 



C 



Jacq. hort. ii. 187-E. bot. 8\<J-Ki 



7 



■Mi 



Ger. 427- U 



ifits strap-spear-shaped. Flowers white. 



Rock Samphire* Sea coast. [On the chalk cliffs near the 

 ;dles in the Isle of Wight. St. On all the cliffs on the 

 nish coast. Mr. Watt. On the rocks at Dunnerholme, 



Wells 



Mr, 



♦ The roDts have a strong fetid smell, and an acrid, bitterish, unctuous 

 taste. Wounded in the spring they yield a considerable quantity of yel- 

 low juice, which dries into a gummy resin and retains the strong scent <fi 

 the root. Its virtues hayenot yet been ascertained with precision. 



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