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properties, and this may account for its original intro- 

 'duction. Its native habitat is mountain pastures in 

 South, Central, and North-East Europe. 



Feucedanum graveolens, Benth. and Hook. f. 

 Probably a native of Persia, where Haussknecht found 

 it in sandy plains. A weed in cornfields in Eastern 

 Europe, whence it has occasionally been introduced 

 into England by means of grain importation. 



Feucedanuin Ostruthimu, Koch. Native along moun- 

 tain streams in Central and Southern Europe. It is 

 absent as a native in Normandy and Belgium. The 

 ■species is well established in a few places in Northern 

 England, but its indigenous state must be doubted for 

 similar reasons to those brought forward in the case 

 of Myrrhis odorata. Like it, this plant has been used 

 medicinally. 



[Feucedanum sativum, Benth. and Hook. f. Native 

 •of chalk and limestone downs in Southern England, 

 but much more common as a relic of cultivation. 

 It is in fact seldom recorded in local Floras, even 

 in the southern counties, as growing in natural sur- 

 roundings.] 



Scandix australis, L. A native of the shadeless grassy 

 hills of the Mediterranean region. It is a common 

 cornfield weed in some parts of Europe, and occurs 

 occasionally in England as a grain introduction. 



JScandix Fecten-veneris, L. Native of bushy places 

 in some parts of Eastern Europe. An abundant weed 

 •of cornfields throughout Europe, including England. 



