WOODS AND THICKETS IN SVMMEU 139 



globular, berry-like drupe, containing a stone mth one or two 

 seeds. 



In very dense woods, where the Hght is so much reduced that but 

 few flowers \\i\\. grow, we may generally find the Wood Sanicle 

 {Sanicula euroycea), a smooth umbelliferous plant with a short, hard 

 rootstock, and a simple stem from one to two feet high. The leaves, 

 which are all radical, are on long stalks, and are palmately divided 

 into tliree or five shining lobes that are themselves cut and sharply 



toothed. The flowers arp SPSsilft. in lifflp I'minrlprl liparlc • flip 



Erratum 



Page 139 : The title of the illustration should be 

 The Angelica. The same correction should be made 

 in the List of Illustrations, p. xiii. 



The ^Vlexanders. 



whole inflorescence forming an irregular umbel or a loose jDanicle. 

 They are very minute, of a pinkish white colour ; and the outer 

 ones of each head usually have no pistil. They bloom during June 

 and July, and are followed later by Uttle prickly fruits about a 

 sixth of an inch long. 



In damp woods we commonly meet with the tall, stout, branching 

 Angelica [Angelica sylvestris) of the same order (Umbelliferce), with 

 a thick, furrowed stem, two to four feet high, downy above, and 

 usually more or less shaded with purple. Its lower leaves are 

 very large, with stalked, ovate leaflets, from one to two inches long, 

 often three-lobed, and always sharply toothed. The upper leaves 

 are much smaller, with fewer leaflets, and often consist only of a 

 broad sheath with a few small leaflets at its summit. The flowers 



