86 CENANTHE. HERACLEUM. 



247. Q^NANTHE Lachenalii = (E. pimpinelloides, Smith. N. 

 In the salt marsh at the mouth of the Warren burn, plentiful, Dr. F. 

 Douglas. It may be conjectured that CE. silaifolia (= (E. peuceda- 

 nifolia) grows intermixed, for specimens occur having linear radical 

 leaflets, and frequently wanting the universal involucre. Trans. 

 Berw. N. Club, i. 132. 



248. (E. crocata. Water-Hemlock. Hooker Brit. Fl. edit. 4, 

 p. 116. — Watery places and ditches, frequent. Gregarious. June, 

 July. — It is seldom that we find any trace of the yellow juice which, 

 it is asserted, exudes copiously from the roots and herbage of this 

 plant in other districts; but sometimes such a juice appears sparingly. 

 Trans. Berw. N. Club, i. .55. The plant is poisonous. See Med. 

 Facts and Observations, vii. 310 : Christison on Poisons, p. 623 : 

 Pickells in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1843, p. 81. In the "Lancet" for 

 1833-4, p. 860, it is stated that seven cows were killed by eating the 

 roots in the month of January ; and the case of a dairy-maid is 

 detailed who narrowly escaped being poisoned after eating two pieces 

 of the root, each of the size of a walnut. 



249. CE. phellandrium. Rare. B. Ferneyrig marsh. Dr. R. 

 D. Thomson. Ilirsel and Lithtillum lochs. Misses Bell and Miss 

 Hunter. Aug. — The taste of the plant is disagreeable. 



250. iExHusA CYNAPiUM. Fool's-Parslcy. Corn-fields and 

 neglected gardens, not common in the east, but very common in the 

 west of our district. July-Aug. — Poisonous. See Christison on 

 Poisons, p. 624 : Don Gard. Diet. iii. p. 306. 



251. LiGTJSTiCTJM scoTicuM. Pennant, Tour in Scotland, 1772, 

 ii. 205. pi. 24. — On the entire Berwickshire coast from Lamberton 

 Shiels to Redheugh. July. — When bruised the leaves have the 

 smell of parsley, and much the same flavour. The seeds are more 

 aromatic. 



252. SiLAUs pratensis. Sides of roads and borders of fields, in 

 damp places, common in Berwickshire and Roxburghshire, and not 

 rare in N. Durham. Aug., Sept. 



253. Angelica sylvestris. SJfcbco : <&voimtif'Bii). Moist 

 meadows and bogs, especially in deans, common. July. — " Broaches," 

 or pirns, are made from the fistular stem. The swollen process at the 

 base of the leaves usually contains a quantity of water. J. Hardy. 

 The umbel of flowers of this, and of the following, are favourite 

 resorts of many pretty insects. 



254. Heracleum SPHONDYLITJM. Cotulucfefi. Borders of fields 

 and moist meadows, common. — The petals are sometimes tinged a 

 beautiful rose-colour. The anthers are greenish -yellow. — Horses are 

 fond of the weed ; swine are fed with it ; and cottagers collect the 

 leaves for their cows. The stems furnish the mischief-loving school- 

 boy with his "spout" or water-gun ; while he who is musically in- 

 clined converts an internodal piece into a whistle or flute. 



