72 



23. CAPRTFOLIACE^E. 



under each furrow ocrupied by 

 1 broad vitta ; carpophore forked 

 but adherent to the carpels. 



AVet ground beside running 

 streams : Waterfall Gully ; 



National Park, Belair; "Wil- 

 lunga. — Dec. - Mar. — North-wes- 

 tern India. Resembles .S'. lati- 

 foliiiiii, L., in habit, and is 

 doubtless the plant mentioned 

 under that name by Bentham 

 (FI. Aiisf. iii.. 336) as having 

 been received from "Cape Wil- 

 son and Lofty Range." and 

 considered as an arrival from 

 Europe; recorded also by Tate 

 under the same name (Fl. 

 Ei'fmfrop. South Avf^t., lOo) 

 as a native of the ''Adelaide 

 District." Following C. B. 

 Clarke, in Hooker's Flora of 

 British India, ii., 683, the 

 generic character of Sium has 

 been here altered, as regards 



the calyx-limb and number of vittas, so as to include 

 this species. It is probably indigenous to Australia, as 

 an early introduction from the highlands of India is un- 

 likely. Clarke records the plant from Kashmir and Bal- 

 tistan at heights of 5,000-9,000 ft. 



C'oniuin inaridatuni, L. (Hemlock), is grown in gar- 

 dens as an ornamental plant under the name of "Carrot 

 Fern," and will probably escape, as it has done in the 

 eastern States. Dr. R. S. Rogei's found it grooving wild 

 on South Neptune Island, January, 1907. A tall, erect 

 biennial, with stout purple-spotted .stems; leaves grace- 

 fully divided into many small, pinnatifid segments; ray.s 

 10-15; involucre of about 5 bracts, involucel 1-sided, of 

 3 bracts ; fruit compressed ; carpels ovoid, with 5 promin- 

 ent, usually wavy-crenate ribs; carpophore bifid. Poison- 

 ous and ill-smelling when bruised. — Oct. -Nov. — Europe; 

 western Asia. 



Class 3.— MONOPETAL^. 



Slum latijugum. 



Flowers with 

 petals more or 

 corolla ; 

 corolla. 



2 floral envelopes (calj'x and 

 less united, so as to form 

 stamens almost alwavs inserted 



corolla) ; 

 a single 

 on the 



Family 23.- 

 1. 



-CAPRIFOLIACE/E. 



Samhucus, L. 



1. Sambucus nigra, L 



tree or shrub; branches full of 



Common Elder. Small 

 white pith ; leaves oppo- 



