AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS. 127 
known are the Wood Sanicle, Sanzcula Euro- 
pea, Wild Celery, Apzum graveolens; Gout- 
weed, Egopodium~-Podagraria, called in Sus- 
sex Ground Elder; the Caraway, Carum 
Caruz; two species of Water-Parsnep, Szum ; 
Fool’s Parsley, A¢husa Cynapium, a poisonous 
weed, whose leaf causes it to be mistaken for 
Parsley that is not curled ; Wild Parsnep, Pas- 
tinaca Sativa ; the large Cow-Parsnep, or Hog- 
weed, Seracleum Sphondylium; the Carrot, 
Daucus Carota; several species of Hedge- 
Parsley, Zor:/ts; the curious little plant in 
cornfields, and among other crops, called Shep- 
herd’s Needle, Scandix Pecten-veneris; the 
Wild Chervil, Anthriscus Sylvestris ; and Hem- 
lock, Contum maculatum. 
Nearly all the plants of the Order have pin- 
natifid leaves, divided and subdivided. The 
exceptions are Hydrocotyle, Penny-wort, which 
has a nearly circular, pe/¢ate, leaf attached to its 
stalk by the centre—a very rare form of leaf,— 
the Wood Sanicle, and several others. 
There is often much beauty in the form of 
these plants, especially those which, like the 
Hemlock, have pinnatifid leaves, and numerous 
umbels of white, or nearly white, flowers ; other- 
