224 AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS. 
culun, Fennel; Peucedanune offictnale, Hog’s- 
Fennel or Sulphur-weed, in Kent and Essex 
only; Daucus gummifer or marittmus, Sea- 
coast Carrot, rare, the ripe umbels flat, or even 
convex, instead of having the bird’s-nest ap- 
pearance of the common Carrot; Lzgzstecune 
scoticum, Scotch Lovage, a plant of Northern 
shores ; Petroselinunt sativum, Garden Parsley, 
abundant in the I. of Wight, “ originally a 
native of Greece and Asia Minor;” and C7z¢h- 
mum maritimum, Samphire, its fleshy foliage on 
rocks washed by the sea. 
The seaside Composit& are few, represented 
by Aster Tripolium, Sea Starwort, flowers 
purple with yellow disk, /xula Crithmordes, 
Golden Samphire, whose linear fleshy leaves 
render it very unlike the other two Inulas, Ele- 
campane and Ploughman’s Spikenard. 
Of the Crucirer& there are found Brassica 
oleracea, Wild Cabbage, the origin of the 
numerous varieties of the Garden Cabbage, 
with large cream-coloured flowers, on the sea- 
cliffs in the South and West; three species of 
Cochlearia, Scurvy-grass, with smooth green 
foliage, and globose pouches of seed, and 
corymbs of white flowers; two species of 
