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unequal, d^ndfrmi produced into a very long slender beak. (Name, 

 the Greek name for some allied plant.) 



I. S. Fecfe7i- Vateris (^hQ^hex&s Needle, Venus' Comb).— A 

 small plant, 3 — 9 in. high, with finely-cut bright-green leaves ; 

 few-rayed umbels of small white flowers ; and long, beaked /r/^zV^. 

 — A weed in cultivated ground; common. But for the ovary 

 being inferior, this plant might be mistaken for an Erbdiiun. — 

 Fl. June — September. Annual. 



scAndix p^cten-v^neris {Shepherd' s Needle, Venus Comb). 



23. Seseli (Meadow Saxifrage). — Erect branched plants ; leavt^ 

 2 — 3- or more-pinnate ; U7?ibels compound ; brads and bracteoks 

 many, entire ; floivers white sepals acute ; fruit short, with no 

 beak or bristles and blunt ridges. (Name of Greek origin.) 



I. 6*. Libanbtis (Mountain Meadow Saxifrage). — A stout plant, 

 I — 2 feet high, with a solid, furrowed stem ; bipinnate leaves ; 

 hemispherical umbels ; hBAxy fruit ; and persistent, reflexed styles. 

 — Chalk-hills, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, and Sussex. — Fl. 

 July, August. Perennial. 



24. FcENicuLUM (Fennel). — Tall, smooth plants, with decom- 



