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pound, pinnate leaves with very narrow segments ; ebracteate, 

 compound u??ibe/s of yeWo^ flowers with roundish entire/(?/(2Z$' with 

 a short, blunt, inflexed tip. (Name, a diminutive from the Latin 

 foefiiem, hay, to which it has been compared in smell.) 



T. F. vulgdre (Common Fennel). — A well-known plant, with 

 an erect stetn^ numerous leaves, deeply divided into soft, hair-like 

 segments, and large terminal umbels of yellow floivers. — Waste 



FCE\icuLUM vULcARife {CoiHiuoH Fennel). 



places, especially near the sea. The whole plant is aromatic, and 

 the chopped leaves are used in sauce for fish. — Fl. July, August. 

 Perennial. 



25. CRfTHMUM (Samphire). — A smooth, fleshy, much-branched 

 plant, with 2 — 3-ternate leaves ; compound many-rayed umbels of 

 minute -^^xxX.^ flowers ; and short, smooth//-/^// with many z^zV/^ 

 and loose seeds. (Name said to be from the Greek crithcy^ barley, 

 from a fancied resemblance in the fruit.) 



