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C|e |(ora of Miltsljke. 



COlfPEISING THE 



llotoermg plants m\h |enis inbipimws ta tijc Cowutg; 



By Thomas Bruges Flowee, M.R.C.S., F.L.S., &c., &c. 



No. IX. 



ORDER. UMBELLIFER^. (JUSS.) 



So called from the arrangement of the flower-stalks in heads or 

 * umbels.' The products of the group vary much in character. Some 

 are acrid and virulently poisonous, some secrete gum-resins, others 

 again are aromatic and useful as condiments. Celery, Fennel, 

 Parsnip, Carrot, and Parsley, are all familiar esculents belonging 

 to the Order. 



Hydrocotyle, (Linn.) Marsh Penny- wort. 

 Linn. CI. v. Ord. ii. 



Name. From liydor vfater, and cotyle, a cavity ; in allusion to the 

 slightly concave form of the leaves, whose roundness gives origin 

 to the English name Penny-wort. 



1. H. vulgaris, (Linn.) common Marsh Penny-wort. Engl. Bot. 

 t. 751. Reich. Icones, t. 1842. 



Locality. Bogs and moorish ground, not common. P. Fl. May, 

 August. Area, 1. * 3. 4. * 



South Division. 



1. South-east District," Neighbourhood of Salisbury," Mr. James 

 Hussey. " Rivulets on Alderbury Common," Dr. ii/a^o». "Ames- 

 bury," Dr. Southby. 



3. South-west District, " Boggy ground near Warminster," Mr. 

 Wheeler. 



North Division. 



4. North-west District, On swampy ground near the Mill in Spye 

 Park. " Pond on Bowden Hill," Dr. Alexander Prior. 



The flowers being very small, and the flower-stalks shorter than 

 the leaf-stalks, are easily overlooked, though they are abundant in 



