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Locality. Waste and cultivated ground. A. Fl. July, August. 

 ■Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Throughout the Districts common. Eeadily 

 distinguished from all other umbellate plants by what is called its 

 beard ; three long pendulous leaves of the involucellum, all on one 

 side under the partial, and no involucrum to the general umbels. 

 The plant is generally considered deleterious, a quality supposed to 

 arise from the presence of a peculiar alkaline principle, called 

 Cynapia. 



[Fceniculum officinale (All.) Engl. Bot. t. 1208, occurs in quarries 

 about Winsley, {District 4) but not truly wild, probably an 

 escape from cultivation.] 



SiLAUs, (Besser) Sulphtjr-wort. 

 Linn. CI. v. Ord, ii. 

 Name. A word used by Pliny to denote a kind of herb, like 

 Smallage. 



1. S. pratensis (Bess.) meadow Pepper-Saxifrage. Cnidium 

 Silaus (Smith) Engl. Bot. t. 2142. Reich. Icones, t. 1923. 



Locality. Meadows, and moist pastures. P. Fl. June, August. 

 Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. In all the Districts, but not general. Whole 

 plant of a smooth dark green herbage, fetid when bruised, and 

 apparently rejected by cattle. 



Angelica, (Linn.) Angelica. 

 Linn. CI. v. Ord. ii. 

 Named Angelic from its cordial and medicinal properties. 

 1. A. sylvestris (Linn.) wood or wild Angelica. Engl. Bot. t. 

 1128. Beich. Icones, t, 1936. 



Locality. Banks of the Avon, Canal, moist woods, and marshy 

 places. P. Fl. July, August. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Stem two to 

 three feet high, purplish, branched. Umbels large and convex. 

 Flowers white or purplish. 



Pastinaca, (Linn.) Parsnep. 

 Linn. CI. v. Ord. ii. 

 Name. From pastus food, in allusion to its nutritious qualities. 

 1. P. sativa (Linn.) common wild Parsnep. Engl. Bot. t. 556. 

 Locality. Borders of fields and pastures in a chalky or gravelly 



