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h. Radical leaves only, 2 June, 1873. 

 c. Flowering plant. 



Grown, as well as la, in the garden at Clapham Common, 



from a root brought from near Witham, Essex, 



2 June, 1873. 



255. Conium maculatum, L. 



a. Branch with flowers and young fruit. 

 Erith, Kent, July, 1859. 



256. Ferula alliacea, Boiss. 



a, h. Leaves and umbels of young fruit and detached Howering 



umbels, 



• " Plant whicli produces the variety of Assafuitida known at Bombay 



as Hing. Grows, according to Dr. Dynock, in Yezd and Kerman, from 



one of" which places this specimen was sent."— See Dr. D's letter of 



21 Aug., 1874." 



To this sheet a memorandum is attached, signed W. 

 Dymock, as follows : — 

 " Blossom, fertile and unfertile, from the same plant." 

 "Abortive flowers (with) stylopodium, very irregularly lobed or notched 

 round the margin. The umbels are glabrous, no male flowers could be 

 found ; young fruit quite glabrous, grooved, not {a.s in Scorodosma) 

 plump and hairy ; 11 Nov., 1874." 



A sketch in pencil of abortive flowers and young fruit is attaclied to 

 this sheet. [The umbels in the dried specimen have stout peduncles 

 barely an inch long, although the pedicels are li to IJ inches long.] 



257. [Ferula Narthex, Boiss-] Ferula Assafoetida, Linn, (according 



to Falconer). 



a. Leaf, portion of root. 



Astore, Dr. Falconer (J. D. N.) 

 [Dr. H. Trimen, who examined this specimen when describing the 

 assafoetida plants in "Medicinal Plants," labelled it in pencil : "Narthex 

 Assdfietida, Falc. ; Ferula Narthex, Boiss." Some of the leaflets are 

 crenate serrate towards the tips, and Dr. O. Stapf, who described 

 F. Polakii, assures me (E. M. H.) that this plant is identical with 

 F. Narthex, Boiss, and that the leaf in living plants sliows all gradations 

 from entire to strongly serrate margins. It would appear, therefore, 

 that F. Narthex, Boiss, F. Polakii, Stapf, and F. fieticlissiina, Kegel 

 and Schmal, are forms of one species.— See note under c and rf.] 

 h. Branch with ripe fruiting umbels, but without leaves. 

 Ferula Aftsafatida, L, Kashmir, Di. Falconer ex. Herb. 

 Hooker. On this sheet are attached 4 specimens of 

 detached fruits, and 1 of flowers. 



