118 CONTRIBUTIONS TO A FLORA OF PORTLAND. 



Obs. Probably native on cliffs, but, in most cases, the 



remains, no doubt, of very ancient cultivation ; 



hence its plenty about Southwell, one of the oldest 



of the villages. J. W. White remarks (Flo. Bris.p. 



347), " For fifteen hundred years or more this was 



one of the commonest pot-herbs cultivated in 



gardens. It was much esteemed as a green vegetable, 



and the root, also, was served at table." 



Bupleurum tenuissimum, L. Slender Hare's Ear. Native. 



II. Very rare. Above West Cliff ; Revd. H. E. Fox. 



Rough ground North side of Lower Lighthouse, abundant, 



1876. 



Apium graveolens, L. Celery. Native. I. Not com. 



Roadside by Railway Embankment ; F. 

 A. nodiilorum, Reich, fil. Procumbent Water Parsnip. Native. 



II. Scarce. Culverwell ; F. 



Carum petroselinum, Benth. & Hook. fil. Common Parsley. 

 Alien. II. Rare. By quarries about Priory, 1881. 

 Obs. This plant, so frequently found around old 



castles, is wanting at Rufus Castle. 



C. segetum, Benth. & Hook. fil. (Petroselinum segetum, 



Koch). Corn Parsley. Native. II. Freq. Quarries near 



Rectory ; Revd. H. E. Fox in Flo. Dor. Ed. 2. Above 



West Cliff. Beyond Southwell, very abundant. 



Sison Amomum, L. Hedge Stonewort. Native. II. Rare ? 



Noted in Flo. Dor. Ed. 2, 129. 

 Conopodium majus, Loret (denudatum, Koch). Pig-nut. 



Native. II. Not com. The late Common ; F. 

 Foeniculum vulgare, Mill. Fennel. II. Local. " Near 

 Bow and Arrow Castle ; " Pulteney ; still there, 1911 ; F. 

 Netherfield. Formerly about old Vicarage House 

 Wakeham. Apparently native at Netherfield ; else- 

 where, probably, a survival from ancient cultivation. 

 Obs. Persistent. Doubtless formerly esteemed by 



the Islanders for medicine and for its edible root. 

 Crithmum maritimum, L. Samphire. Native. I. Chesil 

 Bank and Mere Beach between Smallmouth and Chesil, 



