UMBELLIFEROUS TRIBE 



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2. Sanicula {Sanicle) 



i. S. Europcva (Wood Sanicle). A slender, smooth plant about 

 ii feet high, with glossy leaves, which are 3 to 5-lobed and cut. 

 The flowers are dull white, and grow in panicled heads rather than 

 umbels, and are succeeded by roundish seeds, which are covered 

 with hooked prickles. The only British species ; common in woods. 

 -Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



3. Eryngium (Eryngo) 



1. E. maritimum (Sea Eryngo, Sea Holly). A stout, prickly 

 plant, with more of the habit of a Thistle than one of the Umbelli- 

 ferous Tribe. The whole plant is remarkably rigid and glaucous. 

 The flowers are blue, and grow in dense heads. The roots are large, 

 fleshy, and brittle, and extend for a distance of many feet into the 

 sand. When candied they form a well-known sweetmeat, which, 

 however, is less popular than formerly. Sandy sea-coasts ; frequent. 

 Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



2. E. campestre (Field Eryngo). A taller, more slender, more 

 branched, and less glaucous species. Very rare, occurring only in 

 one or two localities, and probably not indigenous. Fl. July, 

 August. Perennial. 



4. Conium (Hemlock) 



1. C. maculatum (Common Hem- 

 lock). A tall, much branched, and 

 gracefully growing plant, with ele- 

 gantly cut foliage and white flowers. 

 Country people are in the habit of call- 

 ing by the name of Hemlock many 

 species of umbelliferous plants. The 

 real Hemlock may, however, be accu- 

 rately distinguished by its slender 

 growth, perfectly smooth stem, which is 

 spotted with red, by its finely divided 

 leaves, which are also smooth, and by 

 the bracts at the base of the partial 

 umbels, which only go half-way round. 

 Tt usually grows from 2-4 feet high, 

 but in sheltered situations it sometimes 

 attains more than double that height. 

 Fl. June, July. Biennial. 



Conium Maculatum {Cotnir 

 Hemlock) 



