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nished with both general and partial bracts. The fruit when ripe 

 is remarkably inflated and nearly globose, whence its name. It is 

 found only near Bodmin, Cornwall, and Tavistock, Devon. 



Trinia glaberrima (Honewort) grows on limestone rocks in 

 Somersetshire and at Barry Head, Devon. It may be distinguished 

 from all other British umbelliferous plants by bearing its stamens 

 and pistils in separate flowers and on different plants. 



Seseli Libanotis (Mountain Meadow Saxifrage) is of rare occur- 

 rence ; in Cambridgeshire and Sussex. It may be distinguished by 

 its hemispherical umbels and hairy fruit, crowned by the reflexed 

 styles. 



Peucedanum officinale (Sea Hog's Fennel). A rare plant, remark- 

 able for its large umbels of yellow flowers. It occurs in salt marshes 

 on the eastern coast of England. 



P. palustre (Marsh Hog's Fennel). Also a rare species, growing 

 in marshes in Yorkshire and Lancashire, etc. The stem grows 4-5 

 feet high, and abounds in a milky juice, which dries to a brown 

 resin. 



Coriandrum sativum (Common Coriander). Occasionally found 

 in the neighbourhood of towns, but cannot be deemed a native 

 plant. It is well marked by its globose, pleasantly aromatic fruit. 



Natural Order XXXVII 



ARALIACE^:. The Ivy Tribe 



Calyx attached to the ovary, 4-5-cleft ; petals 4, 5, or 10, 

 occasionally wanting ; stamens equalling the petals in number or 

 twice as many, inserted on the ovary ; ovary with more than 3 cells ; 

 styles as many as the cells ; fruit fleshy or dry, of several i-seeded 

 cells. Trees, shrubs, or herbaceous plants, not confined to any 

 particular climate, closely resembling the Umbelliferous Tribe in 

 the structure of their flowers, but not partaking of their dangerous 

 properties. Only two species are natives of Britain ; but one of 

 these, Ivy, is so universally diffused as to be familiar to every one ; 

 the other, Moschatell, is a humble plant, with solitary heads of 

 green flowers and delicate leaves strongly scented with musk. Mos- 

 chatell has lately been classed by some botanists among Capri- 

 foliacece, but the genus having certain affinities to that and to 

 Araliacece, it has been retained in its present place for the con- 

 venience of amateurs who have become used to the arrangement 

 of the earlier editions of this book. 



Ginseng, the favourite medicine of the Chinese, is the root of 

 Panax Ginseng, a plan 4 : belonging to this tribe. A remarkable 



