UMBELLIFEROUS TRIBE. 



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^EGOPODIUM PODAGRARIA (Common Gout-weed), 



ments, and are so crowded as to appear whorled. Very 

 rare, except in the west of Scotland : C. Bulbocdstanum 

 (Tuberous Caraway) is a local plant, so abundant in the 

 chalk district near Baldock, in Hertfordshire, that " the 

 farmers turn their pigs upon the fallows to feed upon 

 the roots." Hooker and Arnott. Found also in Cam- 

 bridgeshire, but scarcely known elsewhere. 



13. BUNIUM (Pig-nut). 



1. B. flexuosum (Common Pig-nut). A very slender 

 plant, about a foot high, bearing a few finely divided 



