. [(Ex.YXTfrr. 



\-\ in. ; styles slender, flexuous ; pedicel not thickened at the top. Drs- 

 TRIB. Europe, excl. Greece and Turkey, Siberia. 



Sub-sp. PHELLAyDRiUM proper ; erect, leaves 3-pinnate, segments of sub- 

 merged leaves capillary, fruits twice as long as the styles. 



Sub-sp. FLUVIAT'ILIS, Coleman (sp. ) ; ascending, leaves 2-pinnate, segments of 

 submerged leaves obcuneate, fruit three times as long as the styles. 

 S. half of England ; Kildare Canal, Ireland. 



25. JETHU'SA, L. FoOI/S-PARSLEY. 



An annual, leafy, glabrous herb. Leaves 3-nately pinnate. Umbels com- 

 pound, terminal and leaf-opposed; bracts 1 or ; bracteoles 1-5, deflr\< ! 

 on the outer side of the umbel ; flowers white, outer often rayed. Calyx- 

 teeth small or 0. Petals notched, with an inflexed point. Disk-lobes 

 broad, depressed. Fruit broadly ovoid, subterete, carpophore slender, 



N. America. ETYM. cit9a>, because of its burning qualities. 

 1. JE. Cyna'pium, L. ; leaves deltoid, leaflets pinnatifid. 



A weed in cultivated grounds, from Elgin southwards; fl. July-Aug. Roof. 

 fusiform. Stem 1-2 ft. corymbosely branched, terete, striate, fistular. 

 Leaves 6 in. ; segments |-1 in., membranous, cunoate at the base, loK-s 

 acute ; petioles slender. Umbels small, rays spreading, irregular ; bracteoles 

 3-5, slender ; flowers irregular, small. Fruit A in., green. A virulent 

 poison, odour nauseous. 



26. SILA US, Besser. PEPPER SAXIFRAGE. 



Perennial, glabrous herbs. Leaves pinnately decompound ; segments 

 slender. Umbels compound ; bracts 1,2, or ; bracteoles many, .small ; 

 flowers yellowish. Calyx-teeth 0. Petals with an incurved tip, 1>aso 

 broad truncate. Disk-lobes depressed, margins crenate. Fruit ovoid, 

 oblong, subterete, commissure broad, carpophore 2-partite ; carpels 

 4-terete, ridges obtusely winged ; vittae obscure ; style short, recurved. 

 Seed flattish in front. DiSTRia Europe, Siberia; species 2. ETYM. 

 unknown. 



1. S. praten'sis, Besser ; leaflets linear-lanceolate entire or 3-lohod. 

 .Meadows and commons, from Fife southwards; very rare in Scotland and 

 Ireland ; fl. July-Sept. Roohtock elongate. Stem 1-3 ft., angular, grooved, 

 solid, leafless above. Leaves 1-3-pinnate ; leaflets few, .j-^in. Um/- 

 1-2 in., few or many, incurved ; bracteoles short, margins scarious ; Sovran 

 small. Fruit Jin., dark brown. DISTRIB. Of the genus. 



27. ME'UM, Jacquin. MBIT, BALD-MONEY, SPIGNEL. 

 A perennial, glabrous, very aromatic, tufted herb. Leaves mostly 

 radical, pinnately decompound ; segments setaceous, densely crowded. 

 Umbels compound ; bracts linear, 1-3, or 0; braoteolest 4-8, small; 

 flowers white or purplish. Calyx-teeth obsolete. Petals acute, narrowed 

 to the base, sometimes with a short inflexed point. Disk-lobes depressed, 

 margins entire. Fruit ovoid-oblong, subterete, commissure broad, carpo- 

 phore 2-partite ; carpels 4-terete, primary ridges winged ; vittoe many ; 



