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(115) Pimpinella. Burnet Saxifrage. 



P. Saxifraga : stems erect, 1-2 feet high, slightly branched, 

 glabrous; leaves usually pinnate, with 7-9 pairs of broadly 

 ovate or orbicular toothed segments, those of the stem bipin- 

 natifid with linear segments; umbels terminal, with 10-15 

 rather slender rays; flowers white. — Pastures, roadsides, etc. 

 Fl. July, August. 



P. magna: larger and stouter than the last; the stems 

 often two feet high or more ; leaf-segments usually undivided, 

 ovate or lanceolate, with more pointed teeth ; flowers pink. — 

 Shady places. Fl. July, August. 



(116) Bnpleunim. 



B. rotundifolium : annual ; stems erect, stiff*, glabrous, one 

 foot or more high, branched above ; leaves broadly ovate, the 

 upper ones embracing the stem, and joined round the back of 

 it, so that they appear perfoliate, the lowest ones tapering to 

 a stalk; umbels terminal of 3-6 short rays, without any 

 general involucre, the partial involucres very much longer than 

 the flowers, consisting of 4-6 broadly ovate, yellowish bracts. — 

 Hare^s-ear, or Thorow-vvax. — Cornfields in chalky soils. Fl. 

 July. 



B. aristatum, and B. tenuissimum, are very rare dwarf 

 annual species with grassy leaves, the first with non-granulated, 

 the second with granulated fruits. 



(117) (Enanthe. 



* Segments of the upper leaves few, long and linear. 



ca. fistulosa : stems thick, hollow, erect, 2-3 feet high, 

 slightly branched; radical leaves twice pinnate, with small 

 cuneate segments divided into 3-5 lobes, those of the stem 



