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PENTAND. DIGYN. 



3. C. iwdosa (knotted CancaHs, or Hedge- Parsley), umbels 



lateral simple subsessile, stem prostrate/ E. B. t. 199. 

 HAD. Waste places by road-sides, &c. Bank below Salisbury Craig, 



towards Duddingston Loch, and by the road-side leading from 



Drummore to Preston, Maugh. Fl. June. . 

 Leaves bipinnate, leaflets shortly cut. Umbeh capitate, opposite the 



base of a leaf. Flowers reddish. Petals very small. External 

 fruits of the umbels most bristly, striated, subcylindrjcal. 



46. DAUCUS. 



I. D. Cnruta (wild Carrot), stem hispid, leaves 2 3 pinnate, 

 leaflets cut linear-lanceolate acute, fruit- bearing umbel con- 

 cave, fruit bristly. Light f. p. 156. .E. B. t. 1174. 



HAH. Pastures and borders of fields, common. Fl. July. . 



The origin of the cultivated carrot. In the English D. maritimus, the 

 leaflets are much broader, and the fruit-bearing umbel convex. Is 

 it really a distinct species ? 



47. BUNIUM. 



1. B. Bulbocastanum (common Earth-nut), general involucre 

 of scarcely 3 leaves, leaves tripinnate linear glabrous, fruit 

 ovate. Lightf. p. 156. . B. t. 988 (B. Jlexuosum). 



HAB, Woods and pastures, frequent. 



Hoot a large, ovate, single, esculent tuber, from which spring the stem, 

 about 1 foot high, and a few radical leaves. Whole plant slender. 



48. CONIUM. 



1. C. maculatum (common Hemlock), seeds without prickles, 

 stem much branched polished and spotted. Lightf. p. 157. 



E. B.t.im. 



HAB. Waste places, banks, &c., frequent. Field near the Bridewell, 

 . Glasg., abundant, Hopk. FL June, July. $ . 



Stem 2 4 feet high. Leaves much divided in a pinnated manner. 

 Leaflets ovato-lanceolate, shining, serrated : when bruised, fetid, 

 General involucre of several short, ovato-lanceolate leaves j partial 

 ones subsetaceous, all on one side. Fruit ovate, smooth, furrowed. 

 Highly narcotic and dangerous in large quantities : has been much 

 used medicinally in ulcerous and cancerous disorders. 



49. SELINUM. 



1. S. palustre (Marsh Milk- Parsley), lactescent, leaflets pin- 

 natind, segments linear-lanceolate, stem solitary striated, rays 

 of the umbels pubescent, styles after flowering divaricating. 

 E. B. I. 229. 



HAB. Marshes, rare. Ditch at Ardencaple wood, Hopk. FL July. I/ . 



Three to five feet high, much branched above. Umbels large. Invo* 

 lucres of many, lanceolate, submembranaceous leaves. Root said to 

 be used by the Russians instead of ginger. Sm, 



50. PEUCEDANUM. 

 I', P. Silaus (Meadow Sulphur-wort), leaves tripiwmtt, leaflets 



