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upon the Cornish, cliffs, from Talland to West Looe. Its leaves 

 are thicker, and cut into broader segments than in the common 

 species, and it lacks the characteristic crimson flower. In seed 

 the central umbels rise higher than those at the edge, so as to 

 give a hemispherical form to the main umbel. 



The Knotted Hedge 'Parsley (Torilis nodosa), was growing 

 beside the Sea Carrot ; its umbels are simple, very minute, and 

 grow from the axils of the leaves. Its seeds are covered with 

 knots, hence its name. 



The Spreading Hedge Parsley (T. infesta), abounds as a 

 weed in the corn fields of Kent. It is a low-growing, shrubby 

 plant, with whitish-green foliage, twice pinnate leaves, and 

 small umbels of white flowers. 



The Upright Hedge Parsley is very common ; we have speci- 

 mens from Yorkshire, Durham, Cheshire, and Warwickshire. 

 It is an elegant plant, often growing as high as three feet. It 

 is prettily tinged with purple at the tips of the fruit, leaves, 

 and on the stem. Its spotted stem made me at first mistake 

 it for Hemlock, but the roughness of the whole plant, and the 

 furrows on the stem, soon undeceived me. The umbels nod 

 when in bud ; the flowers are white. 



The Bur Parsley, with its bristly fruit, I have not found. 



The next group has fruit without either wings or bristles, 

 but it is ribbed instead. 



The Sweet Cicely (Myrrhis odorata), is of this family. Its 

 scent announces it at the distance of many yards, strongly 

 resembling that of Aniseed. The foliage is abundant, and of a 

 light green ; the plant tall and stout, and the white umbels 

 large. Boys feed their rabbits with it. 



The Eough Cicely has its seeds but slightly furrowed, and 

 the rough stem is swelled under each joint. The leaves are 

 thrice pinnate, and the flowers white. There is a species 

 with orange fruit peculiar to Scotland. I have no specimen of it. 



The Earthnut, or Pignut (Bunium flexuosum), as it is some- 

 times called, I have found in every part of England and Scot- 



