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A specimen of the Spignel was given to me by a friend who 

 found it in the Highlands. It has compact feathery leaves and 

 whitish flowers (M. athamanticum). 



The G-outweed (JSgopodium podagraria), I found in quan- 

 tities about a farm called Spring End, in Yorkshire. It is a 

 handsome plant, growing from two to three feet high; its 

 flowers are greenish, and the numerous small umbels are 

 arranged in a very large hemispherical general umbel. A de- 

 coction of this plant used to be much esteemed as an applica- 

 tion for gouty limbs. 



The Common Carraway (Carum carui), I have not found, but 

 seen it in gardens. It has a branched stem, white umbels, and 

 ribbed fruit. With the last we are familiar from the earliest 

 infancy as the seed of our tiny sugar plums. 



The Pepper Saxifrage (Cnidium silaus), grows also in Corn- 

 wall ; it is an uninteresting plant, with flowers of a dull white, 

 pinnate leaves, and an unpleasant smell. 



The Hare's-ear family have bright yellow flowers. One 

 of them, the Common Hare's-ear (Bupleurum rotundifolium), 

 was sent to me from the coast of Wales last summer. It is a 

 pleasing-looking plant, with brittle-branched stems and leaves, 

 through which the stalk grows in the style which is called 

 perfoliate. 



The Slender-leaved species has a wiry stem and simple 

 narrow leaves. 



The blossoms of the Narrow-leaved Hare's-ear are reddish- 

 cream colour ; it is found in Devonshire. 



The last species, the Falcate-leaved, is peculiar to Norton, in 

 Essex, and is, doubtfully, wild. 



The White-rot (Hydrocotyle vulgaris, Plate IX., fig. 1), 

 the last family of this group, is a little creeping plant, with 

 shield-shaped leaves, and tiny umbels of pinkish flowers. Our 

 specimens were gathered on the banks of the Loe Pool. 



The Fool's Parsley (vEthusa cynapium), was found by Edward 

 in Kent. It is a poor, inexpressive, lean plant, with twice- 



