33. UMBELLIFER^E. 71 



33.-UMBELLXFER^ . 



1. HYDROCOTYLE. White-rot. 



H. VULGARIS, L. Marsh-Pennywort. Stems creeping, slender. 

 Le. upon long footstalks, orbicular, peltate, somewhat doubly 

 crenate. Fl. springing from the joints along with the le. Ped. 

 shorter than the footstalks. Umbel very small, of 5 nearly 

 sessile fl. 



Common. In bogs and marshes. Fossil marsh (B) P. 5 8. Dr. Seeman 

 considers this as belonging to Araliacex. See Journ. of Botany. 



2. SANfcuLA. Wood-Sanicle. 



S. EUROPE ; A, L. Stem ascendiDg 1 H ft. high, leafless or 

 with a small trifid bract. Radical le. on long stalks palmate, 

 deeply divided into 5 segments, lobes inciso-serrate, often ciliate. 

 Umbels small, numerous, in little heads. Fl. white, fertile ones 



Frequent. In woods and thickets. (B) P. 6 7. Kenmuirbank; Cambuslang 

 glen ; Cathcart ; Langside woods, <fcc. 



3. ER^NGIUM. Eryngo. 



E. MARITIMUM, L. Sea-Holly, Sea-Eryngo. Stems branched, 

 10 12 in. high. Radical le. stalked, roundish, divided into wavy 

 spiuous lobes. Stem le. sessile, amplexicaul, palmate-lobed, 

 wavy, and bordered with spiiious teeth, elegantly veined. In- 

 volucral le. large, divided and spinous. Fl. in dense heads of a 

 pale blue tint. Plant rigid and glaucous. 



Not common. Sandy sea shores. (B) P. 7 8. Fintry bay, Cumbrae; Kil- 

 chattan bay, Bute, and Arran. 



4. CictrTA. Water-Hemlock, Gowbane. 



C. VIROSA, L. Stems erect, 3 4ft. high, hollow, arising from 

 an erect chambered rhizome. Le. 2 3 times pinnate or ternate, 

 segments narrow, acute, serrate or toothed. Umbels terminal 

 and lateral, of many rays, accompanied by 1 or 2 ternate le. ; 

 deadly poisonous. 



Not common. Frankfield and Hogganfield lochs; Bardowie and St. Germans 

 lochs. (E) P. 68. 



5. PETROSELfNUM. Common Parsley. 



* P. SATIVUM, Hoffm. Stems erect, 1 2 ft. high. Le. tripin- 

 nate, leaflets stalked, ovato-cuneate, trifid, and toothed ; upper 

 ones ternate, narrow, entire. Umbel of 15 20 rays, stalked. 

 Involucre of filiform segments. Fl. greenish yellow. Plant 

 smooth and shining. 



An escape from cultivation, not considered native. " Old walls, and rock at 

 Bothwell Castle," Patr. (B) 68. 



