74 33. UMBELLIFEILE. 



12. ^ETHtfsA. Fool's-Parsley. 



JQ. CYNAPIITM, L. Stem erect, branched, 12 ft. high, 

 striate, very leafy. Le. bi-tripinnate, leaflets ovato-lanceolate, 

 cut into bluntish-lobed segments, wedge-shaped and decurrent ; 

 upper le. with linear segments, deeply cut. Umbels' on long- 

 peduncles, many-rayed. General involucre none, partial one of 

 3 very long unilateral le. hanging down on one side. Plant bright 

 green, smooth ; smelling nauseously, and highly poisonous. 



Frequent. Borders of fields and gardens. (B) A. 7 8. Rutherglen; Cath- 

 cart; Cambuslang; Gourock; Cumbrae, &c. 



13. LiGtiSTicuM. Lovage. 



L. SCOTICUM, L. Scottish- Lovage. Root descending deep into 

 the soil, fusiform. Stem erect, 1 2 ft. high, with very few le., 

 thick and slightly branched. Radical le. biternate, leaflets large, 

 ovate or subrhomboidal, dentato-serrate, slightly fleshy. General 

 involucre of 2 3 linear leaves; partial ones of 5 7 a little longer 

 than the rays. 



Frequent. On the rocky sea coas*-. (S) P. 7. Bute, Cumbrae, and Arran. 



14. MtiuM. Spignel. 



M. ATHAMANTICUM, Jacq. Men, Bald-money. Root, fusiform, 

 crowned with coarse fibres. Stem erect with very few le. striate, 

 1 2 ft. high. Radical le. multipartite, segments very fine, 

 appearing as if whorled, or in whorl-like clusters, dark green. 

 Partial involucre of several small le. Fl. numerous, whitish 

 yellow. Highly aromatic,, 



Not common. Dry mountain pastures. (S) P. 6 7. "Cathkin hills," ffopk. 

 Banks of the Kittoch burn ; hills beyond Greenock above the road to Inverkip ; 

 hills above the Cloch Lighthouse. 



15. ANGELICA. Angelica. 



A. SYLVESTRIS, L. Wild Angelica. Stem very stout, branched. 

 purplish, downy above, 2 4 ft. high. Lower le. large, bipin- 

 nate, leaflets ovate, sharply serrate, sometimes 3-lobed, lateral 

 ones unequal at the base. Umbels very large, terminal, with 

 2030 rays. General involucre of 2 3 linear le. : partial of 

 several short ones. Fl. pinkish white. 



Common. Moist woods and ditches, by the sides of streams, plentiful. (B) P. 

 78. Banks of Cart, Kelvin, and Clyde ; Forth and Clyde Canal bank, &c. 



16. PEUC^DANUM. Hog's-Fennel. 



1. P. PALUSTBE, Moench. Hog's-Fennel, Milk-Parsley. "Stem 

 furrowed, 4 5 feet high. Le. ternately decompound, leaflets oppo- 

 site, pinnatifid, segments linear -lanceolate with hard points, rays 



