33. UMBELLIFER^E. 75 



of the umbel rough. Involucres of many persistent lanceolate le. 

 Cal. 5-toothed. M. white. Fruit with a narrow margin. Abound- 

 ing in a milky juice, which dries to a brown resin." H. & A. 

 This I have not seen. "In a ditch in Ardencaple wood, 11 Hopk. (G) P. 7 8. 



*2. P. OSTRUTHIUM, Koch. Mastemvort, Broad-leaved Hog's- 

 Fennel. Stem erect, 2 3 ft. high. Le. large, bitemate, leaflets 

 broadly ovate, lobed, unequal at the base, cut, and sharply serrate, 

 sheaths large. General involucre none ; partial of a few slender 

 le. Umbel with 40 50 unequal rays. Fl. white, cal. obsolete. 



Pure. " In an old wall at Lan gland House, and waste ground near Jackton," 

 Ure. Wood "below Partick; in a plantation at Lambhill bridge; hedge at Cath- 

 cart. P. G. 



17. HERACLEUM. Coiv-Parsnip, Hog-Weed. 



TT. SpHONDf LIUM, L. A coarse rank plant. Stem erect, 4 5 

 ft. high, angular, furrowed. Le. pinnate, leaflets cut into large 

 segments, pinnatifid, again cut and sinuate, or coarsely serrate, 

 rough with short stiff hairs. Umbels large. Fl. white or tinged 

 with red, outer pet. much larger than the inner. Fruit flat and t 

 orbicular. 



Common. Hedges, pastures, and thickets. (B) B. 7--.S. Banks of the Kelvin, 

 Cart, Clyde, &c. 



18. CoNfUM. Hemlock 



C. MACULATUM, L. Stem erect, much branched, 2 4ft. high, 

 hollow, striate, with purple spots. Le. tripinnate, leaflets ovato- 

 lanceolate, segments pinnatifid, cut and serrate, acute. Umbel of 

 12 15 rays. General involucre short, variable; partial of 3 short 

 le. turned to the outside. Plant quite smooth ; when bruised 

 giving forth a foetid smell resembling mice. Highly poisonous; 

 yielding a useful and powerful medicine? 



Frequent, Waste places about walls near villages. (B) B. 6 7. Cathcart; 

 near Tollcross; Cambuslang; Crossbasket; Gourock to Arran. 



19. SMYRNIUM. Alexanders. 



S. OLUSATRUM, L. Stem erect, 3 4 ft. high, stout, furrowed. 

 Le. triternate, upper ones biternate, with large sheaths, leaflets 

 broadly ovate, lobed, and bluntly toothed, yellowish green, shin- 

 ing. Umbels dense, terminal, of 810 rays, often with the 

 central ones imperfect. Involucres none. Fl. yellowish green. 

 Fr. large and black when pipe. 



tlare. Waste places and amongst ruins near the sea; Dumbarton rock;. 

 "Arran," Lands. (E) B. 46. 



20. SCAKDIX. Shepherd' s-Needle. 



S. PECTEN, L. Venm'-Comb. Stem erect, 6 12 in. high. Le. 

 tripinnate, cut into numerous short linear segments, light green.. 



