WHITE FLOWERS 



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may be branched : the leaves are twice cut and the segments 

 are very narrow, almost hair-like : the flower-heads are few in 

 number, fairly large, with white ray and yellow disc : the plant 

 has a scent resembling, but not so strong as, that of the related 

 Chamumile. 



6. Hemlock, Conium tnaculatum, Hemlock family. A plant 

 of hedgerows and waste places : it is easily recognised by the 

 fact that the stem (3 to 5 ft. high) is spotted with dull purple, 

 and by its mouse-like smell : the whole plant is smooth, with 

 a slight bloom : the leaves are large and doubly feather-com- 

 pound : the secondary leaflets are deeply notched : the large 



6. Hemlock. 



7. Gout-weed. 



white umbels are to be seen in summer : the plant is highly 

 poisonous. 



7. Gout-weed, Bishop's-weed, JBgopodiwm podagraria, Hem- 

 lock family. The leaves of this plant often cover considerable 

 areas in damp shady places, and it is frequently an annoying 

 garden weed : the leaves are large and divided into three 

 leaflets, each of which is again divided into three leaflets, 

 these being ovate, serrate, and glossy-green: from among the 

 leaves rises the flower stem, about 1 to 2 ft. high, with several 

 smallish umbels of yellowish-white flowers : flowers in summer. 



8. Burnet- Saxifrage, Pimpinella Saxifraga, Hemlock family. 

 A common plant of pasture-land, flowering in autumn : from 

 the base of the stem spring a few feather-compound leaves, 

 with ovate, notched leaflets : the stem (1 to 2 ft. high) looks 

 bare, as its few leaves are divided into narrow, notched 



