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WILD FLOWERS 



segments ; the stem bears several small umbels, which are white 

 or tinged with red. 



9. Pig-nut, Gonopodium denudatum, Hemlock family. The 



8. Burnet-Saxifrage. 



9. Pig-nut. 



root is a single tuber which lies about 6 ins. underground, and 

 is frequently dug up and eaten by children : the stem is slender, 



10. Sweet Cicely. 



11. Shepherd's Needle. 



especially below, and about 1 ft. high, with a few rather small 

 umbels: the leaves are doubly feather-compound, and the 



