68 PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 



92. CH^EROPHYLLUM. 



1. C. sylvestre, stem striated, smooth, 3 feet high, somewhat 

 swelled below the joints ; leaves triply pinnate, leaflets pinnati- 

 fid ; umbels terminal, stalked ; bracteas ovate, membranous. 

 Smooth Cow-parsley. 



Hab. Under hedges and woods. May, June. 7/ 



93. MYRRHIS. 



1. M. temulenta, stem rough, spotted, swelled under each joint; 

 leaves bipinnate, leaflets pinnatifid, hairy ; umbels drooping be- 

 fore flowering, the rays hairy ; seeds furrowed, nearly smooth. 

 Rough Cicely. 



Hab. Hedges common. June, July. If. 



94. BUNIUM. 



1. Ajfovofeftim, stem tapering and zigzag at the base, smooth ; 

 leaves tri pinnate, smooth, with linear entire segments ; general 

 bracteas scarcely 3 ; fruit somewhat beaked. Earth-nut. 

 Hab. Pastures and corn-fields. June. 7/ 



The roots are bulbous, and taste like a chesnut. Many 

 persons are fond of them, and in some parts of England, 

 says LIGHTFOOT, they boil them in broth, and serve them 

 up to table. Children only eat them in this neighbour- 

 hood, though perhaps they are not inferior to the chesnut. 

 In Sweden they are an article of commerce. 



95. SIUM, 



(Acrid and dangerous herbs, smooth in every part, aquatic and peren- 

 nial) 



1. S. angustifolium, stem erect, striated ; leaves pinnate, leaf- 

 lets unequally lobed and serrated ; umbels stalked, opposite to 

 the leaves. Narrow -leaved Water~parsnip. 



Hab. Ditches and rivulets, rare. In a small bog near 

 Netherbyres, Rev. A. Baird. Near the Carding-Mill 

 at Wooler. July, Aug. 



