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3. ASTRAN'TIA Linn. 



Jl. A. major (L.) ; lower 1. palmately 5 7-fid, lobes oblong 

 acutely unequally ineise-serrate, inv.-l. entire, cal. -teeth ovate- 

 lanceolate narrowed to an acute point. E. B. $.2990. St. 29. 

 8. Inv. equalling the umbel, usually straw-coloured. Cal.- 

 teeth exceeding petals. Woods in hilly districts. Above 

 Stokesay Castle, Shropshire, probably introduced. P. VI. 

 VIII. E. 



Tribe III. Eryngiea. 



4. ERYN'GIUM Linn. Eryngo. 



1. E. marit'imum (L.); radical I. suborbicular plaited coriaceous 

 spinous stalked, upper 1. amplexicaul palmately lobed, inv.-l. 

 \-lobed spinous exceeding the heads, scales of the receptacle 

 o-lobed. E. B. 718. St. 1 foot or more in height, much 

 branched, leafy, rigid, glaucous. Fl. in heads rather than um- 

 bels, blue. Sandy sea-shores. P. VII. VIII. Sea-Holly. E. S. I. 



2. E. campes'tre (L.) ; radical I. 2 or 3 times pinnatifid spinous 

 stalked, st.-l. amplexicaul pinnatitid, inv.-l. lanceolate spinous 

 longer than the heads, scales of the receptacle undivided. 

 E. B. 57. More bushy and slender than the last. Pet. purplish 

 or white. Petioles thick, semiterete, channelled. On waste 

 ground, very rare. P. VII. VIII. E. 



Tribe IV. Amminea. 



5. CICU'TA Linn. Water-Hemlock. 



1 . C. rirosa (L.) ; fibres of the root filiform, 1. tripartite, leaf- 

 lets linear-lanceolate acute serrate decurrent. E. B. 479. St. 

 o 4 ft. high, very thick terete and hollow below. Lower 1. on 

 long stalks; leaflets 1 2 in. long. Umbels large; general inv. 

 or of 1 or 2 slender leaflets, partial of many subulate leaflets. 

 Fl. white. Herb poisonous. Ponds and ditches, not common. 

 P. VII. VIH. Cowbane. E. S. L 



6. A'PIUM Linn. 



* Pet. with involute point, cordate base, minute claw. Partial 

 inv. 0. 



1. A. graveolens (L.) ; glabrous, 1. pinnate orternate, leaflets 

 of the upper 1. wedgeshaped. E. B. 1210. St. 1 U i'eet high, 



