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lanceolate entire or cut leaves. E. B. 139. S. angustifolium 

 (L.) ed. viii. St. 1 3 feet high, round, striate, erect. Lts. 

 often very deeply cut and lobed. Ditches. P. VIII. E. S. I. 



14. BUPLETJ'RUM Linn. Hare's-ear. 



* Fruit granulate. 



1. B. tenuis'simum (L.) ; st. branched, 1. linear acute, umbels 

 lateral and terminal minute, partial umbels of 3 5 dowers usu- 

 ally overtopped by their involucres, carp, granular between the 

 5 lidges. E. B. 478. St. very slender, wiry, 1:2 in. long. 

 Chiefly in pastures near the sea. A. VIII. IX. E. 



-## Fruit not granulate. 



2. B. aristdtum (Bartl.) l ; st. branched, 1. linear-lanceolate 

 acuminate 3-veined, 1. of the partial involucres elliptic-lanceo- 

 late cuspidate somewhat awned with branching veins, pedicels 

 short equal. E. B. 2468. St. 16 in. high. Park Hill, Tor- 

 quay, and Berry Head, Devon. Cow Gap near Eastbourne, Suss. 

 Channel Islands. A. VI. E. 



3. B. falcdtum (L.) j st. branched, 1. 5 7- veined, lower I. 

 elliptic-oblong on long stalks, upper I. linear-lanceolate acute 

 sessile 5 7-veined, partial involucre of 5 lanceolate pointed 1. 

 as long as the flowers. E. B. S. 2763. Pedicels as long as the 

 fruit. St. 14 feet high. Near Ongar, Essex. P. VIII. E. 



4. B. rotnndifolium (L.) ; st. branched above, /. oval perfoli- 

 ate, fr. with striate interstices. E. B. 99. St. 12 18 in. high. 

 General inv. 0. Partial inv. connivent. Corn-lields on a cal- 

 careous soil. A. VII. Thorough-wax. E. 



Tribe V. Seselinea. 



15. (ENAN'THE Linn. Water-Drop wort. 



* Root fascicled, fibres more or less thickened or tuberous. 



1. (E.fistulosa (L.) ; stoloniferous, st. and petioles hollow, 

 root-1. 2 3-pinnate with 3-fid leaflets, stem-l simply pinnate 

 shorter than their petioles, leaflets linear, f r. angular turbiuate. 

 E. B. 363. St. 13 feet high, remarkably hollow. Stem-l. 



1 2 = 5. opacum, Lange, Prod. Fl. Hisp. iii. 71, Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 

 xxxvii. xv. Differs from B. aristatum, umbel 2-4 rays (not 4-6), 1. of 

 partial invol. imbricate, adpressed much exceeding the fl., strongly net- 

 veined. Author's MS. 



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