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leaflets broadly ovate inciso-deiitate, umbels on peduncles oi)[;o- 

 site to tlie leaves. — Sium repens, L. — E. Bot.l. 1431. 



Bogyy meadows and watery places in Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire 

 and Bedfordshire. Side of tiie Fergus, above the bridge of Ennis ; and 

 at Guillon, Scotland. Fl. Jnly, Aug. 1^ . — Stems 6—10 inches long. 

 Lenjicts 5 — 9. — Scarcely distinct from //. nodifl. 



3. H. inunddtum, Koch, {hast Marsh-wort); stems creeping', 

 lower leaves capillaceo-iiiultiparlite upper ones pinnatifid, u!i> 



bels generally of 2 rays. — Sium ijuindalum, Wiggers E. Fl. 



V. ii. p. 58. — Sison inundatmn, E. Bot. t. 227. 



Lak.(!s and pools that are dried np in summer. Fl. May, Jul}'. ^ ? 

 ■' — Stems 4 — 6 inches long ; most of lliem capillaceo-muititid, v.ith 

 the segments small and lanceolate. Partial umbels minute, scarci-ly 

 longer tlian their involucres. Univ. involucre none. Fruit large in jiro- 

 portion to the size of the plant, striated. 



57. SfsoN. Linn, Bastard Stone- Parsley. 



1. S. Amomuin, L. [Hedge Bastard Stone-Parsley.^ E. Bot. 

 t. 954. 



Chalky, rather moist ground, under hedges, in England. Near Cold- 

 stream, Scotland. P/. Aug. 0.or $. — 2 — 3 feet high, howbx leaves 

 pinnated witli lobed, inciso-serratc, ovate leaflets ; upper ones cut ii.to 

 narrow segments. Petals broad. /vvaYroundisii-ovate. — Smitli says that 

 the seeds are pungent and aromatic ; and that they and the whole plant, 

 when bruised, emit a strong smell resembling that of Bugs. 



58. iEGOPoDiL'M. Linyi. Gout -Weed. 



I. Mt. Podagi-dria, L. (^G out weed). E. Bot. t. 940. 



Gar<lens and wet places. Ft. May, June. If. — A foot and a half high. 

 lladical leaves twice ternate, upper ones ternate ; leajicts ovate, acuml- 

 nate, unequall}' serrated. The creeping root is pungent and aromatic. 



59. Carum. Lirm. Caraway. 



1. C. Cdrui, L. (^common Caraicag) ; stem branched, partial 

 involucre none, universal scarcely any. E. Bot. t, 150-3. 



Meadows and pastures, in several places botli in England and Scotland. 

 Fl. June. (J . — Stem 1 — 2 feet high. Leaves doubly pinnated, cut into 

 linear segments, of which the lowermost are decussate. Umbels dense. 

 Carpels agreeably aromatic, and well known in the kitchen and Tharma- 

 copeia, under the name of Curaicay seeds. 



2. C. vei'ticilldtum, Koch, (w/iorled Caraicay) ; leaflets all 

 capillary in short whorled segtneuts. — Slum, E. El. v. i'l.p, 51'. 

 — Sison L.—E. Bot. t. 395. 



In England, very rare; near Carlisle, T. C. TIeysham, Esq. 18.36. 

 In the flat parts of Wales ; Killarney ; and near Bantry Bay, Ireland. 

 Extremely abundant in moist hilly pasturages on the West ot Scotland, 

 especially near the sea. Fl. July, Aug. 11. — Leaves mostly radical ; a 

 long common petiole bears a number of opposite multitid capillary leaf- 

 lets, whose spreading makes them appear « liorled. Stem a foot higii, 

 slender. Umbels few, terminal. Livolucre very small. 



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