114 PENTANDTxIA — DIGYNIA. [Bupleunm. 



60. BuNiUM. Koch. Earth-nut. 



1. B. Jfexnoston, With, (commo)i Earth-md). E. Bot. t. 988. 

 B. denudatum^ DC. — B. Bulbocastanum, Huds. — Curt. Ft. 

 Loiid. t. 24 Conopodinm, Koch. 



Woods and y)astiircs, frequent. Fl. May, June. 11 . — Hoot a solitary 

 ttd>er, niiicli scni^rht alter by children and pigs. Stem solitary, erect, 

 flexuose, with few leaves much divided into very slender, linear, or almost 

 setaceous segments. Fruit oljlong-, moderately rihl)ed, a little narrower 

 upwards, crowned with the straight sti/les, which have conical, very tumid 

 bases. The true Binniim Bulhocdstaninn is a very different plant from 

 this, and has never been found in Britain. 



61. PiMPiNELLA. Linn. Burnet-Saxifrage. 



1. P. Saxifraga, L. (connnon Burnat- Saxifrage) ; radicalleaves 

 pinnate their leaflets roundish sharply serrate or cut, those of the 

 stem bipinnate linear. E. Bot. t. 407. 



Dry p-dstures, frequent. Fl. July, Aug'. If . — Stem-leaves few, lower 

 and radical ones upon long stalks. Leaflets of the latter, often deeply 

 and pinnatifidly cut, and sometimes even bipinnatifid. 



2. P. mdg7ia, L. (^greater Burnet-Saxifrage^ ; leaves all pin- 

 nate, leaflets ovato-serrate subiiicised the terminal one (rarely 

 the lateral ones) 3-lobed. E. Bot. t. 408. 



Shady places, on a chalky or limestone soil, in several parts of Eng- 

 land. Near Cork, Mucruss and Killarney. Fl. July, Aug. 1|. — Larger 

 in all its parts than the foregoing, and the leaflets of the upper leaves 

 much broader and less divided. 



62. Si'uM. Linn. Water- Parsnep. 



1. S. latifolium, L. {broad-lenved Water-Parsnep) ; stem erect, 

 leaves pinnated, leaflets oblongo-lanceolate equally serrated, 

 umbels terminal. E. Bot. t. 204. 



River-sides, ditches and watery places ; rather rare in Scotland. Fl. 

 July, Aug. If . — Stems 3 — 4 feet high, furrowed. Fruit smaW. Lea/lets 

 distant, 5 — 9 on a leaf. 



2. S. angustifolium, L, (narroio-leaved Water-Parsnep) ; stem 

 erect, leaflets unequally lobed and serrated, umbels pedunculate 

 opposite to the leaves. E. Bot. t. 139. 



Ditches and rivulets, frequent ; not common in Scotland. Fl. July, 

 Aug. If. — Smaller than the last. Stem striated : leaflets of the upper 

 leaves inost unequal and laciniated ; radical leaves ovate, their lower- 

 most leaflets distant. 



63. BuPLEURUiM. Linn. Hare's Ear. 



1. B. Odontites, L. (narrow-leaved Hares Eur) ; universal 

 and partial involucre each about 4 — 5-leaved, leaflets lanceolate 

 cuspidate longer than the umbels, leaves linear 3-nerved, stem 

 panicled. E. Bot.t 24ii\i. 



Rocks in the neighbourhood of Torquay. Fl. July ©. — A small 

 plant, 3—6 inches or more high, with rigid, striated, pale yellow-green, 

 pungent leaves. Flowers in terminal, much involucrated umbels. 



