Tordylium.'\ 



PENTANDRIA — DIGYNIA. 119 



broad margin, universal involucre none. Imperaioria Ostruth. 

 E. Bot. t. 1380. 



Moist pastures in various parts of Scotland ; the plant was formerly 

 much cultivated as a pot-herb. 7^/. June. If. — Flowers \\\Me. Partial 

 involucres several, subulate. De Candolle still keeps this distinct from 

 Peucedanum, on account of the obsolete calyx. 



74. Pastinaca. Lhin. Parsnep. 



1. P. saliva, L. (^commoii wild Parsnep); leaves pinnate downy 

 beneath, leaflets ovate cut and serrated ultimate one 3-lobed. 

 E. Bot. t. 556. 



Borders of fields and pastures in a chalky or gravelly soil. About 

 Cambridg-e : Crosby, by Liverpool. Abundant in Essex. Fl. July. $ . 

 — Root fusiform ; the origin of our garden Parsnep. Leaves generally 

 shining. Petals very convex, involute, yellow. 



75. Heracleum. Linn. Cow- Parsnep. 



1. H. Sphondijlium^ L. {common Cow-Parsnep, or Hog- 

 weed); leaves pinnated rongh hairy, leaflets pinnatifid cut sinu- 

 ated ultimate one somewhat palmated, petals unequal, fruit gla- 

 brous. E. Bot. t. 939. — f3. leaves more deeply cut, lobes nar- 

 rower. H. angustifolium, Sm. Fl. Brit. p. 307. Jacq. Austr. 

 V. ii. t. 173. 



Hedges, pastures and bushy places, frequent. Fl. July. $ . — A 

 tall rank weed, 4—5 feet high. Leaves coarsely serrated, sheaths 

 inflated.— Hogs are fond of this plant, and it is said to be wholesome 

 and nourishing for cattle in general. 



76. ToRDYLiuM. Li?i7i. Hart-wort. 



1. *T. officinale, L. (small Hart-wort); 2 outer petals of the 

 flowers of the ray each with one very large lobe, involucres seta- 

 ceous as long as tlie umbels, fruit with the thickened border beau- 

 tifully crenated and glabrous. E. Bot. t. 2440. — CondylocarpuSy 



Koch. 



Near London? Raij and Petiver. Fl. June, July. ©.— Hairy, 1 

 foot high : leaflets few, ovate, lobed and notched, upper ones confluent. 

 Flowers beautiful, with the outer large lobes o'i the petals white. Fruit 

 rough on the surface, and having a very thick, pale, deeply notched or 

 almost beaded border. 



2. *T. maximum, L. {great Hart-icort) ; 2 outer petals of the 

 flowers of the ray each with 2 equal lobes, involucre linear 

 shorter than the umbel, fruit with tlie thickened border scarcely 

 notched and as well as the disk rough with appressed bristles. 

 E. But. <. 1173. 



Rare; in waste ground, about London, Oxford, and Eton. Between 

 Twickenham and Isle worth. Mr G. Francis. 18S7- Fl. June, July. 

 O. — Much taller than the last, and with a greater number of more 

 lanceolate leaflets. Livolucre very short. Petals all comparatively 

 small, rose-coloured. 



I From iTTovSi^xof, the vertebriB of the back, to which the jointed stems were 

 fancied to bear some resemblance. 



