50 CALYCIFLOEJE. 



Heads of flowers nearly globular, of a pale blue, and at first 

 sight not having the appearance of an Umbellifer. The roots of 

 this plant are sometimes candied, and are then pleasant to the 

 taste, and have been esteemed stimulating and restorative. 

 Paignton. Groodrington. (E. B. t. 718.) The E. campestre, 

 which is very rare, grows at Devil's Point, Stonehouse, near the 

 Victualling Office, but is now almost extinct. (E. B. t. 57.) P. 



VII. VIII. 



APIUM. CELERY. 



A. graveolens (Smallage, or wild C.) Marshes and ditches, 

 especially near the sea. Stem from 1 to 2 feet high, furrowed. 

 Flowers small and white ; fruit very small, roundish-ovate. The 

 umbels often sessile, when peduncled bearing but few flowers. 

 Sides of ditches in meadows behind Torre Abbey. Kingsker swell, 

 near the church. Banks of Dart, near Totness. (E. B. t. 1210.) 

 P. vi.-vm. 



PETROSELINUM. PAESLEY. 



P. segetum (corn P.) In fields and wastes places in cen- 

 tral and southern England, frequent. A much branched slender 

 plant, from 9 inches to 2 feet high ; leaves chiefly radical, pinnate, 

 with from 5 to 10 pairs of sessile, cut, and serrate segments. 

 Umbels irregular, partial umbels containing very few small and 

 white flowers. Fruit strongly ribbed. Fields about Torquay and 

 Marychurch. Chudleigh, etc. Sison, Linn. (E. B. t. 228.) B. 



TRINIA. HONEWOET. 



T. vulgaris (common //.) In dry, arid, limestone wastes, 

 rare, confined to the south-western counties in England. Stock 

 short and thick, almost woody, forming a long tap-root at its 

 base ; stems erect, stiff and angular, with many spreading branches, 

 nearly a foot high. Leaves cut into nearly linear segments. 

 Flowers small and numerous, white. Fruit obtuse. Berry Head. 

 Pimpinella dioica, Sm. (E. B. t. 1209.) P. V. VI. 



HELOSCIADIUM. MAESH-WOET. 

 H. nodiflorum (procumbent M.) In marshes, meadows, 



