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wet ditches, and sides of rivulets. Abundant in England. Stems 

 creeping and rooting at the base. Umbels nearly sessile. Fruit 

 broadly ovate. Wet meadows near Torre Abbey. Slum, Linn. 

 (E. B. t. 639.) P. vn. vin. 



2. H. inundatum (least M.) In swamps, shallow ponds, 

 and pools that are dried up in summer. Much like the last, but 

 smaller. Umbels usually of two rays. Fruit large in proportion 

 to the size of the plant. Paignton marsh. Marvchurch. Bovey 

 Heath. (Sison, E. B. t. 227.) P. vi. vn. 



SISON. BASTAED STONE -PAESLEY. 



S. amomum (hedge bastard S.) Under hedges and in 

 thickets, frequent. Stem about 2 feet high. Leaves pinnate 

 below, upper ones cut into narrow segments. Umbels on slender 

 footstalks, with but few white flowers on short pedicels. Fruit 

 roundish-ovate. Common everywhere. (E. B. t. 954.) P. vin. 



JfEGOFODIUIYI. aOUT-WEED. 



JRB. Podagraria (common G., or Bishop' s-weed.) In moist 

 woods and copses. An upright plant, stem about 18 inches 

 high. Eoot-leaves once, upper ones twice ternate. Umbels 

 large, with numerous white flowers. Fruit oblong, about one- 

 sixth of an inch in length. North Bovey. About Totness. More- 

 ton, Fl. D. (E. B. t. 940.) P. vi. vn. 



EAETH-NUT. 



B. flexuosum (common E.) In woods and pastures, com- 

 mon. The tuber is sweet and wholesome, and is much relished by 

 children and pigs. The plant slender, bearing very narrow leaves 

 with linear segments ; umbels terminal. Fruit oblong, slightly 

 ribbed. Woods, thickets, and waste places about Torquay, etc. 

 (E. B. t. 988.) P. v. vi. 



PIMPINELLA. BUENET-SAXIFEAOE. 



P. saxifrag-a (common J?.) In pastures, on banks and road- 

 sides, frequent. A plant from 1 foot to 2 feet high, with very vari- 



