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JETHUSA. FOOL'S-PABSLEY. 1 



JE. Cynapium (common F.) Abundant in England, in fields 

 and under hedges. An upright, very leafy plant ; the lower leaves 

 thrice-pinnate, the segments more or less cut into narrow lobes. 

 Umbels on long peduncles. Flowers white. Plant possesses a 

 nauseous smell. Common in the neighbourhood. (E. B. 1. 1192.) 

 A. vii.-vm. 



SlUftX. WATEB-PABSNIP. 



S. angustiflorum (narrow-leaved W.) In wet ditches and 

 shallow streams, common. Not so tall a plant as S. latifolium, 

 but more branched and leafy ; seldom attains to 2 feet in height. 

 Stem erect ; leaflets unequally lobed and serrate. Umbels nume- 

 rous, small, on short footstalks. Flowers white. Fruit broadly 

 ovoid, slightly compressed laterally. Marshy meadow near Torre 

 Abbey, not far from the high-road. Meadow behind Forde 

 House, Newton. Banks of the Dart, near Totness, Fl. D. (E. 

 B. t. 139.) P. viii. 



FCENICULUM. FENNEL. 



P. vnlgare (common Fennel.) On dry rocky banks, near the 

 sea. Stem erect, much-branched ; leaves three or four times pin- 

 nate, with very narrow linear segments. Umbels large, with many 

 rays ; flowers deep-yellow ; fruit oblong. The whole plant has 

 a very strong, but not unpleasant smell. Cliffs above Meadfoot, 

 and banks by the side of the Paignton road. (E. B. t. 1208.) 

 P. vii. viii. 



SILAUS. PEPPEB-SAXIFBA&E. 



S. pratensis (meadow P.) In meadows and moist pastures, 

 by waysides, beneath damp hedges. Stem erect, from 1 to 3 feet 

 high, slightly branched ; leaves *thrice pinnate ; leaflets linear- 

 lanceolate. Flowers pale yellow. Fruit oval. Whole plant fetid 

 when bruised. Babbicombe road, beneath the wall opposite the 

 the Ansti's Cove lane. Barton. (E. B. t. 2142.) P. vi.-ix. 



