CALYCIPLOB^E. 



CRITHMUM. SAMPHIEE. 



C. maritimum (sea Samphire.) In clefts of rocks near the 

 sea. Barely more than a foot high. The young branches, leaves, 

 and umbels thick and fleshy ; leaves two or three times divided. 

 Umbels many-rayed ; flowers yellow and small ; fruit elliptical, 

 about 3 lines long. Eocks by the sea at Babbicombe, and around 

 Torbay generally. Teignmouth. Dawlish. (E. B.t. 819.) P. 



ANGELICA. ANGELICA., 



A. sylvestris (wild A.) In moist woods and marshy places, 

 particularly near streams. Abundant in England. A tall, strong, 

 branching plant, 3 or 4 feet high, with thick stems. Lower leaves 

 large, doubly pinnate, with segments more than 2 inches long. 

 Umbels large, the main ones often with 30 or 40 rays. Flowers 

 pinkish-white. Fruit flat, with 2 wings on each side. Ansti's 

 Cove lane, near the stile leading to Kent's Cavern. (E. B. t. 

 2561.) P. vn.-ix. 



HERACLEUM. COW-PAESNIP. 



H. Sphondylium (common C., or Hog-weed.) In meadows, 

 pastures, hedges, and thickets, common. A tall coarse plant, 

 more or less covered with short stiff hairs. Leaves pinnate, with 

 several large and broad segments. Umbels large, with about 20 

 rays. Flowers white, sometimes reddish. Fruit flat, with a 

 broad border. Hedges and pastures, very common. Grows most 

 abundantly on the Eock walk, Torquay. (E. B. t. 939.) P. vn. 



CONIUM. HEMLOCK. 



C. maculatmn (common H.) On the banks of streams, waste 

 places, under hedges and walls, borders of fields, not unfrequent 

 over Britain. An upright, branching plant, from 3 to 6 feet 

 high, giving out a nauseous smell when bruised ; recognized imme- 

 diately by its polished stem spotted with purple. Leaves large, 

 and divided into many deeply cut lanceolate segments. The 

 larger and smaller umbels many-rayed. Flowers white. Fruit 

 broadly-ovate, with waved ridges. Whole plant highly poisonous. 

 Hedges and waste places about Torquay and Marychurch, etc. 

 Torre Abbey meadow. (E. B. t. 1191.) B. vi. vn. 



