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XXXVIII. UMBELLiFEK^. [^Herdchum. 



(Involucres or of few Zeaz?e5.) — Differs from Heracleim in 

 the entire involute petals, and filiform, not clubbed, vittte. 

 — !N"ame derived from pastiis^ food. 



1. P. sativa L. (common ivild P.); stem furrowed, leaves 

 pinnate downy beneath, leaflets ovate cut and serrate, ultimate 

 one 3-lobed, involucres none, fruit oval. E. B. t. 556. 



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



Cambridge; Crosby, by Liverpool ; abundant in Hants and Essex. 

 (J. 7j 8. — Hoot fusiform; the origin of our garden Parsnep, 

 Leaves generally shining. Petals very convex, involute, yellow. 



27. Heracleum Linn. Cow-Parsnep. (Tab. 11. f. 27.) 



Fruit flat, with a broad border. Carpels with 3 dorsal ribs 

 and 2 distant marginal ones, and rather short club-shaped vittce 

 in the interstices. Pet. obcordate, point inflected ; outer ones 



radiant. (Involucre deciduous ; 

 Named from Hercidt 

 allied plant into use. 



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Hog'Weed) 



nate rough hairy, leaflets pinnatifid cut sinuate, ultimate one 

 somewhat palmate, petals unequal, fruit glabrous nearly or- 

 bicular. E. B. t. 939.-/3. leaves more deeply cut, lobes 

 narrower. H. an^ustifolium Sm. 



Hedges, pastures, and 

 rank weed, 4 — 5 ft. hiojb. 



bushy places, frequent. ^. 7. — A tall 

 Leaves coarsely serrate, sheaths inflated. 



Flowers white or reddish. Carpels with 2 vitt(B on the suture. 



28. ToRBYEiuM Linn. Hart-wort. (Tab. 11. f. 28.) 



Fruit flat, with a broad thick crenate or waved border. 

 Carpels with indistinct ribs, 3 dorsal and 2 distant marginal 

 ones, with 1 or 3 vitt(B in the Interstices. PeL radiant.— ISTame : 

 the TopSuXiov of the Greeks. 



1. 



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rfficindle L. {small H,) 



of the ray each with one very large lobe, partial involucres 

 setaceous as lonir as the umbels, fruit with the thickened 



F. B.t. 2440. 



border beautifully crenate and glabrous. 



high. 



1 foot 



Near London (?) Rai/ and Petiver. 0. 6, 7. — Hairy, 



Leaflets few, ovate, lobed and notched, upper ones confluent. 

 Flowers beautiful, with the outer large lobes of the petals white. 

 Fruit rough on the surface, and having a very thick, pale, deeplv 

 notched or almost beaded border. Fittce several between the ribs 

 and on the suture. 



2. T. maximum L. (great 11.) ; 2 outer petals of the flowers 

 of the ray each with 2 equal lobes, involucres linear shorter 

 than the umbel, fruit with the thickened border scarcely 



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