PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. Bunium. 77 



Cows fond of this. Roots eaten for parsneps, poisonous. Umbels 

 dye yellow : leaves and stem afford a beautiful green. Used as a 

 pot-herb in times of scarcity. Its presence indicates a fertile soil. 

 Flavour of carrots : grateful to rabbits. 



Myrrhis temulenta, has a more swelling, a spotted, and veiy 

 rough stem, and bristly flower stalks to distinguish it. 



MYRRHIS. Cicely.' 



Scandix and ChcpropJiyUum of Linn. 



* M. odordta. Sweet C. Seeds with very sharp, pro- 

 minent ana^les, roughish towards the summit. Scandix 



odorata. ^E. B. 697- Sb. 

 Mountainous pasturefi. Rose Lane. Sb. 

 Not in Ray and Dillenius. 

 Per. May. 

 Three feet. Ls. somewhat triply winged ; wing-cleft, pale, haiiy, 



scented. 



In the north of England, seeds for polishing, and perfuming oak- 

 floors, and furniture. With. Young seeds gratefully stomachic. 



M. temulenta. Hough Cicely. Rough Cow-parsley. 

 Seeds furrowed, nearly smooth. Stem rough, swollen 

 under each joint. Cheerophvllum temulentum. E. B. 

 1521. C. 6. 24. Sb. Cerefolium sylvestre. G. E. 

 1038. 



Busily places, and under hedcjes. 



Bien. June. 



Ls. twice winged, wing-cleft, hairv-. Stem speckled with purple. 



Umbels drooping, before flowering. 



Sweetish, aromatic, no intoxicating qualities. 



BU'NIUM. Earth-nut. 



B. jiexuosum. Common E. Kipper , or Pig-nut. 



General bracteas scarcely three. Stem tapering and 

 zigzag at the base. Fruit somewhat beaked. Styles 

 nearly upright. E. B. 988. B. Bulbocastanum. C. 

 4. 24. Bulb, minus. G. E. 1064. 



Grassy pastures, especially on a gra.relly soil. Srn. 



Per. May. 



Root roundish, tuberous. Root-leaves thrice ^\-inged, segments 



linear. General involucre sometimes none ; deciduous. 



Roots eatable, nourishing : in some parts of England boiled in 

 broth, and ser\-ed up at table : little inferior to chestnuts. 



' Proper name. 



