38. HEDERACJia. 163 



and wa\'y crenate lidgfs of the fruit. ;' HigMy poisonous. — • 

 Hedge-banks and waste places. B. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



40. Phtsospbh'miom: Cusson.- 



—1. P. comiAie/i'se (DC.) ; radical 1. tritematej leaflets wedge- 

 shaped cut or deeply 3-lohed Tifith acute, segments, §tem-l. ter- 

 uate lanceolate entire. — St. 1 — 3 feet high, ei;ect, round, striate, 

 bpapjug a few small temate leavep/w^h . Unear-lanceolate seg- 

 ments, the uppermost represented by a tiarren lanceolate acute 

 sheath. Umbels terminal. Carp, longer than broad ; the coat 

 loose. Seed free. — ii.axii A. sveterr P. aqxiileffi folium (Koch) to 

 this ; Bertoloni) with Hooker^a observations tefore him, states 

 that they are quite different. — Devon and Cornwall, rare. P. 

 VII. VEIL : E. 



41. SirrE'ifnjM imn. Alexanders.,' 



— ^1. S. Ohiadtriim, (L.) ; St. terete, Btem-L ternate stalked ser- 

 rate. — St. 3 — 4 feet high, stout, branched, leafy, furrowed; 

 Radical 1. yeryrlarge,,3— 4-ternate; all,-\vit]i large membranous 

 sheaths aiid large ovate shining cut and serrate lep,flets. Fl. 

 greenish yellow in dense rounded umbels. '■' Fr. nearly black, 

 aromatic. — TVaste ground and near ruins. B. ? V. VI. E. S. I. 



Suborder ill. Ccelosperma. Tribe XII. Coridnclrea. 



'.,., 42. iCoKiAir'ijiiTiM: ,Z^»^n. .. Coriaadpr,,, >• , 



'"'[].'. CrsaMtnirh (L.). — St. 12 — 18' in. high, leafy,round, striate., 

 L. Dipiunate, cut, with broad wed^haped segments; upper 1; 

 more divided with linear segments. Fl. wHte. — Fields and 

 waste-places, scarcely naturalized, lA. VL] E. S- 



Order XXXVIII. HEDEEACE^. ,[ 



Oal. 4 — 5-toothed, adnate to ihe ovary. , Pet. 5— 16, rarely 

 wanting ; valvate in the bud. Stam. as many as the pet. and 

 alternate with them or twice as many, inserted below the margin 

 of an epigynous disk. Ovary with 2 or more cells. Styles as 

 many as thaceDsO.Fr. succulent or dry, of several cells each 

 with 1 pendulous seed. Albumen fleshy. Embryo minute (not 

 *} ,in our Seclera) . — L. alternate -wijiout stipules. , ; , 



1. HEbEEA. Cal. superior, limb of 5 teeth. P?t,5 — 10, not 

 cohering at the apex. Stam. 5—^10. Styles 5^10, conni- 

 vent, or" combined jnto one, , Berry S-celJted and 5,-seeded, 

 crowned with the calyx. , y_ ^,l,^:,f^ , ;• 



