limbellifer;e 



slender stalks and linear segments ; bract solitary, 3-cleft, or absent ; 

 bt-acteolcs 2 — 3-linear ; Jfiiccers minute.— Dry limestone rocks, 

 Bristol and South I )evon ; very rare. — Fl. May, June. Perennial. 



10. Apilim. — Cilabrous ; /tV77V'j pinnate or ternate ; umbels con\- 

 pound, often in the forks of the stem ; bz-ac/s absent ; bracfeoles many 



or absent ; sepals 

 absent \ petals en- 

 tire. (Name, the 

 Classical name of 

 this or some allied 

 genus.) 



I. A. gj'aveolens 

 (Wild Celery, 

 Smallage). — Stem 

 usually I — 2 feet 

 high, furrowed, 



branched, and 

 leafy, but some- 

 nearly pros- 

 leaves pin- 

 lobes cut ; 

 sessile or 

 so, terminal 

 brarte- 

 ff,nve?-s 



~"''^"'-;vro tmies 

 %_/ trate ; 



nate ; 



?////be/s 



nearly 



or axillary 



i>/es absent 



greenisli - white, 

 small. — Moist 

 places near the sea ; 

 not uncommon. 

 The origin of the 

 garden celery, and 

 unmistakably dis- 

 tinguished by its 

 strong flavour and 

 rank odour. In its 

 ^Ylld state, or until 



the leaf-stalks have been blanched by the^ exclusion of light, it is 



not eatable. — Fl. June — August, liiennial. 



2. .4. Niict///c//-///// (Procumbent IMarsh-wurt). -S/ej/i prostrate 



and rooting, hollow ; /eaj'es pinnate ; /ea//e/s ovate, serrate, acute; 



umbels sessile, or nearly so ; ravs unei|ual ; braetcoles many, 



membranous; Jln^vers small, while. — 1 )itches and rivulets; 



abundant. Growing with Watercress, this plant is sometimes 



AI'IUM GKAv:^:oi.ENS {IJ'iU Cch 



