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UMFiELLIFER^ 



pound, pinnate /fi/r-t'-c with very narrow segments ; ebracleate, 

 compound iiinbch of ^(:\\o\^ flowers with roundish entire /t-AfA' with 

 a short, blunt, inflexed tip. (Name, a diminutive from the Latin 

 fa-iiKiii, hay, to which it has been compared in smell.) 



I. F. viilgdre (Common Fennel). — A welhknown plant, with 

 an erect staii, numerous ka-'es, deeply divided into soft, hair-like 

 segments, and large terminal umbels of yellow floimrs. — Waste 



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places, especially near the sea. The ^vhole plant is aromatic, and 

 the chopped leaves are used in sauce for fish. — Fl. July, August. 

 I'erennial. 



2'^. CufxHMUM (Samphire). — A smooth,, fleshy, much-branched 

 [)lant, with 2 — 3-ternate leaves : compound many-rayed ii/iibe/s of 

 minute white floivers ; and short, smooth/)-//// with many vithv 

 and loose seeds. (Name said to be from the Cireek crithe, barley, 

 from a fancied resemblance in the fruit.) 



