Bupleurum.] umbellifeb^. 203 



1. F.Saxifraga, L. Common Burnet Saxifrage. "Radical 

 leaves pinnate, their leaflets roundish sharply serrate or cut, those 

 of the stem bipinnate -with linear segments, stems terete, fruit 

 glabrous."— J5r. Fl. p. 165. E. B. t. 407. Jacq. Fl. Aust. iv. 

 &0, t. 395. 



Ill dry fields and pastures ; abundant everywhere. /"/.July — September. If. 



XIII. SiuM, Linn. Water Parsnep. 



" Fruit ovate or globose, subdidymous, crowned with the 

 depressed base of the refiexed styles. Carpels with 5 rather 

 obtuse ribs, and 2 or more vitt(B between them : suture with vit- 

 tm. Calyx-teeth small or obsolete. Betals obcordate with an 

 inflected point. (Partial involucre of many leaves)." — Br. Fl. 



1. ^. angustifoUum,'L. Narrow-leaved Water Parsnep. "Stem 

 erect, leaflets unequally lobed and serrated, umbels pedunculate 

 opposite to the leaves." — Br. Fl. p. 165. E. B. t. 139. 



In ditches, pools and other watery places ; rare. Fl. July, August. If. 



E. Med. — In a pool surrounded by trees on the landslip between St. Catherine's 

 point and Blackgang, in great plenty ; also in the meadow in which C3'perus grows 

 near Old Castle point. By a little stream near the church at Ventnov, Miss 

 Hadfields ! In a plashy spot by the roadside between Old Park and St. Law- 

 rence, a single plant, 1838. 



W. Med.^-'Diiches in the marsh at Freshwater, in several places, but of small 

 size. 



XIV. BuPLBUEUM, Linn. Hare's-ear. 



" Fruit ovate-oblong, crowned with the depressed base of the 

 styles. Carpels with 5 more or less prominent ribs, with or 

 without vittse. Calyx-teeth obsolete. Petals roundish, entire 

 with an involute retuse broad point. (Leaves undivided)." — 

 Br. Fl. 



1. B. rotundifolium, L. Common Hare's-ear. Thorrow-wax. 

 " Stem branched above, universal involucre wanting, partial invo- 

 lucres mucronate, leaves perfoliate roundish-oval." — Br. Fl. p. 

 166. E. B. t. 99. 



In chalky cornfields, but extremely local, i^/. June, July. 0. 



£. Med. — In a cornfield above Sandown bay, at its North-eastern end and 

 loftiest elevation, of several hundred feet. 



fV. Med. — In a wheatfield opposite Eades's farm, near Calhourne, in great 

 plenty, 1845. Amongst wheat in various places about Thorley, Mev. James Pen- 

 fold and Mr. Robert Gibbs .'.'.' Plentifully in 1840 in cornfields near VVellow, 

 towards Tapnel and Stonewell farms. Colwell, 1838. Near Yarmouth, Rev. W. 

 T. Bree (in lilt.). 



Herb perfectly glabrous. Root annual, rigid, tapering, with few fibres. Stem 

 erect, from 3 or 4 inches to 2 feet in height, round, smooth, purplish and shining, 

 branched chiefly unilaterally. Leaves truly but eccentrically perfoliate, roundish 

 oval, the lowermost somewhat oblong or obovate, nearly erect, glaucous-green, 

 often edged with purple, many-ribbed, quite smooth and entire, with a small point 

 or mucro. Gene>al involucre none. Umbels terminal, flat, of few very short rays. 

 Umbellules about 8 — 12 flowered, much shorter than the 4 or 5 broadly ovate, very 

 unequal mucronate and purple-edged leaves of their involucres, which when the 



