CHRYSOSPLENITIM. PIMPINELLA. S5 



at Edriiigton-House this favourite flower seems to have naturaUzed 

 itself. June. 



235. Chrysosplenium oppositifohum. Common. May. 



236. C. ALTERNiroLiUM. Of too frequent occurrence in our 

 district to require its habitats to be specified. The two species fre- 

 quently grow intermingled. Their favourite haunt is a black toggy 

 soil on the margins of little rills, or around fountain heads, in wet 

 shady woods. They grow in patches conspicuous for their yellow 

 hue. Eng. Bot. i. 54. 



237. Hydrocotyle vulgaris. Bogs and marshy places on 

 muirs and in deans, abundant. June- July. 



238. Sanicula etjrop^a. Woods and deans, frequent and abun- 

 dant. June. 



239. CicuTA virosa. Ponds, rare. B. Primside loch. Dr. R. 

 D. Thomson. — D. Learmouth bogs, R. Embleton. — R. Yetholm loch. 

 Rev. A. Baird. — July-Aug. — The smell and taste of the plant are 

 something like those of Parsley, but weaker, and give no indication 

 of its energy as a poison. The seeds are decidedly arornatic. 



14. Petroseliniim sativum. Don Gard. Diet. iii. 279. l^&xi\fs. — 

 B. Naturalized on waste ground at Fireburn mill ; and on the banks 

 of the Tweed near Birgham, Miss E. Bell. I find it year after year 

 on road-sides near Berwick ; and it occurs often in new pastures, 

 where it has been sown with grass seeds. 



240. SixTM NODiFLORUM = Helosciadium nodiflorum. Ditches 

 and runlets, frequent. Aug. 



241. S. iNUNDATTJM := H. inuudatum. In pools on the sides of 

 our waters and burns either left after inundations or filled from well- 

 heads, in our muirland districts, common. July. 



242. S. ANGUSTiFOLiuM. Ditchcs and rivulets, of frequent oc- 

 currence throughout the district. Aug., Sept. 



243. SisoN AMOMUM. B. Sides of the lough at the Hirsel, 

 plentiful. Misses Bell and Miss Hunter. 



244. J^GOPODitJM poDAGRARiA. St'iii^opjtoJc'O. In woods and 

 in damp hedges, very common. June. 



245. BuNiTJM FLBXUOSUM. (toxt^'YlVit l ^muti!. Common in 

 old pastures and on the banks of open deans. May-June.^ — Children 

 dig up the roots and eat them ; but they are hindered from indulging 

 to excess by a cherished behef that the luxury tends to generate ver- 

 min in the head. When the little "howker" breaks the white 

 " shank," he at once desists from his attempt to reach the root, for 

 he believes that it will elude his search by sinking deep and deeper 

 into the ground ! 



246. PiMPiNELLA SAxiFRAGA. Dry bauks, pastures, and ia 

 woods, common. The leaves vary greatly in the manner in which 

 they are cut. Autumn. 



