CALYCIFLOR^ 



10. SisoN (Stone Parsley) 



I. S. amomiim (Hedge Stone Paisley). — A slender plant 2-3 feet 

 high, with a wiry, branched stem and pinnatb, cut leaves, the leaflets 

 of the upper ones being very narrow. The general umliels consist 

 of about 4 rays, with 2-4 hrads at the base ; the partial 

 umbels are small, and have 4 bracts at the base of each; the 

 flowers are cream-coloured and very 

 small. The whole plant has a nauseous 

 smell. The only British species. Damp, 

 chalky places ; common in the south of 

 England, becoming rarer farther north. 

 — Fl. August. Biennial. 



II. iEGOPODiuM {Gout-weed) 



I. JE. podagraria (Common Gout- 

 weed). — -A common and very trouble- 

 some garden weed, with a creepmg root, 

 large, thrice ternate leaves, and white 

 flowers. The stems grow about a foot 

 high. The leaves are sometimes boiled 

 and eaten, but have a strong and very 

 disagreeable flavour. — Fl. May, June. 

 Perennial. 



12. 



jEgopodium Podagraria 

 {Common Gout-weed) 



Carum (Caraway) 



1. C. carui (Common Caraway). — Root spindle-shaped ; stem 

 much branched, about 2 feet high ; the leaves twice pinnate, with 

 leaflets cut into very narrow segments ; the flowers are white, and 

 grow in rather large umbels, with rarely more than i bract, and 

 that at the base of the general umbel. Occurs in many places as 

 an escape from cultivation. Produces the well-known caraway 

 seeds. — Fl. June. Biennial. 



2. C. verticillatitm (Whorled Caraway). — Smaller than the last, 

 with pinnate leaves, the leaflets of which are divided to the base 

 into very numerous hair-like segments, and are so crowded as to 

 appear whorled. Very rare, except in the west of Scotland.^ 

 Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



3. C. bulbocastanum (Bulbous Caraway). — Root tuberous ; stem 

 1-3 feet high ; leaves twice or thrice pinnate ; bracts of the partial 

 and general umbel numerous ; flowers white. A local plant, so 

 abundant in the chalk district near Baldock, in Hertfordshire, that 

 " the farmers turn their pigs upon the fallows to feed upon the 

 roots." — Hooker and Arnott. Found in chalky fields in one or 

 two other districts, but very local. — Fl. Juije, July. Perennial. 



