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CALYCIFLOR,?; 



British umbelliferous plants by having no general bracts, but at the 

 base of each partial umbel three very long and narrow bracts, which 



are all on the outer side, and point 

 downwards. The plant is poisonous, 

 and has a disagreeable smell when 

 bruised. — Fl. July, August. Annual. 



19. FcENicuLUM {Fennel) 

 I. F. vulgare (Common Fennel). — A 

 well-known plant, with an erect rod- 

 like stem 2-3 or ftiore feet high, numer- 

 ous leaves, which are deeply divided 

 into soft, hair -like segments, and 

 large terminal umbels of yellow flowers. 

 The whole plant is aromatic, and 

 the chopped leaves are often u.sed 

 as an ingredient in sauce for fish. 

 Waste places, f specially near the sea ; 

 common. — Fl. July, August. Per- 

 ennial. 



FcENicui^UM Vulgare 

 {Common Fennel) 



20. LiGUSTicuM (Lavage) 



I. L. Scoticum (Scottish Lovage). — From 1-2 feet high; stem 

 slightly branched, tinged with red ; leaves twice ternate, with large, 

 broad, serrated leaflets ; umbels with general and partial bracts ; 

 flowers reddish-white. Rocky seashore in Scotland and North- 

 umberland. — Fl. July. Perennial. 



21. SiLAUS (Pepper Saxifrage) 

 I. S. pratensis (Meadow Pepper Saxifrage). — From 1-3 feet high ; 

 leaves thrice pinnate, with narrow opposite leaflets, and teiminal 

 umbels of dull, yellowish white flowers ; general bracts 1-3 ; partial 

 numerous. " The whole plant, being fetid when bruised, is supposed 

 in some parts of Norfolk to give a bad flavolir to milk and butter ; 

 but cattle do not eat it, except accidentally or in small quantities, 

 though sufficient perhaps to have the cifcct in question." — Sir J. E. 

 Smith. Meadows ; not very general. — Fl. July to September. 

 Perennial. 



22. Meum (Spignel) 



I. M. athamanticum (Spignel, Meu, or Bald-money). — Well dis- 

 tinguished by its twice pinnate leaves, the leaflets of which are 

 divided into numerous thread-like segments. The whole plant, 



