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leaves much cut up, and see what is the character of 

 the foliage in the shrubby species. 



The vast majority of Umbellifers, as I have just ob- 

 served, are herbaceous, and with leaves much divided, 

 the common Carrot being a typical example. One 

 European species, however, Bupleurum fructicosum, 

 is a shrub attaining a height of more than six feet, 

 and has the leaves (Fig. 8i) coriaceous, and oblong 

 lanceolate. 



Fig. 8i. — Bupleurum fnteticosutn, 



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The common Groundsel (Fig. 82), again, is a low 

 herb with much-cut leaves. Some species of Senecio, 

 however, are shrubby, and their leaves assume a 

 totally different character, Senecio laurifolius and 5. 

 populifolius having, as their specific names denote, 

 leaves respectively resembling the Laurel and Poplar. 

 In the genus Oxalis, again, to which the Shamrock 

 belongs, there is a shrubby species, O. laureola, with 

 leaves like those of a Laurel. 



I would venture, then, to suggest these consideration 



