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UMBELLfFERJE 



pound, pinnate leaves with very narrow segments ; ebracteate, 

 compound umbels of yellow flowers with roundish entire petals with 

 a short, blunt, inflexed tip. (Name, a diminutive from the Latin 

 fcenum, hay, to which it has been compared in smell.) 



i. F. vulgdre (Common Fennel). — A well-known plant, with 

 an erect stem, numerous leaves, deeply divided into soft, hair-like 

 segments, and large terminal umbels of yellow flowers. — Waste 



fceniculum vulgArS (Common Fennel). 



places, especially near the sea. The whole plant is aromatic, and 

 the chopped leaves are used in sauce for fish. — Fl. July, August. 

 Perennial. 



25. CRfTHMUM (Samphire). — A smooth, fleshy, much-branched 

 plant, with 2 — 3-ternate leaves ; compound many -rayed umbels of 

 minute white flowers ; and short, smooth fruit with many vittce 

 and loose seeds. (Name said to be from the Greek crithe, barley, 

 from a fancied resemblance in the fruit.) 



