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The Flora of Wiltshire. 



soil. B. FL July. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Generally distributed. 

 The garden parsnep is a variety of this, in which the biennial fusi- 

 form root has been enlarged by culture. 



Heracleum, (Linn.) Cow-Parsnep. 

 Linn. CI. v. Ord. ii. 



Name. From (Heracles), Hercules, to whom it is dedicated. 



1. H. Sphondylium (Linn.) common Cow-Parsnep, or hog- weed. 

 Parkinson (Theatrum Botanicum) says, "it is called in Greek 

 Sphondylium, and Spondylion, for both are extant in good authors, 

 derived, as it is thought, from Spondyle, a flie, stinking like this." 

 Engl. Bot. t 939. 



Locality. On moist hedge-banks, in damp pastures, woods, bor- 

 ders of fields, and waste bushy places, generally considered an 

 indication of good soil. B. FL July. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4, 5. Com- 

 mon in all the Districts. A tall, coarse looking plant. Its large 

 and handsome umbels being very conspicuous through the month 

 of July. A variety with leaves, more deeply cut, lobes narrower, 

 is the H. angustifolium (Sm.) ; it grows in similar situations, but 

 not so common. 



Daucus, (Linn.) Carrot. 

 Linn. CI. v. Ord. ii. 

 Name. Daucus (Lat.), a word used by the old authors to denote 

 a carrot ; said to be derived from (daio,) to make hot ; from the sup- 

 posed medicinal properties of the seeds. 



1. D. Carota, (Linn.) common Carrot, (karos,) signifies a herb ; 

 also a drowsiness, which this plant is thought to induce. Engl, 

 Bot. t. 1174. 



Locality. Pastures, borders of fields, and way-sides. B. FL 

 July, August. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Plentiful in all the Districts. 

 The Garden Carrot originated from this species, and affords an 

 additional instance to that of the parsnep, (Pastinaca sativa) of 

 the effects of cultivation upon vegetables. 



Caucalis, (Hoffm.) Bur-Parsley. 

 Linn. CI. v. Ord. ii. 

 Name. According to Linnaeus from (heo), to lie along, 



