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UMBELLIFERiE. 
10. Sison Linn. 
1. S. Amomum (L.). The only species. — E. B. 954. — St. 
erect, panicled, 2—3 feet high. Lower 1. pinnate : leaflets ob- 
long lobed cut and serrate ; upper I. divided into narrow seg- 
ments. Partial umbels and fl. small. — In dampish places on a 
calcareous soil. B. VIII. E. S. 
11. iEGOPODiuM Linn. 
1. jE. Podagraria (L.). The only species. — E. B. 940. — 
St. 1 — 2 feet high, erect, furrowed. L. 2 or 3 times ternate ; 
leaflets ovate-acuminate, unequal at the base, acutely serrate. 
Root creeping. — Damp places. P. VI. VII. Gout Weed. Herb 
Gerarde. 
12. Carum Linn. 
fl. C. Carui (L.) ; partial involucre 0, general 0 or of 1 leaf, 
1. bipinnate, leaflets cut into linear segments. — E. B. 1503. — St. 
1 — 2 feet high. Root fusiform. Carp, aromatic. — Meadows and 
pastures. B. VI. Caraway. 
2. C. verticillatum. (Koch) ; general and partial involucres of 
many leaves small, 1. pinnate, leaflets divided to the base into 
capillary spreading segments. — E. B. 395. — St. 1 — Hfoot high. 
Root fascicled. Segments of the leaflets spreading so as to appear 
whorled and quite surrounding the petiole. L. nearly all radical. 
— Damp hilly pastures, rare. P. VIII. 
13. Bunium Linn. 
1. jB. ftexuosum (With.) ; general involucre of 1 — 3 leaves, 
partial more numerous, fr. oval narrowing upwards crowned with 
the elongated stylopodium and erect styles, interstices with 3 vitta?. 
— E. B. 988. B.denudatumDC. — Involucres sometimes altogether 
wanting. Root a solitary tuber. St. a foot or more high, very 
slender below, bearing a few 1. with linear segments. Radical 1. 
triternate with long footstalks tapering downwards. — Sandy and 
gravelly pastures. P. V. VI. Pig-nut. 
2. B. Bulbocastanvm (L.) ; general and partial involucres of 
numerous leaves, fr. oblong crowned with the short stylopodium 
and reflexed styles, interstices with single vittse. — E. B. S. 2862. 
Carum Koch, DC. — Involucres always present. Root a tuber. 
St. about 2 feet high, slightly narrowed below. Lower 1. bipin- 
nate, with a triangular outline, rather numerous near the base of 
the stem, rarely 1 or 2 radical upon long footstalks tapering down- 
wards. — Chalky fields in Cambridgeshire and Herts. Rev. W. 
H. Coleman. P. VI. VII. E. 
