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37. Myrrhis Scop. 
1. M. odorata (Scop.) ; 1. downy beneath, leaflets of the par- 
tial involucres lanceolate-acuminate. — E.B. 697- — St. 2 — 3 feet 
high, round, leafy, hollow. L. very large, tripinnate. Leaflets 
ovate-lanceolate, pinnatifid. Umbels terminal. FL numerous, 
white. Fr. large, nearly an inch long, dark brown. Whole plant 
highlv aromatic. — Pastures in hilly districts. P. V. VI. Sweet 
Cicely. 
Tribe X. Smyrnece. 
38. Echinophora Linn. 
1. E. spinosa (L.) ; 1. pinnate, leaflets pinnatifid with spinous 
awlshaped entire segments.— E.B. 24 13. — Sandy sea-shores, pro- 
bablv now lost. Lancashire and Kent. Weymouth ? Dr. Salter. 
P. VII. E. 
39. Conium Linn. 
1. C. maculatum (L.) ; leaflets of the partial involucres uni- 
lateral ovate-lanceolate with an attenuated point shorter than the 
umbels. — E.B. 1191. — St. 3 — 5 feet high, erect, round, hollow, 
glaucous, spotted with purple, branched. L. tripinnate ; leaflets 
lanceolate, pinnatifid with acute cut segments. Readilj- distin- 
guished by its fcetid smell, spotted stem, unilateral partial invo- 
lucres and wavy crenate ridges of the fruit. Highly poisonous. 
— Hedge-banks and Waste places. B. VI. VII. Hemlock. 
40. Physosfermum Cusson. 
1. P. comubiense (DC.) ; radical 1. triternate, leaflets wedge- 
shaped cut or deeply 3-lobed with acute segments, stem 1. ternate 
lanceolate entire. — E. B. 683. — St. 1 — 3 feet high, erect, round, 
striated, minutely scabrous, bearing a few small ternate leaves 
with linear lanceolate segments, the uppermost represented by a 
barren lanceolate acute sheath. Umbels terminal. Carp, longer 
than broad ; the coat loose. Seed free. — Hooker refers P. aqui- 
leyifolium (Koch) to this; on the contrary, Bertoloni, with Hooker's 
observations before him, states that they are quite different. — 
Devon and Cornwall, rare. P. VII. VIII. E. 
41. Smyrnium Linn. 
1. S. Olusatrum (L.) ; st. terete, stem 1. ternate stalked ser- 
rate.— E. B. 230.— St. 3—4 feet high, stout, branched, leafy, 
furrowed. Radical 1. very large, all with large membranous 
sheaths and large ovate shining cut and serrated leaflets. Fl. green- 
ish-yellow in dense rounded umbels. Fr. nearly black, aromatic. 
— Waste ground and near ruins. B. ? V. VI. Alexanders. 
