ASTEANTIA .— APITJM. 
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3. Astean'tia Linn, em. Xecker. 
;l. A. miijor (L.); lower 1. palmately 5 — 7-fid, lobes oblong 
acutely unequally incise-serrate, inv.-l. entire, cal.-teeth ovate- 
lanceolate narrowed to an acute point. — E. B. S. 2990. St. 29. 
— Inv. equalling the umbel, usually straw-coloured. Cal.- 
teeth exceeding petals. — Woods in hilly districts. Above 
.■^tokesay Castle, Shropshire, probably introduced. P. VI.— 
VIII. E. 
Tribe III. Eryngiece. 
4. Eeyn'gium Linn. Erj-ngo. 
1. E. marit imum (L.): radical I. suhorhicxdar plaited 
coriaceous spinous stalked, upper 1. amplexicaul palmately lobed, 
inv.-l. 3-lobed spinous exceeding the heads, scales of the 
receptacle 3-lobed.— .£". B. 718. — St. 1 foot or more in height, 
much branched, leaf}', rigid, glaucous. Fl. in heads rather than 
umbels, blue. — Sandy sea-shores. P. VII. VIII. Sea-Holly. 
E. S. I. 
2. E. campes'tre (L.) ; radical 2 or 3 times pinnatind spinous 
stalked, st.-l. amplexicaul pinnatifid, inv.-l. lanceolate spinous 
longer than the heads, scales of the receptacle undivided. — 
E. B. 57. — More bushy and slender than the last. Pet. purplish 
or white. Petioles thick, semiterete, channelled. — On waste 
ground, very rare. P. VII. VIII. E. 
Tribe IV. Ammrnea\ 
5. Cictt'ta Linn. Water-Hemlock. 
1. C.vir6sa(L.) ; fibres of the root filiform, 1. tripartite, leaf - 
lets linear-lanceolate acute serrate decurrent. — E. B. 479. — St. 
3 — 4 ft. high, ver\- thick terete and hollow below. Lower 1. on 
long stalks : leaflets 1 — 2 in. long. Umbels large ; general inv. 
0 or of 1 or 2 slender leaflets, partial of many subulate leaflets. 
Fl. white. Herb poisonous. — Ponds and ditches, not common. 
P. VII. VIII. Coivhane. E. S. I. 
6. A'PITJM Linn. em. Rchh.Jil. 
* Pet. leith involute point, cordate base, minute clau'. Partial 
inv. 0. 
1. A. grave'olens (L.) ; glabrous, 1. pinnate or ternate, leaflets 
of the upper 1. wedgeshaped.— ^. B. 1210.— St. 1—2 feet high, 
