13G 
38. UMBELLIFER.i:. 
E. B. 98. — Umbels numerous, cii])itate, in an irregular slightly 
umbellate panicle. Styles ])ersistent, retlexed. St. ascending, 
about a foot high. — Woods and thickets. P. VI. VII. 
3. Astrantia Linn. 
tl. A. major (L.); lower 1. ])almately 5 — 7 -fid: lobes ob- 
long acute unecjually inciso-serrate involueral 1. entire, cal. -teeth 
ovate-lanceolate narrowed to an acute j)oint. — St. 29. 8. — Invo- 
lucre as long as the umbel, usually straw-coloured. — Woods in 
hilly districts. Between Whitbourne and Malvern. Above 
Stokesay Castle, near Ludlow. iMr. Borrer has seen it in the 
latter place and considers it to have been introduced “ ages ago.” 
P. VI.— VIII. E. 
4. Eryngium Lin?i. 
1. E. maritimum (L.); radical 1. roundish plaited spinous 
stalked, upper 1. amplexicaule jialmately lobed, involueral 1. 3- 
lobed spinous longer than the heads, scales of the receptacle 3- 
lobed. — E. B. 718. — St. 1 foot or more in height, branched, leafy. 
FI. in heads rather than umbels, pet. blue. — Sandy sea-shores. 
P. VII. VIII. Sea Holly. 
2. E.campestre{h.) ; radicall. 2 or 3 times pinna tijid spinous 
stalked, st. 1. amplexicaule bipinnatifid, involueral 1. lanceolate 
spinous longer than the heads, scales of the receptacle undivided. 
— E. B. 57. — More bushy and slender than the last. Pet. pur- 
])lish. Petioles thick, semiterete, channeled. — I am indebted to 
Mr. Jas. Storey of Newcastle upon Tyne for specimens from 
Friar’s Goose which are referable to this species. — On waste 
ground, veiy rare. P. VII. VIII. E. S. 
Tribe III. Ammineee. 
D. CicuTA Linn. 
1. C. virosa (L.); fibres of the root filiform, 1. tripartite, 
leaflets linear-lanceolate acute serrate decurrent. — E. B. 4J9. — 
St. 3 — 4 feet high, very thick round and hollow below. Lower 
1. on long stalks ; leaflets 1 — 2 in. long. Umbels large ; gene- 
ral inv. 0, or of 1 or 2 slender leaflets ; partial of numerous subu- 
late leaflets. FI. white. Herb poisonous. — Ponds and (htches, 
not common. P. VI. — VIII. Water Hemlock. Cowbane. 
G. Apium Linn. 
I. A. graveolens (L.) ; glabrous,!, pinnate or ternate, leaflets 
of the iijjper 1. wedgesha])ed and notched at the end. — E. B. 
1210. — St. 1 — 2 feet high, branched, furrowed, leafy. Umbels 
terminal or lateral, frequently almost sessile, accompanied by 1 
