ASTaAirri A . — apitii . 
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unequally serrate, fertile fl. sessile, ban-en fl. slightly stalked. — 
£. B. 98. — Umbels many, capitatt% in an irregular slightly um- 
bellate panicle. Styles p'ersistent, reflexed. St. ascending about 
a foot high.— Woods and thickets. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 
3. Astran'tia Linn. 
Jl. A. major (L.) ; lower 1. palmately 5 — 7-fid, lobes oblong 
acute imequally incise-seiTate, inv.-l. entire, cal. -teeth ovate-lan- 
ceolate nan-owed to an acute point. — St. 29. 8. — Inv. equall i ng 
the umbel, usually sti-iiw-colom-ed. — Woods in hilly districts. 
Between "^Tiitboiirne and Malvern. Above Stokesay Castle, near 
Ludlow. In the latter place, Mr. Borrer considered it to have 
been introduced " ages ago." P. \T^. — \HI. E. 
Tribe III. Enjngieee. 
4. EETu'enTM Linn. Eryngo. 
1. E. marit'ivmm (L.) ; radical I. rotmdish plaited spinous 
stalked, upper 1. amplexicaid palmately lobed, inv.-l. 3-lobed 
spinous exceeding the heads, scales of the receptacle 3-lobed. — 
E. B. 718. — St. 1 foot or more in height, much branched, leafy, 
rigid, glaucous. Fl. in heads rather than umbels, blue. — Sandy 
sea-shores. P. ^TI. \TQ. Sea HoUy. E. S. I. 
2. E. campes'tre (L.) ; radical l.2orS times pinnatijid spinous 
stalked ; st.-l. amplexicaul bipinnatifld, inv.-l. lanceolate spinous 
longer than the heads, scales of the receptacle undivided. — E. B. 
57. — More bushy and slender than the la,st. Pet. purplish or 
white. Petioles thick, semiterete, channeled. — On waste groimd, 
very raie. P. ^' II. Vni. E. I. 
Tribe IV. Amminea. 
5. Cicu'ta Linn. Water Hemlock. 
1. C. vir6sa (L.) ; fibres of the root filiform, 1. tripartite, 
leaflets linear-lanceolate acute serrate decurrent. — E. B. 479.— 
St. 3 — 4 feet high, very thick roimd 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 (fitches, not 
common. P. VTL M^II. Cmvhane. E. S. I. 
6. A'piTTM Z/inn. Celery. SmaUage. 
1. A. graveolens (L.) ; glabrous, 1. pinnate or temate, leaflets 
of the iipper 1. wedgeshaped and notched at the end. — E. B. 
1210. — St. 1 — 2 feet high, branched, fun-owed, leafy-. Umbels 
