Localities. — In dry mountainous pastures in the N’otlb of England and 
Scotland, especially in the Highlands; frequent. — Cumberland; Near the 
vicarage at Keswick : Rev. YV. Wood. Bristow Hills, near Keswick : N. B. G.— 
Lancash.^ On the road by Scholefield Hall near Rochdale: Ray. In Conistone, 
Furness Fells: Mr. Jackson. — Northumberland ; On a hill by the village of 
Throckrington: Wallis. On a basaltic height, a quarter of a mile noith from 
Throckrington : Rev. J. Hodgson. — Westmoreland ; Uun-Mail-raise: Mr. 
Fardon. About two miles from Sedberg in the way to Orion, abundantly in 
meadows and pastures: Ray. In a field by the fourth milestone leading from 
Kendal to Appleby : Mr. Gough. — Yorkshire ; Mountainous parts of the West 
Riding, sparingly: Ray. Meadows at Mossdale Head, YY'ensley Dale : Mr. 
Brunton. Ripon: Mr. Bowman, in N. B. G. Near Boothwood Inn, between 
Halifax and Oldham : N. J. Winch. Esq.— WALES. Merionethshire; Near 
Dolgelle: Ray. On the east side of Bala Lake near Llan Gower ; and on the 
west side between Llanycil and Dolgelle, but more sparingly : Mr. Griffith. 
Garneddwen, between Bala and Dolgelle: Rev. II. Davies. — SCOTLAND. 
Aberdeenshire ; Banks of Dee, near the Old Bridge, near Aberdeen: Mr. 
Dickie. On a green bank, nearly opposite the front of Invercauld House, by 
the road-side between Castleton and the bridge over the Dee, below the village : 
Mr. Watson, in N. B. G. — Dumbartonshire; About Balvie, Glasgow: Mr. 
Hopkirk. Loch Lomond : Mr. Murray. — Forfarshire; On the bauks of the 
river, above and below the KirkofClova : Mr. Watson, in N. B. G. In pastuies 
in the valleys of the high lands of the Clova Mountains : Mr. Don, of Forfar, in 
Apr. Report of Anguss-shire, Append, p. 18. — Inverness-shire; North side 
of Loch Ness : Mr. Murray. — Kirkcudbrightshire ; Oarsphairn : G. Gordon, 
inN.B.G. — Lanarkshire; Rare, near Plowland, Avondale : FI. of Lanark. 
Kittochside and Cross-hill, in Kilbride; on Cathkin Hills: Mr. Hopkirk. — 
Linlithgowshire; West Lothian: Rev. J. Ligiitfoot — Perthshire: About 
Dunkeld : ibid. Glen Shee : Mr. Watson, in N. B. G.— Renfrewshire ; Loch- 
winnoch: Mr. J. Montgomery, in N.B. G. 
Perennial. — Flowers in May and June. 
Root tap-shaped, thick, woody, and branching ; crowned with 
the fibrous remains of old leafstalks. Stem from 1 to 2 feet high, 
upright, not much branched, round, hollow, leafy, striated. Leaves 
alternate, oblong, twice or thrice pinnate, dark green, smooth ; 
leajlels opposite, in numerous capillary, very delicate, pointed 
segments. Petioles ( leafstalks ) dilated and membranous at the 
base. Umbels upright, of many general and partial rays. General 
Involucrum either wanting, or of few strap-spear-shaped leaves, 
which are mostly 3-cleft. Partial Involucrum lateral, of several 
entire or cut leaves ; these, by some oversight, are omitted in the 
engraving, an omission not observed till the whole impression of 
the plate was worked off. Flowers numerous, white or reddish, 
uniform. Calyx seldom visible. Petals occasionally somewhat 
inversely heart-shaped. Fruit smooth, slightly compressed, with 
sharp ribs. 
A rather pretty plant, remarkable for the numerous bristle-like 
segments of its leaves, and its very powerful aromatic smell. The 
roots and seeds are aromatic and acrid, and have been used as 
stomachics and carminatives. Where this plant abounds in the 
Highlands, the milk and butter partake of its peculiar Melilot-like 
taste in the Spring ; and a strong infusion of it is said to give 
cheese the flavour of the Sw iss Chapziegar. 
