Localities. — In waste ground, about ancient ruins ; often on rocks and cliffs 
near the sea. Oxfordsh. Near Bensington: Dr. Sibtiiorp. — Beds. Klstow, 
Ravensden, and Oakley: Rev. C. Arrot. — Cambridgesh. Chesterton, in a 
close near the river, below the Sluice; Hinton, Hasenfield, Great Wilbraham, 
&c.: Rev. R. Relhan. — Cheshire; Shore of the Mersey, opposite Liverpool, 
sparingly: Mr. Watson, in New Bot. Guide. — Cornwall; Sea cliff's at Pen- 
zance: Mr. Watson, in N. B. G. — Devon. Chudleigh Rock, cliffs at Lyinp- 
stone, Ashburton : Rev. J. P. Jones. Dawlish: Rev. R. P. Wei. land. Be- 
tween Tor Abbey and Livermead : Rev. A. Neck, FI. Devon. Ilfracombe and 
Barnstable: Mr. Watson, in N. B. G. — Dorset; About Pool; and on the 
ramparts going into Wareham : Dr. Martvn. — Durham ; In Hurworth church- 
yard : N. J. Winch, Esq. — Kent ; About Reculver, Isle of Thanet, and Ro- 
chester, plentifully, about old buildings: Mr. W. Pamplin, in N. B. G. In a 
hedge as you enter Graveney Marsh, near Faversham : E. Jacob, Esq. (1777). — 
Middlesex; About Cowley: Dr. Maiuyn. — Norfolk ; Hedges, Belton, o. c. 
but rare: Hist, of Yarm. Road-side between Harleslon and >cole : Kev. A. 
Bloxam. About Mackereli’s Tower, Norwich: Dr. Martvn. — Northum- 
berland; Banks of the Tyne, near Newcastle: R. Bowman, in N. II. G. On 
the banks near Tynemouth Castle, plentiful. Behind the TownWalls above the 
Close Gate, Newcastle; and on the ruins of Dunstanborough Castle: N. J. 
Winch, Esq. — Notts; Upon most rocks about Nottingham, especially about 
the Castle: Dr. Dekring, (1738.) — Shropsh. Ruins of Ludlow Castle : Rev. 
A. Bloxam. — Somersetsh. Near Bristol: Miss Worsi.f.v, in N. B.Guide. — 
Suffolk; Bungay: Mr. 1). Stock, in N. B. G. Castle Mount at Eye : Rev. A. 
Bloxam.— Surrey; Waste ground about old houses near Battersea ; and in 
dry situations in Letchmere: Mr. W. Pamplin, jun. — Worcestersh. Ditches 
about Badsey near Evesham: T. Purton, E.sq. In gicat abundauce at Hill 
C'roome, and about Pershore: Mr. E. Lees, in Illust . of Worcest. Between 
Great Comberton and Wollershill, under hedges near the Avon: Nash. — 
Yorksh. Castle Cliffe, Scarborough: Rev. A. Bi oxam. Scarborough Castle : 
E. F. Witts, Esq. — WALES. Anglesey ; Beaumares, Abeiffiaw, iVc. but 
mostabundantlyon Priestholm Island. — Caernarvonsh. Shore near Bangor, and 
on a wooded bank just above the Cathedral : Mr. Watson, in N. B.G. Great 
Ormeshead, near Gogarth Ruins: N.J. Winch, Esq. — Denbighsh. Field near 
Bryn yrOwen, Wrexham: J. E. Bowman, in N. B. G. — SCOTLAND. Ber- 
wicksh. Upon the sea-coast at Dunglass, on the edge of Berwickshire : Dr. 
Parsons. Sea-shore below the old Castle of Ravensheugh, between Dvsart 
and Kiikcaldy : Dr. Walker. By the side of a rivulet at Kinghorn ; and Dirle- 
ton Castle, E. Lothian: Mr Maughan. Near Colzeen Castle, Ayrshire-. Mr. 
Murray. — IRELAND. Under hedges and on ditch banks near Dublin, abun- 
dant: Mr. J.T. Mackay. Old ditches about Glasnevin, Clontarp, Santry, 
Bally mum, Cardiff’s-bridge, and City Basin ; James’-street : Irish Flora. 
Biennial. — Flowers in May and June. 
Root large, fleshy, branched, nearly black on the outside, yellow- 
ish-white within. Stem from 2 to 4 feet high, upright, branched, 
leafy, solid, smooth, cylindrical and striated on the lower part, the 
upper part and the branches more or less deeply furrowed and 
somewhat angular. Lower Leaves very large, twice ternate, stalk- 
ed ; upper ones ternate, with a short, broad, concave, somewhat 
lacerated or fringed, membranous base ; the leaflets in all large, 
shining, broadly egg-shaped, cut and serrated. Umbels large, ter- 
minal, roundish, with many general and partial rays, without 
bracteas. Flowers small, numerous, greenish-yellow ; petals nearly 
equal, inflexed. Fruit (fig- 3.) from the flowers of the circum- 
ference, almost black when ripe, large, roundish, tumid, with sharp, 
prominent ribs. 
The whole herb is of a pale bright green, in flavour something like 
celery, by which vegetable it has been almost entirely supplanted. 
Mr. Penn a nt says that it is boiled and greedily eaten by sailors returning from 
long voyages, who happen to land at the S. W. corner of Anglesey ; and Dr. 
W iTHEiiiNG informs us, that it is a principal produce of the Steep I lolmes Island, 
in the Severn ; and that it is worthy the attention of Mariners. 
