174 XXXVIII. TUIBELLIFER-iE. \_Sium. 
Shady places, on a chalky or limestone soil, in several parts of 
England. Banks of the Teith, Perthshire. Near Cork, Muckross, and 
Killarney. If.. 7, 8. — Larger in all its parts than the foregoing, 
and the leaflets of the upper leaves much broader and less divided. 
14. Sidm Linn. Water-Parsnep. (Tab. I. f. 14.) 
Fruit ovate or globose, subdidymous, crowned with the de- 
pressed base of the reflexed styles. Carpels with 5, rather 
obtuse ribs, and 2 or more vittce between them : suture with 
vittce. Cal.-teeth small or obsolete. Pet. obcordate, with an 
inflected point.. (Partial involucre of many leaves.) — Name: 
according to Theis, from the word site, water; from which come 
the English word sea and the Greek auui, to shake. 
1. S. latifolium L. ( broad-leaved W.) ; stem erect, leaves pin- 
nate, leaflets oblong-lanceolate equally serrate, umbels ter- 
minal. E. B. t. 204. 
River-sides, ditches, and watery places. Rather rare in Scotland. 
If. . 7, 8. — Stems 3 — 4 ft. high, furrowed. Leaflets distant, 5 — 9. 
Involucre of many- leaves. Fruit small. Base of styles depressed. 
Carpels with the lateral ribs marginal; interstices with 3 superficial 
vittce. Albumen flat on the inner face. 
2. S. angustifolium L. ( 'narrow-leaved JV.) ; stem erect, leaf- 
lets unequally lobed and serrate, umbels pedunculate opposite 
to the leaves. E. B. t. 139. 
Ditches, and rivulets, frequent. Not common in Scotland. If.. 7, 
8. — Smaller than the last. Stem striate. Leaflets of the upper 
leaves most unequal and laciniate : radical leaves ovate, their lower- 
most leaflets distant. Involucre many-leaved. Base of styles some- 
what conical. Ribs of the carpels not prominent: lateral ones not 
marginal. Vittce 3 or more together, immersed. Albumen terete. 
15. Bupleurum Linn. Hare’s-Ear. (Tab. I. f. lo.) 
Fruit ovate-oblong, crowned with the depressed base of the 
styles. Carpels with 5, more or less prominent ribs, with or 
without vittce. Cal.-teeth obsolete. Pet. roundish entire, with 
an involute retuse broad point. (Leaves undivided.) — Named 
from fiovQ, an ox, and rrXtvpov, a rib ; in allusion to the ribbed 
leaves of some species. 
1. B. aristdtum Bartl. ( narrow-leaved H.) ; stem branched, 
universal and partial involucre each about 4 — 5 -leaved, leaflets 
lanceolate cuspidate with branching nerves longer than the 
umbels, leaves linear 3-nerved, stem panided, pedicels short 
equal. B. Odontites E. B. t. 2468. (not L.) 
Rocks in the neighbourhood of Torquay. Channel Islands. ©. 
7. — A small plant, 3 — 6 inches or more high, with rigid, striate. 
