. Flowers of the field. Botany. ii8 CALYCIFLOR/E. Smyrnium Olusatrum (Common Alexanders) 5. Smyrnium (Alexanders) I. S. Olusatrum (Common Alexanders).—A tall and stout plant, growing in waste ground, especially near the sea. Well dis- tinguished from any other plant of the tribe by its broad, bright green, glossy leaves, which grow in threes, and by its numerous large umbels of greenish yellow flowers. The stem is smooth, 3-4 feet high, furrowed, and hollow. The seeds are nearly black when ripe. The young shoots are sometimes boiled and eaten. —Fl. May, June. Biennial. 6. CicuTA (Cowbane) I. C
. Flowers of the field. Botany. ii8 CALYCIFLOR/E. Smyrnium Olusatrum (Common Alexanders) 5. Smyrnium (Alexanders) I. S. Olusatrum (Common Alexanders).—A tall and stout plant, growing in waste ground, especially near the sea. Well dis- tinguished from any other plant of the tribe by its broad, bright green, glossy leaves, which grow in threes, and by its numerous large umbels of greenish yellow flowers. The stem is smooth, 3-4 feet high, furrowed, and hollow. The seeds are nearly black when ripe. The young shoots are sometimes boiled and eaten. —Fl. May, June. Biennial. 6. CicuTA (Cowbane) I. C. virnsa (Cowbane, Water Hemlock).—A poisonous, aquatic species 3-4 feet high ; distinguished by its very stout, hollow stem, pinnate and long-stalked lower leaves, twice ternate upper leaves, and stalked umbels of white flowers. The name Water Hemlock is often applied to several species of Qinanthe, which are also very poison- ous. Ponds and ditches ; rare.—Fl. July, August. Perennial. 7. Apium [Celery) J. A. graveolens (Celery, Smallage). —-The origin of the garden Celery, and unmistakably distinguished by its strong flavour and odour, which in no respect differ from those of the garden plant. The stem is usually 1-2 feet high, branched, and leafy, but some- times nearly prostrate. The flowers are small and white, and grow either in terminal or axillary umbels, which are often sessile and unequal. In its wild state the plant is not eatable, but when it has been cultivated on rich soil, and the leaf-stalks have been blanched by being " earthed up," and so deprived of light, it is a wholesome vegetable. Found mostly in moist places near the sea, but it also occurs as a probable escape in some inland districts.—Fl. June to September. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original wo
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