. Flowers of the field. Botany. 124 CALYCIFLOR,?; British umbelliferous plants by having no general bracts, but at the base of each partial umbel three very long and narrow bracts, which are all on the outer side, and point downwards. The plant is poisonous, and has a disagreeable smell when bruised.—Fl. July, August. Annual. 19. FcENicuLUM {Fennel) I. F. vulgare (Common Fennel).—A well-known plant, with an erect rod- like stem 2-3 or ftiore feet high, numer- ous leaves, which are deeply divided into soft, hair-like segments, and large terminal umbels of yellow flowers. The whole plant is arom
. Flowers of the field. Botany. 124 CALYCIFLOR,?; British umbelliferous plants by having no general bracts, but at the base of each partial umbel three very long and narrow bracts, which are all on the outer side, and point downwards. The plant is poisonous, and has a disagreeable smell when bruised.—Fl. July, August. Annual. 19. FcENicuLUM {Fennel) I. F. vulgare (Common Fennel).—A well-known plant, with an erect rod- like stem 2-3 or ftiore feet high, numer- ous leaves, which are deeply divided into soft, hair-like segments, and large terminal umbels of yellow flowers. The whole plant is aromatic, and the chopped leaves are often as an ingredient in sauce for fish. Waste places, fspecially near the sea ; common. — Fl. July, August. Per- FcENicui^UM Vulgare {Common Fennel) 20. LiGUSTicuM (Lavage) I. L. Scoticum (Scottish Lovage).—From 1-2 feet high; stem slightly branched, tinged with red; leaves twice ternate, with large, broad, serrated leaflets; umbels with general and partial bracts; flowers reddish-white. Rocky seashore in Scotland and North- umberland.—Fl. July. Perennial. 21. SiLAUS (Pepper Saxifrage) I. S. pratensis (Meadow Pepper Saxifrage).—From 1-3 feet high ; leaves thrice pinnate, with narrow opposite leaflets, and teiminal umbels of dull, yellowish white flowers; general bracts 1-3 ; partial numerous. " The whole plant, being fetid when bruised, is supposed in some parts of Norfolk to give a bad flavolir to milk and butter ; but cattle do not eat it, except accidentally or in small quantities, though sufficient perhaps to have the cifcct in ;—Sir J. E. Smith. Meadows ; not very general.—Fl. July to September. Perennial. 22. Meum (Spignel) I. M. athamanticum (Spignel, Meu, or Bald-money).—Well dis- tinguished by its twice pinnate leaves, the leaflets of which are divided into numerous thread-like segments. The whole plant,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may h
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