. Field and woodland plants. verysimilar to the lastspecies, but has onlythree bracteoles in awhorl, and the um-bels are lateral andshortly stalked. Also,the fruit, which is ofthe same form, has alonger beak. Thisspecies is not anative, but is oftenfound as a gardenescape. It grows toa height of abouteighteen inches, andflowers from May toJuly. Our last exampleof the Utnbelliferosis the Goutweed,B i s h o p - w e e d orHerb Gerard {.-Ego-podiu m Podagra ria),a rather coarse, erect, smooth plant, from one to two feet high,commonly seen in wayside ditches and other damp places. Itwas formerly cu
. Field and woodland plants. verysimilar to the lastspecies, but has onlythree bracteoles in awhorl, and the um-bels are lateral andshortly stalked. Also,the fruit, which is ofthe same form, has alonger beak. Thisspecies is not anative, but is oftenfound as a gardenescape. It grows toa height of abouteighteen inches, andflowers from May toJuly. Our last exampleof the Utnbelliferosis the Goutweed,B i s h o p - w e e d orHerb Gerard {.-Ego-podiu m Podagra ria),a rather coarse, erect, smooth plant, from one to two feet high,commonly seen in wayside ditches and other damp places. Itwas formerly cultivated largely for medicinal purposes, conse-quently it is to be found chiefly near towns and villages, whereit occurs as a garden escape. It has a creeping, aromatic stock ;a lioJlow, grooved stem ; large long-stalked, biternate radical leaves,with ovate or narrow, toothed segments, two or three incheslong ; and smaller stem-leaves with fewer segments. The flowersare greenish white, in umbels of many rays, with few or no. The White ]3ryony, Cllmuixg oveka Beij ofNettles. WAYSIDES AND WASTES IN SPUING 97 primary or secondary bracts ; and the fruits are oblong, about asixth of an inch long, with the two diverging styles curveddownward. The plant flowers from ]\Iay to August.
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