. Flowers of the field. Botany. 214 UMFiELLIFER^ pound, pinnate /fi/r-t'-c with very narrow segments ; ebracleate, compound iiinbch of ^(:\\o\^ flowers with roundish entire/t-AfA' with a short, blunt, inflexed tip. (Name, a diminutive from the Latin fa-iiKiii, hay, to which it has been compared in smell.) I. F. viilgdre (Common Fennel).—A welhknown plant, with an erect staii, numerous ka-'es, deeply divided into soft, hair-like segments, and large terminal umbels of yellow floimrs.—Waste. FrEN'ICl'L places, especially near the sea. The ^vhole plant is aromatic, and the chopped leaves are used
. Flowers of the field. Botany. 214 UMFiELLIFER^ pound, pinnate /fi/r-t'-c with very narrow segments ; ebracleate, compound iiinbch of ^(:\\o\^ flowers with roundish entire/t-AfA' with a short, blunt, inflexed tip. (Name, a diminutive from the Latin fa-iiKiii, hay, to which it has been compared in smell.) I. F. viilgdre (Common Fennel).—A welhknown plant, with an erect staii, numerous ka-'es, deeply divided into soft, hair-like segments, and large terminal umbels of yellow floimrs.—Waste. FrEN'ICl'L places, especially near the sea. The ^vhole plant is aromatic, and the chopped leaves are used in sauce for fish.—Fl. July, August. I'erennial. 2'^. CufxHMUM (Samphire).—A smooth,, fleshy, much-branched [)lant, with 2—3-ternate leaves : compound many-rayed ii/iibe/s of minute white floivers ; and short, smooth/)-//// with many vithv and loose seeds. (Name said to be from the Cireek crithe, barley, from a fancied resemblance in the fruit.). 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 Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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