. Flowers of the field. Botany. UMBELLIFEROUS TRIBE 117 2. Sanicula [Sanicle) 1. S. Etiropcea (Wood Sanicle).—A slender, smooth plant about i-J feet high, with glossy leaves, which are 3 to 5"l'-'l)ed and cut. The flowers are dull white, and grow in panicled heads rather than umbels, and are succeeded by roundish seeds, which are covered with hooked prickles. The only British species; common in woods. —Fl. June, July. Perennial. 3. Eryngium {Eryngo) 1. E. maritinmm (Sea Eryngo, Sea Holly).—A stout, prickly plant, with more of the habit of a Thistle than one of the Umbelli- ferous Tribe. T
. Flowers of the field. Botany. UMBELLIFEROUS TRIBE 117 2. Sanicula [Sanicle) 1. S. Etiropcea (Wood Sanicle).—A slender, smooth plant about i-J feet high, with glossy leaves, which are 3 to 5"l'-'l)ed and cut. The flowers are dull white, and grow in panicled heads rather than umbels, and are succeeded by roundish seeds, which are covered with hooked prickles. The only British species; common in woods. —Fl. June, July. Perennial. 3. Eryngium {Eryngo) 1. E. maritinmm (Sea Eryngo, Sea Holly).—A stout, prickly plant, with more of the habit of a Thistle than one of the Umbelli- ferous Tribe. The whole plant is remarkably rigid and glaucous. The flowers are blue, and grow in dense heads. The roots are large, fleshy, and brittle, and extend for a distance of many feet into the sand. When candied they form a weh-known sweetmeat, which, however, is less popular than formerly. Sandy sea-coasts ; frequent. —Fl. July, August. Perennial. 2. E. campesfre (Field Eryngo).—A taher, more slender, more branched, and less glaucous species. Very rare, occurring only in one or two localities, and probably not indigenous.—Fl. July, August. Perennial. V 1* 'J > 4. CoNiUM (Hemlock) I. C. manilatum (Common Hem- lock).—A tall, much branched, and gracefully growing plant, with ele- gantly cut foliage and white flowers. Country people are in the habit of call- ing by the name of Hemlock many species of umbelliferous plants. The real Hemlock may, however, be accu- rately distinguished by its slender growth, perfectly smooth stem, which is spotted with red, by its finely divided leaves, which are also smooth, and by the bracts at the base of the partial umbels, which only go half-way round. It usually grows from 2-4 feet high, but in sheltered situations it sometimes attains more than double that height. —Fl. June, July. CoNiUM Macdlatum [Common Hemlock). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced f
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