. Flowers of the field. Botany. ^ than the last, and resembhng Helosciadium nodifloruM, from which it may be distinguished by its stalked mnhels, and by its having general and partial bracts, which are refiexed and often cut. Watery places; not uncommon.—Fl. August. BUPLEURUM ROTUNDI- FOLiuM (Common Thorom-max, Hare's-ear) i6. BupLEURUM {Thorow-wax) 1. B. rotundifolium (Common Thorow-wax, or Hare's-ear).—Sfembranched above; leaves roundish, egg-shaped, undivided, perfoliate ; general bracts wanting; partial ones large, bristle-pointed, thrice as long as the flowers. A si
. Flowers of the field. Botany. ^ than the last, and resembhng Helosciadium nodifloruM, from which it may be distinguished by its stalked mnhels, and by its having general and partial bracts, which are refiexed and often cut. Watery places; not uncommon.—Fl. August. BUPLEURUM ROTUNDI- FOLiuM (Common Thorom-max, Hare's-ear) i6. BupLEURUM {Thorow-wax) 1. B. rotundifolium (Common Thorow-wax, or Hare's-ear).—Sfembranched above; leaves roundish, egg-shaped, undivided, perfoliate ; general bracts wanting; partial ones large, bristle-pointed, thrice as long as the flowers. A singular plant, well distinguished by its perfoliate leaves, which have a glaucous hue, and its large, greenish-yellow, partial bracts, which are far more conspicuous than the minute yellow flowers. Cornfields, on chalky soil.—Fl. July. Annual. 2. B. ieninssitmim {Slender Hare's-ear).— Remarkable for its slender, wiry stem, about a foot high and usually ascending; and its very narrow, undivided leaves, and small umbels of very few riinute yellowish flowers. It grows in salt marshes on the south and east coasts of England.—Fl. August, Sep- tember. Annual. 3. B. aristatiim (Narrow-leaved Hare's-ear).—^A small plant 3-6 inches high, with pale, rigid leaves, „inconspicuous greenish flowers, and large, sharp-pointed bracts. Found nowhere in Great Britain but atTorcjuay and Eastbourne, and in the Channel Islands. Sandy, waste places.—Fl. June, July. Annual. 4. B. falcatum (Sickle-leaved Hare's-ear).—A slender, erect species 1-3 feet high, with slightly branched, hollow stems, and narrow, entire leaves, pointed and curved, ribbed on the under side ; flowers yellow, minute. Found near Ongar, in Essex, and in Hert- fordshire. Probably not indigenous.—Fl. August, September. Perennial. 17. CEnanthe {Water Drgpwort) I. CE. fistulosa (Tubular Water Dropwort).—Root sending out runners ; stem-leaves pinnate, shorter than their tubular stalks. An erect, slightly branched pl
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