302 UMBELLIFER, 
prod. p. 40. fl. cap. 262. ex Spreng. syst. 4. p. 118. (Œnánthe 
Capénsis, Houtt.? Sprengel says his plant has rough leaves, 
and Thunb. says his is glabrous; they are, however, only the 
same. The plant is called Gli by the Hottentots, and is made 
by them into an inebriating liquor. 
Pyrethrum-leaved Lichtensteinia. 
Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
4 L. patma’ra (D. C. prod. 4. p. 135.) leaves pilose on both 
surfaces, palmate ; petioles broad, sheathing ; lobes or leaflets 
5, oblong, rather cuneated, cartilaginously serrated ; stem terete, 
glabrous, sparingly branched ; petiolar sheaths short, leafless ; 
fruit ovate. .G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Palmate-leaved Lichtensteinia. Pl. ? 
Cult. The species of this genus require to be grown in pots 
so as they may easily be sheltered in the winter. Any light soil 
will suit them; and they may be easily increased by dividing at 
the root or by seeds. 
LIX. OTTO‘A (in honour of Frederick Otto, superintendent 
of the royal botanic garden of Berlin). H. B. et Kunth, nov. 
gen. amer. 5. p. 20. t. 423. D. C. prod. 4. p. 186.—(Enanthe 
species of Spreng. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Diginia. Margin of calyx obsolete. 
Petals equal, with an inflexed point. Styles arcuately divari- 
cate, capitellate at the apex. Fruit oblong; mericarps acutely 
5-ribbed, rather compressed at the commissure ; ribs membra- 
nous.—Smooth perennial herbs. Stems simple, with few leaves. 
Leaves (phyllodia?) sheathing at the base, intercepted by trans- 
verse dissepiments. Umbels terminal, without any involucra, of 
many rays. Umbellules without involucels. Flowers white, 
polygamous, 3-4, hermaphrodite, and 6-7 male in each umbel- 
lule. This genus is allied to Œnánthe, but differs in the margin 
of the calyx being obsolete, not 5-toothed ; in the petals being 
entire, and in the styles being divaricate. 
1 O. @nantuoives (H. B. et Kunth, 1l. c.) %.G. Native 
of Quito, between St. Vincent and Ybarra. Œnánthe Quiténsis, 
Spreng. syst. 1. p. 888. Herb very like Tiedemania teretif dlia, 
but the generic character is different, and the involucrum is 
wanting. 
Œ nanthe-like Ottoa. Pl. 1 foot. 
Cult. Any soil will suit this plant, and it may either be in- 
creased by seed or by dividing at the root. 
Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1816. 
LX. ŒNA'NTHE (from ocvoc, oinos, wine, and avboc, anthos, 
a flower; odour). Lam. dict. 4. p. 526. ill. t. 203. Lag. am. 
nat. 2. p. 96. Koch, umb. p. 112. diss. ined. in litt. 1828. D.C. 
prod. 4. p. 186.—(Enanthe and Phellandrium, Lin. gen. no. 
352, and 353. Hoffm. umb. p. 73.—Œnánthe species of Spreng. 
prod. p. 37. 
Lin. syst. Penténdria, Digynia. Margin of calyx 5-toothed, 
permanent, somewhat accrete after flowering. Petals obovate, 
emarginate, with an inflexed point. Stylopodium conical. Fruit 
cylindrically ovate, crowned by the long erect styles. Meri- 
carps with 5 rather convex obtuse ribs: lateral ribs marginating, 
and a little broader than the rest; vittæ one in each furrow. 
Carpophore indistinct —Smooth usually aquatic herbs, natives 
of Europe and Asia. Umbels compound. Involucra variable, 
usually wanting; involucels of many leaves. Flowers in the 
rays of the umbellules on long pedicels sterile; those in the 
disk on short pedicels fertile; petals white. The species of this 
genus are difficult to extricate, in consequence of the roots 
having been neglected by the authors who have described them. 
§ 1. True species, natives of Europe, §c. but not of the Cape 
of Good Hope. 
* Plants perennial. 
Roots tuberous; tubers disposed in fas- 
cicles. 
LVIII. Licutenstemia. 
LIX. Orroa, LX. Ginantue. 
1 Œ. rIstuLòsA (Lin. spec. 365.) roots fasciculate, intermixed 
with oblong tubers; neck of root throwing out stolons; stems 
and leaves fistular; radical leaves bipinnate : leaflets cuneated, 
lobed; cauline leaves pinnate: leaflets filiform; umbels 3-4- 
rayed, without any involucrum ; fruit turbinate, much crowded, 
ribbed. 2%.H. Native of Europe and Caucasus, in ditches, 
ponds, and other watery places; plentiful in Britain. Drev. et 
Heyne. pl. europ. 5. t. 98. Fl. dan. t. 846. Smith, engl. bot. t. 
$63. O. aquatica, Bauh. pin. 162.—Bauh. hist. 3. p. 192. f. 
1.—Petiv. herb. brit. t. 25. f. 5. and 6. There is a variety of 
this whose roots are composed of whorles of fibres. The plant 
has an unpleasant smell, and a hot nauseous taste, like many 
other umbelliferous plants. The roots and whole herbage are 
said to be poisonous. Flowers pale red. 
Var. B, Tabernemontani (Koch, ex D.C. prod. 4. p. 136.) 
radical leaves divided into many linear segments. 2%. H. Na- 
tive of Alsatia, in inundated places. O. Tabernzemontani, Gmel. 
fl. bad. 1. p. 676. exclusive of the syn. of Poll. eee 
Var. y? lanceolata (Spreng. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 136.) radi- 
cal leaves pinnate or bipinnate: leaflets or segments linear-lan- 
ceolate ; umbels bifid. 2%. H. Native of Mauritania, in humid 
places on the sea shore near Lacalle. Œ. lanceolata, Poir. suppl. 
4, p.135. Œ. fistuldsa, Poir. voy. 2. p. 137. ke 
Fistular or Common Water-dropwort. Fl. June, Aug. Britain. 
Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
2 Œ. Lacwewa‘tu (Gmel. fl, bad. 1. p. 678.) fibres of roots 
cylindrical, rather fleshy, in fascicles; radical leaves somewhat 
bipinnate: leaflets cuneiform, obtuse, tridentate at the apex; 
cauline leaves pinnate: leaflets linear, entire; involucra wanting, 
or of few leaves. 2. H. Native of the north of Italy, Germany, 
valleys of the Rhine, in humid meadows; and of Caucasus, 1n 
marshes towards the Caspian sea between Sallian and Lenkeran. 
Koch, umb. p. 113. Œ. pimpinelloides, Poll. pall. 1. p. 291. 
but not of Lin. Œ. Rhenana, D. C. suppl. p. 506. Œ. Mega- 
politana, Willd. berl. mag. 3. p. 297. Œ. gymnorhiza, Brignoli, 
pl. forojul. 21. Œ. Jordani, Tenore, add. 1827.? Styles white 
after flowering. 3 
Var. B, approximàta (D.C. prod. 4. p. 137.) radical leaves 
pinnate; leaflets or segments trifid, -obtuse, cuneated at the 
base. %. H. Native about Paris, in humid meadows. O. 
approximata, Mer. fl. par. 115. D.C. suppl. p. 507. 
Var. y, involucrata (D. C, l. c.) involucrum of many leaves. 
4.H. Œ. peucedanifòlia, Schleich. pl. exsic. Œ. Rhenana, 
Moricand, fl. ven. p. 149. In some specimens the involucrum 
is absent. Fruit ovate, striated; pedicels not thickened after 
flowering. 
La Chenal’s Water-dropwort. 
2 to 3 feet. ; 
3 Œ. PEUCEDANIFÒLIA (Poll. pal. 1. p. 289. f. 3.) tubers e 
roots sessile, elliptic, ending in a fibre each at the apex ; maden 
leaves bipinnate: cauline ones pinnate; lobes or leaflets = 
linear ; umbels 5-8-rayed; involucrum wanting, or of 1 leafi. 
fruit oblong, attenuated at the base, nearly sessile, coarctate 
beneath the calyx. %.H. Native of middle Europe, in mea- 
dows, ditches, and bogs; as in France, Switzerland, &c. In 
England, near Bury ; about Bedford ; on the banks of the Isis; 
beyond Isley ; and in peat bogs, under Headington Wick Copse, 
Oxfordshire. Umbellules dense, many-flowered, surrounded by 
the many leaves of the involucels, which are of equal length. Smith, 
engl. bot. t. 348. Œ. filipenduloides, Thuill. fl. par. p. 146- Œ. 
Pollíchii, Gmel. fl. bad. 1. p. 679. Œ. peucedanoides, Roth. Œ. 
pàtens, Mæœnch.—Lob. icon. 729. f. 2.—Dalech. hist. 773. f. 1+ 
Flowers often reddish. The roots taste like the garden pe 
nip, but are probably dangerous food ; yet they are not reckone 
poisonous, though the roots of other species are virulent. "3 
Sulphur-wort-leaved Water-dropwort. Fl. Ju. Brit. Pl, 13 1- 
Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1817. Pl. 
