UMBELLALS. 251 cits : 
hg Pig places and swampy meadows. 
Qual 2 . Poisonous ; narcotico-acrid ; loses its virulence in northern latitudes. 
resembling small parsnips, a frequent cause of fatal accidents. : seg 
SS ae 
¢ 
341 340 
2. (E. Phellandrium Sprengel. _Phellandrium aquaticum Linneus— = 
_ (Water Dropw ort.) Fig. 34. SS 
Rhizome jointed, with numerous whorled fibres ; leaves repeatedly pinnate, 
cut into innumerable fine dark-green segments. oe 
itat. Ditches, ponds, and wet places. 
ty. As in the last, but less dangerous. 
Antariscus. Hoffmann. 
ls compound. Involucres : general 0); partial of many bracts. Calyx 
obsolete, Frwit contracted at the side, beaked. Ridges 0, except on 
the beak, which has 5. Vittw 0. Albumen half-terete, furrowed 
next the commissure. foes ee 
A. vulgaris Persoonn ee ag ee = 
smooth ; umbels lateral, stalked ; fruit ovate, hispid, about twice a8 — 
long as the beak, which is smooth. egret a ae Be ae nee 
s transverse section roca; it fruit ofthe nae iim, ak gnited ctf t maguied 
n the back;’¢, a transverse section of ft. 
