Conopodium.] UMBELLIFERA 121 



2. S. angnsti folium, Linn. Narrow-leaved Water- Pa rsnrp. 

 Stem erect; leaflets unequally lobed and serrated ; umbels pe- 

 dunculate, opposite to the leaves. Br. Fl. I. p. 125. E. Fl. v. 

 ii. p. 56. E. Bot. t. 139. 



Ditches and open drains, not uncommon in many parts of Ireland. 

 Fl. July, Aug. %.— Smaller than the last. Stem striated. Leaflets 

 of the upper leaves most unequal and lancinated ; radical ones ovate, 

 their lowermost leaflets distant. 



3. S. nodiflorum, Linn. Procumbent Water -Par snep. Stem 

 procumbent ; leaves pinnate; leaflets ovate, subequally serrated; 

 umbels sessile opposite to the leaves. Br.Fl. 1. p. 125. E. II. 

 v. ii. p. 57. E. Bot. t. 639. — Helosciadium, Koch. 



Sides of lakes, rivulets and ditches, very common. Fl. July, Aug. 

 %. — One foot and a half to two feet high. Leaflets of the radical 

 haves sometimes with a lobe at the base on the upper margin. Petals 

 slightly incurved at the apex. 



4. S. repens, Linn. Creeping Water- Parsncp. Stem creeping ; 

 leaflets broadly ovate, inciso-dentate ; umbels on peduncles 

 opposite to the leaves. Br. Fl. 1. p. 125. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 58. 

 E. Bot. t. 1431. — Helosciadium, Koch. 



Boggy meadows and watery places. In a marsh by the river Fergus, 

 a little above the bridge of Ennis. The plant that has been mistaken 

 for tbis, growing on the Hill of Howth, I believe to be only a dwarf 

 variety of the last. Stem six to ten inches long. Leaflets five to 

 nine. Fl. July, Aug. !(.. 



5. S. inundatum, Wiggers. Least Water- Par snep. Stems 

 creeping; leaves pinnate, cut, the lowermost in many compound 

 capillary segments ; umbels 5-flowered, in pairs. Br. Fl. 1. p. 

 J 25. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 58. — Sison inundatum, E. Bot.t.2'27. — Hy- 

 drccotyle inundata, Sm. Fl. Brit. p. 290. 



Lakes and pools that are dried up in summer, not unfrequent. 

 Abundant in a marsh near the summit of Howth. Fl. May — July. 

 $ ? ? — Steins four to six inches long, most of them capillaceo- 

 multitid, with the segments small and lanceolate. Partial umbels 

 minute, scarcely longer than their involucres. General involucre 

 none. Fruit large in proportion to the size of the plant, striated. 



14. Conopodium. Koch. Earth-nut. 



Calyx obsolete. Pefa's obcordate, with an inflexed point. Fruit 

 laterally contracted, linear-oblong, crowned with the conical 

 immarginate bases of the straight styles. Carpels with five, 

 equal, filiform obtuse ridges, with many vittce. Sued tereti- 

 convex, plane in front. — Universal involucre none, partial of 

 few leaves. — Named from novo?, a cone, and wou?, a foot ; from 

 the cone-shaped bases of the styles. Pentandria. Digynia. 



1. C. flexuosam. Common Earth-nut. — Br. Fl. 1. p. 126. — 

 Buniiim flexiosum. With. — E. Fl. v. ii. p. 54. E. Bot. t. 988. — 

 B. Bulbocastanum. Huds. — Curt. Fl. Load. 24. 



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