PENTAND. DIGYN. 91 



Hab. Moist pastures. About Greenock, Mr. //ows/o«». Nithsdale and 

 Galloway and in Annandale, particularly between the farm-house 

 of Stark in Ruthwell and the bathing place on the shore, Dr. Bur- 

 gess. Salt marshes not uncommon, about Glasgow. Banks of the 

 Clyde from Bowling-bay to Helensburgh, plentiful ; and at Luss, 

 Hopk. Isle of Bute, common, Maiigh. Fl. July, Aug. 11 . 



Leaves mostly radical. A long main common petiole supports a num- 

 ber of opposite, capillary, multifid leaflets, whose spreading makes 

 them appear whorled. Stem a foot high^ slender. Umbels few, 

 terminal. Involucres very small. 



2. S. inundatzim {Water Honewori), stem creeping, inferior 

 leaves capillaceo-nmltipartite superior pinnatifid, umbels gene- 

 rally of two rays. Lightf.p. 161. E.B. t. 227 {fJydroco- 

 tyle, Sm. FL jjrit.). 



Hab. Lakes and ponds that are dried up in the summer. Fl. June, 

 July. ^ ? 0? 



Stems 4 — 6 inches long. Most of them capillaceo-multifid ; a few up- 

 per ones pinnatifid, with the segments small, lanceolate. Umbel- 

 lulcs minute, scarcely longer than the partial involucres. Gen. invo- 

 lucre wanting. Fruit large, ovate^, striated. 



3. S. Segetum {Corn Ho7ieioort), stem erect, leaves pinnate, 

 leaflets broadly ovate serrated radical ones lobed, umbels at 

 first drooping their rays unequal. E. B. t. 228. 



Hab. Grass-field in the Isle of Tirey, Dr. Walker. Fl. July, Aug. 0. 

 One to a foot and a half high, spreading, branched. Leaves few, 



mostly radical. Gen, involucre of 2 linear leaves. Rai/s various 



in height. Fruit erect, ovate, striated. 



57. CENANTHE. 



1. CE.fistulosa {common fValer-Dropwort) , root creeping sto- 

 loniferous, stem-leaves pinnated their main petiole as well as 

 the stem cylindrical tubular, umbels of very few rays. Light/'. 

 /). 161. E.B.t.363. 



Hab. Ditches and rivulets : as between Inverkelthing and North 

 Queen's-ferry, Light/. Banks of Clyde at Bowling-bay, Hopk. 

 Common along the coast below Greenock, Mr. Murray. Fl. Julv, 

 Aug. X. 



Plant 2 — 3 f. high, remarkably tubular and fistulous ; stem leaves 

 and leajiets, which are few and small, confined to the upper ex- 

 tremity of the leaves. Umbels small. Gen. involucre often wanting. 



CE, 2.pimpmelloides {Parsley Water- Dropwori), leaflets of tlie 

 radical leaves wedge-shaped cloven, those of the stem linear 

 entire very long, gen. involucre of several linear leaves. E. B. 

 t.347. 



Hab. Salt marshes, rare. Banks of the Clyde at Bowling-bay, with 

 the CE./s^ ; and below Dumbarton, Hopk. Isle of Tirey, *Dr, 

 Walker. Near Greenock, Mr. Stark. Fl. July. IJ. . 



Two f. or more high. Umbellules thickly crowded, fonning almost 

 spherical heads when inJVuit, 



