92 PEKTAND. DIGYN. 



3. (E. crocala (Hemlock JVaier-Dropwart), all tlie leaflets 

 \vedge-slia))cd cut nearly ecjual, involucre of" nianv leaves. 

 Liglitf. p. 162, E. B. i. 2313. 



Hab. Banks of ditches, rivers and lakes, frequent. Fi. July. "2/ . 



Three to five f. high. Distinguished by the broad leaflets even in tiie 

 very uppermost leaves. Umhel xaihiir large. 



B, Umbels icitli a partial involucre ; universal none. 



58. PHELLANDHIUM. 



1. Ph. aqnaticitm {JValer Hemlock), segments of the leaves di- 

 varicated. IJohff.p.\i)3. E.n.i.iiSL 



Hab. Ditches and ponds, but not common. I'V. July. 11. 



Stem 2 — 3 f. liigh, very thick belov.^, much branched, branches spread- 

 ing. Lrrrci thrice pinnate or rather pinnatitid ; segments small, 

 lanceolate, spreading, dark green. Umbels opposite to the leaves, 

 rather small. — The genus scarcely differs from (Enanthc l)ut in the 

 want of a general involucre : a very unnatural character ; and 

 this h, consequently^ the OEnanihc Fliellandrium of Decandolle. 



59. CICUTA. 



1. C. virosa {long-leaved IVater Hemlock, or Coiv-luJie), umbels 

 opposite to the leaves, sheatlis of the leaves obtuse. IJg/itJ'. p. 

 164. E.B.t.479. 



Hafj. Sides of lakes, but rare, ^ide o^JjOch-end, Jlr. Parsons. Pow 

 Mill, Kmross-shire, and Marshes near Forfar Loch, Mr. Arnott. 

 Otterton Loch, Fifeshire, Maiigh. Very abundant about Glasg. ; 

 about Mugdoch, Bardowic and Dongalston Lochs j and loch near 

 New Kilpatrick, //^^/j/i. F/. July, Aug. 1/. 



Tiuee to foin- f. high, branched. Rnot and lower part (jf the stem, 

 which is very large, hollovv' and divided by transverse ])aititions info 

 numerous cells. Leaves biternate ; the radica,ls ones pinnaterl. Leaf- 

 Ids hinccohdc, serrated. Umbels on footstalks. A deadly jjoison. 



GO. (ETMUSA. 



1. CE. Cijiiaphim {Fool's Par iley). Lighff. p. liio. E. B. 

 t. 1192. 



Hab. Fields and gardens, common. Fl. Jidy, Aug. Q. . 



One f. higli. Stem striated, branclied, very leafy. Leaves glabrous, 

 doubly or the lower ones trebly pinnate ; segments ovato-lanceo- 

 late, variously cut. Umbels terminal, on long stalks. Vmbellules 

 small, distant. Fariial involucres of 3 pendent leaves all on one side ; 

 general none, by which it is readily known from every other um- 

 belliferous plant'. — The smell is nauseous and it is esteemed very 

 unwholesome. 



Gl. SCANDIX. 



1. S. Peclen P'stieris {Needle Chervil), leaflets cut into many 

 linear segn^.ents, fruit and beak rougliish. LighlJ'. p. 166. 

 E. D. /."i3!)7. 



Hab. Corn-fields, common. F/. June, July. ©. 



5to;i nearly a foot high. i.C(/(t6 triply pinnate. Fai tial infolueres 



