130 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



to produce giddiness ; yet it has been continually used in medicine. In Westmoreland, 

 the country people apply a i)oultice to the ulcer which sometimes forms in the hoof of 

 horned cattle. Externally it may be safely apj)lied, but internally it is decidedly a 

 dangerous remedy. Watson records, that in 1738 four spoonfuls of the juice occa- 

 sioned the death of a person at Havant, in Hampshire. Di;. Pulteney observes, that in 

 this instance, as well as in all cases which he has observed, the sufferer is affected with 

 locked jaw. In some parts of France it is used to destroy moles. In Pembrokeshire, 

 where it grows extensively, it is known as the " five-fingered root." The best remedy 

 for its effects on the human constitution is a speedy emetic. 



Section II.— PHELLANDRIUM. Linn. 



Plowers of the umbels all perfect and nearly similar. Umbels 

 rather irregular, lateral, shortly stalked. Eoot-fibres all slender, 

 capillary. 



SPECIES VI.— (EN AN THE PHELLANDRIUM. Lam. 



Plate DXCVIII. 



Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XXI. Tab. 1894. 

 Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 2472. 

 Phellandrium aquaticum, Linn. Sm. Eng. Bot. No. 648. 



Kootstock very short, fusiform. Stem erect. " Submerged leaves 

 multifid, with capillary diverging segments " (Bab.). Leaves, when 

 growing out of the water, tripinnate, with the ultimate leaflets 

 divaricate, triangular or wedgeshaped, doubly pinnatifid, the ulti- 

 mate segments blunt, mucronate. Cremocarp oblong - cylindrical 

 or oblong-ovoid, without a callous ring at the base. Styles about 

 half as long as the cremocarp. 



In wet places and in still water. Not uncommon in England ; 

 rare in Scotland, where it is said to occur in the counties of 

 Edinburgh and Argyle, but I have seen no specimens from either. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Biennial or Perennial (?). 

 Summer and Autumn. 



Kootstock short, vertical, tapering at the bottom, with numerous 

 slender "fibres, none of which are thickened as in all the previous 

 species. Stem 1 to 4 feet high, very thick in proportion to its 

 height, with numerous spreading branches. Leaves cut into very 

 fine divisions, with very small ultimate lobes. Stalk of the 

 umbel equal to or shorter than its rays, which are from 7 to 10 ; 

 umbellules compact, slightly radiant. Involucre absent ; involucels 

 of many leaves. Cremocarp reddish-brown, ^ to J inch long, the 

 shorter forms elliptical - ovoid, the longer elliptical - cylindrical, 

 slightly attenuated at the base and apex, crowned by the 5 small 



