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of rivers, lakes, ponds, and other tracts of water; but most profusely in 

 water meadows, in hollows once (or now) forming part of a marsh. 



As the second Latin name denotes, the stem and the leaf-stalks 

 of this plant are fistular or hollow. It is freely stolon iferous, with 



Photo. Flatters & Garnett 



WATER DROPWORT (CEnanthe fistulosa, L.) 



creeping stems or shoots, and forms extensive beds where it grows for 

 that reason, and being tall and erect they dot the wet meadows in 

 summer over a wide area. The stem leaves have thread-like pinnae. 

 The stalks exceed the leaves in length, these last being 2-3, pinnate, 

 with leaflets divided into three nearly to the base. 



The flowers are white, in small umbels with few rays, stout flower- 



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