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HAB. Moist pastures. About Greenock, Mr. Houstoun. Nithsdule 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, 

 Hoplc. Isle of Bute, common, Maugh. Fl. July, Aug. I/. . 



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. inundatum (Water Ho?iewoi't), stem creeping, inferior 

 leaves capillaceo-multipartite superior pinnatifid, umbels gene- 

 rally of two rays. Lightf. p. 161. E.B.I. 227 (Hydroco- 

 tyle, Sm.Fl. Brit.). 



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- 

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

 lucre wanting. Fruit large, ovate, striated. 



.3. S. Segetum (Corn Houeworl), 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. Rays various 

 in height. Fruit erect, ovate, striated. 



57. CENANTHE. 



1. (E. fistulosa (common Watcr-Dropwort), root creeping sto- 

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

 the stem cylindrical tubular, umbels of very few rays. Lightf. 

 p. 161. E.B.t. 363. 



HAB. Ditches and rivulets : as between Inverkeithing and North 

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

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

 Aug. Tl. 



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

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

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



CE. Z.pimpinelloides (Parsley Water- Dropwort), leaflets of the 

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

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

 t.347. 



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

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

 Walker. Near Greenock, Mr. Stark. Fl. July. 11 . 



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

 spherical heads when in fruit, 



