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UMBELLIFER^E. LVIII. LICHTENSTEINIA. LIX. OTTOA. LX. (ENANTHE. 



prod. p. 40. fl. cap. 262. ex Spreng. syst. 4. p. 118. CEnanthe 

 Capensis, Houtt. ? Sprengel says his plant has rough leaves, 

 and Thunb. says his is glabrous ; they are, however, only the 

 same. The plant is called Gli by the Hottentots, and is made 

 by them into an inebriating liquor. 



Pyrethrum-leaved Lichtensteinia. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1816. 

 PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



4 L. PALMA V TA(D. C. prod. 4. p. 135.) leaves pilose on both 

 surfaces, palmate ; petioles broad, sheathing ; lobes or leaflets 

 5, oblong, rather cuneated, cartilaginously serrated ; stem terete, 

 glabrous, sparingly branched ; petiolar sheaths short, leafless ; 

 fruit ovate. If. . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



.Pa/mate-leaved Lichtensteinia. PL 1 



Cult. The species of this genus require to be grown in pots 

 so as they may easily be sheltered in the winter. Any light soil 

 will suit them ; and they may be easily increased by dividing at 

 the root or by seeds. 



LIX. OTTO'A (in honour of Frederick Otto, superintendent 

 of the royal botanic garden of Berlin). H. B. et Kunth, nov. 

 gen. amer. 5. p. 20. t. 423. D. C. prod. 4. p. 136 (Enanthe 

 species of Spreng. 



LIN. SYST. Penldndria, Digynia. Margin of calyx obsolete. 

 Petals equal, with an indexed point. Styles arcuately divari- 

 cate, capitellate at the apex. Fruit oblong; mericarps acutely 

 5-ribbed, rather compressed at the commissure ; ribs membra- 

 nous. Smooth perennial herbs. Stems simple, with few leaves. 

 Leaves (phyllodia?) sheathing at the base, intercepted by trans- 

 verse dissepiments. Umbels terminal, without any involucra, of 

 many rays. Umbellules without involucels. Flowers white, 

 polygamous, 3-4, hermaphrodite, and 6-7 male in each umbel- 

 lule. This genus is allied to CEnanthe, but differs in the margin 

 of the calyx being obsolete, not 5-toothed ; in the petals being 

 entire, and in the styles being divaricate. 



1 O. CSNANTHOIDES (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) If. . G. Native 

 of Quito, between St. Vincent and Ybarra. CEnanthe Quitensis, 

 Spreng. syst. 1. p. 888. Herb very like Tiedemania teretifolia, 

 but the generic character is different, and the involucrum is 

 wanting. 



(Enanthe-like Ottoa. PI. 1 foot. 



Cult. Any soil will suit this plant, and it may either be in- 

 creased by seed or by dividing at the root. 



LX. CENA'NTHE (from oivoc, oinos, wine, and avBof, anthos, 

 a flower ; odour). Lam. diet. 4. p. 526. ill. t. 203. Lag. am. 

 nat. 2. p. 96. Koch, umb. p. 112. diss. ined. in litt. 1828. D. C. 

 prod. 4. p. 136. CEnanthe and Phellandrium, Lin. gen. no. 

 352. and 353. Hoffm. umb. p. 73. CEnanthe species of Spreng. 

 prod. p. 37. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Digynia. Margin of calyx 5-toothed, 

 permanent, somewhat accrete after flowering. Petals obovate, 

 emarginate, with an inflexed point. Stylopodium conical. Fruit 

 cylindrically ovate, crowned by the long erect styles. Meri- 

 carps with 5 rather convex obtuse ribs : lateral ribs marginating, 

 and a little broader than the rest ; vittae one in each furrow. 

 Carpophore indistinct Smooth usually aquatic herbs, natives 

 of Europe and Asia. Umbels compound. Involucra variable, 

 usually wanting ; involucels of many leaves. Flowers in the 

 rays of the umbellules on long pedicels sterile ; those in the 

 disk on short pedicels fertile ; petals white. The species of this 

 genus are difficult to extricate, in consequence of the roots 

 having been neglected by the authors who have described them. 



1 . True species, natives of Europe, Sfc. but not of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. 



* Plants perennial. Roots tuberous ; tubers disposed in fas- 

 cicles. 



1 CE. FISTULOSA (Lin. spec. 365.) roots fasciculate, intermixed 

 with oblong tubers ; neck of root throwing out stolons ; stems 

 and leaves fistular ; radical leaves bipinnate : leaflets cuneated, 

 lobed ; cauline leaves pinnate : leaflets filiform ; umbels 3-4- 

 rayed, without any involucrum ; fruit turbinate, much crowded, 

 ribbed. If. . H. Native of Europe and Caucasus, in ditches, 

 ponds, and other watery places ; plentiful in Britain. Drev. et 

 Heyne. pi. europ. 5. t. 98. Fl. dan. t. 846. Smith, engl. bot, t. 

 363. O. aquatica, Bauh. pin. 162. Bauh. hist. 3. p. 192. f. 

 1. Petiv. herb. brit. t. 25. f. 5. and 6. There is a variety of 

 this whose roots are composed of whorles of fibres. The plant 

 has an unpleasant smell, and a hot nauseous taste, like many 

 other umbelliferous plants. The roots and whole herbage are 

 said to be poisonous. Flowers pale red. 



Var. ft, Taberncemontani (Koch, ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 136.) 

 radical leaves divided into many linear segments. If. . H. Na- 

 tive of Alsatia, in inundated places. O. Tabernsemontani, Gmel. 

 fl. bad. 1. p. 676. exclusive of the syn. of Poll. 



Var. y ? lanceolata (Spreng. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 136.) radi- 

 cal leaves pinnate or bipinnate : leaflets or segments linear-lan- 

 ceolate ; umbels bifid. If.. H. Native of Mauritania, in humid 

 places on the sea shore near Lacalle. CE. lanceolata, Poir. suppl. 

 4. p. 135. CE. fistulosa, Poir. voy. 2. p. 137. 



Fistular or Common Water-dropwort. Fl. June, Aug. Britain. 

 PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



2 CE. LACHENA'III (Gmel. fl. bad. 1. p. 678.) fibres of roots 

 cylindrical, rather fleshy, in fascicles ; radical leaves somewhat 

 bipinnate: leaflets cuneiform, obtuse, tridentate at the apex; 

 cauline leaves pinnate : leaflets linear, entire ; involucra wanting, 

 or of few leaves. I/. H. Native of the north of Italy, Germany, 

 valleys of the Rhine, in humid meadows ; and of Caucasus, in 

 marshes towards the Caspian sea between Sallian and Lenkeran. 

 Koch, umb. p. 113. CE. pimpinelloides, Poll. pall. 1. p. 291. 

 but not of Lin. CE. Rhenana, D. C. suppl. p. 506. CE. Mega- 

 politana, Willd. berl. mag. 3. p. 297. CE. gymnorhiza, Brignoli, 

 pi. forojul. 21. CE. Jordani, Tenore, add. 1827.? Styleswhite 

 after flowering. 



Var. p, approximala (D. C. prod. 4. p. 137.) radical leaves 

 pinnate ; leaflets or segments trifid, obtuse, cuneated at the 

 base. 7. H. Native about Paris, in humid meadows. O. 

 approximata, Mer. fl. par. 115. D. C. suppl. p. 507. 



Var. y, involucrata (D. C. 1. c.) involucrum of many leaves. 

 i;.H. CE. peucedanifolia, Schleich. pi. exsic. CE. Rhenana, 

 Moricand, fl. ven. p. 149. In some specimens the involucrum 

 is absent. Fruit ovate, striated ; pedicels not thickened after 

 flowering. 



La ChenaVs Water-dropwort. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1817. PI. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



3 CE. PEUCEDANIFOLIA (Poll. pal. 1. p. 289. f. 3.) tubers of 

 roots sessile, elliptic, ending in a fibre each at the apex ; radical 

 leaves bipinnate : cauline ones pinnate ; lobes or leaflets all 

 linear; umbels 5-8-rayed ; involucrum wanting, or of 1 leaf; 

 fruit oblong, attenuated at the base, nearly sessile, coarctate 

 beneath the calyx. 1. H. Native of middle Europe, in mea- 

 dows, ditches, and bogs ; as in France, Switzerland, &c. In 

 England, near Bury ; about Bedford ; on the banks of the Isis, 

 beyond Isley ; and in peat bogs, under Headington Wick Copse, 

 Oxfordshire. Umbellules dense, many-flowered, surrounded by 

 the many leaves of the involucels, which are of equal length. Smith, 

 engl. bot. t. 348. CE. filipenduloides, Thuill. fl. par. p. 146. CE. 

 Pollichii, Gmel. fl. bad. 1. p. 679. CE. peucedanoides, Roth. CE. 

 patens, Mcench. Lob. icon. 729. f. 2. Dalech. hist. 773. f. 1. 

 Flowers often reddish. The roots taste like the garden pars- 

 nip, but are probably dangerous food ; yet they are not reckoned 

 poisonous, though the roots of other species are virulent. 



Sulphur-wort-leaved Water-dropwort. Fl. Ju. Brit. PL l-|ft. 



