CL.V.] PENTANDRIA DIOYNIA. 149 



in powder, extract and infusion, in cancerous diseases, and for chronic 

 ulcers. Perennial: flowers in June and July : grows in waste ground, 

 by walls and hedges: common. Eng. Bot. vol. xvii. pi. 1191. Eng. 

 Fl. vol.ii. p. 65. 441. 



65. (ENA'NTHE. DROPWORT. 



Flowers more or less separated or imperfect, the outermost very 

 irregular and abortive ; the innermost smaller, regular, and pro- 

 ducing fruit. Calyx superior, of five large, lance-shaped, acute, 

 somewhat unequal, permanent leaves. Petals five, inversely heart- 

 shaped, with inflected points; in the fertile flowers nearly equal ; 

 in those of the circumference very unequal. Filaments thread- 

 shaped, longer than the corolla ; anthers small, roundish. Germen 

 oblong, furrowed. Styles awl-shaped, tumid at the base ; stigmas 

 small, obtuse, recurved. Fruit oblong or somewhat egg-shaped, 

 with a spongy or corky bark, and three or five unequal ribs, with 

 deep, narrow, intermediate furrows; the summit crowned with the 

 permanent calyx and elongated styles. Seeds egg-shaped Named 

 from oine, a vine, and ant has, a flower, from the vinous smell of 

 the blossoms. 150. 



1. CE. fstuliisa. Common Water-dropwort. Root sending out run- 

 ners ; stem-leaves pinnate, cylindrical, tubular; general bracteas hair- 

 like, few, often wanting. Stem erect, two or three feet high, hollow, 



smooth : root-leaves immersed, doubly pinnate, with wedge-shaped, lobed 

 leaflets. Umbels lateral and terminal : flowers white. Perennial : flowers 

 in July and August : grows in ditches and ponds : common. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. vi. pi. 363. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 68. 442. 



2. (E. pimpineltoides. Parsley Water-dropwort. Leaflets of the root- 

 leaves wedge-shaped, cleft ; of the others entire, flat, linear; general in- 



volucral bracleas linear, numerous. Stem two feet high, hollow, 



striated : root-leaves twice pinnate : stem-leaves simply pinnate : flowers 

 flesh-coloured. Perennial : flowers in July : grows in salt marshes : not 

 unfrequent. Eng. Bot. vol. v. pi. 347. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 69. 443. 



3. CE. peuceddnifolia. Sulphur-wort, Water-dropwort. Leaflets all 



linear ; general involucral bracteas none. Stem three feet high, erect, 



solid : flowers white. Perennial : flowers in June : grows in ditches and 

 bogs, in England : not common. Eng. Bot. vol. v. pi. 348. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. ii. p. 70. 444. 



4. CE. crocdta. Hemlock Water-dropwort. Leaflets all wedge-shaped, 



nearly uniform ; fruit slender, with small intermediate ribs. Root of 



many fleshy knobs : stem branched, furrowed, hollow, from two to four 

 feet high : leaves doubly pinnate : flowers white. The root and stem, 

 when cut, exude a yellowish juice. The whole plant is fetid and ex- 

 tremely poisonous. Perennial : flowers in July : grows in watery places, 

 generally by rivulets. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxiii. pi. 2313. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. 

 p. 71. 445. 



5. CE. Phelldndrium. Fine-leaved Water-drop-wort. Leaves all uni- 

 form, with narrow, wedge-shaped, divaricate segments; fruit egg-shaped, 

 with five broad ribs and narrow intermediate furrows. Root spindle- 

 shaped : stem from two to three feet high : flowers white. Perennial : 



