180 UMBELLIFER^E. [(ENAXTHE. 



slightly irregular. Fruit variable, f-^ in. ; styles slender, flexuous ; pedicel 

 not thickened at the top. DISTRIB. Europe, to the Caspian, Siberia. 



GE. PHELLAN'DRIUM proper ; erect, leaves 3-pinnate, segments of submerged 

 leaves capillary, fruit twice as long as its styles. 



Sub-sp. CE. FLTJVIAT'ILIS, Golem. ; ascending, leaves 2-pinnate, segments of sub- 

 merged leaves obcuueate, fruit three times as long as its styles. S. half of 

 England ; Kildare Canal, Ireland. 



25. -ffiTHU'SA, L. FOOL'S PARSLEY. 



An annual, leafy, glabrous herb. Leaves 3-nately pinnate. Umbels 

 compound, terminal and leaf-opposed ; bracts 1 or ; bracteoles 1-5, de- 

 flexed, on the outer side of the umbel ; flowers white, outer often rayed. 

 Calyx-teeth small or 0. Petals notched, point inflexed. Disk-lobes broad, de- 

 pressed. Fruit broadly ovoid, subterete, carpophore slender 2 -partite ; 

 carpels dorsally compressed, primary ridges very thick keeled, or the 

 lateral narrowly winged ; vittae in the furrows solitary ; styles very short. 

 Seed flattish ventrally. DISTRIB. Europe, Siberia; introd. in N , America. 

 ETYM. aWw, because of its supposed burning qualities. 



-ffi. Cyna'pium, L. ; leaves deltoid, leaflets pinnatifid. 

 A weed in cultivated grounds, from Elgin and the Clyde southd. ; Ireland ; 

 Channel Islands; fl. 3uly-A.ug.Root fusiform. Stem 1-2 ft., corymbosely 

 branched, terete, striate, fistular. Leaves 6 in. ; segments f-1 in., mem- 

 branous, cuneate at the base, lobes acute ; petiole slender. Umbels small ; 

 rays spreading, irregular ; bracteoles 3-5, slender. Flowers irregular, small. 

 Fruit T a o in., green. Odour nauseous. 



26. SILA'US, Besser. PEPPER SAXIFRAGE. 



Perennial, glabrous herbs. Leaves pinnately decompound ; segments 

 slender. Umbels compound ; bracts 1, 2, or ; bracteoles many, small ; 

 flowers yellowish. Calyx-teeth 0. Petals with an incurved tip, base 

 broad truncate. Disk-lobes depressed, crenate. Fruit ovoid or oblong, 

 subterete, commissure broad, carpophore 2-partite ; carpels ^-terete, 

 ridges obtusely winged, vittse obscure ; styles short, recurved. Seed 

 flattish ventrally. DISTRIB. Europe, Siberia ; species 2. >ETYM. un- 

 known. 



S. praten'sis, Besser ; leaflets linear-lanceolate entire or 3-lobed. 

 Meadows and commons, from Fife to Kent and Devon ; E. Scotland only ; 

 Ireland, rare ; fl. July-Sept. Rootstock elongate. Stem 1-3 ft., angular, 

 grooved, solid, leafless above. Leaves 1-3-pinnate ; leaflets few, J-f in. 

 Umbel-rays 1-2 in., few or many, incurved ; bracteoles short, margins 

 scarious. Flowers small. Fruit % in., dark brown. DISTRIB. Finland to 

 Hungary. 



27. ME'UM, Jacquin. MEU, BALD-MONEY, SPIGNEL. 



A perennial, glabrous, very aromatic^ tufted herb. Leaves mostly 

 radical, pinnately decompound ; segments setaceous, densely crowded. 



