CL. Y.] PENTANDRIA DIGTNIA.' 149 



poisonous : it has been used in powder, extract and infusion, in can- 

 cerous 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 some- 

 what 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 anthos, a 

 flower, from the vinous smell of the blossoms. 150. 



1. CE.fistuUsa. 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. pimpinelloides. Parsley Water -dropwort. Leaflets of the 

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



general involucral bracteas 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. Bat. vol. v. pi. 347. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 69. 443. 



3. (E. peuceddnifolla. Sulpkitr-wort t 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. (E. 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 extremely 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. (E. Phelldndrium. Fine-leaved Water-dropwort. Leaves all uni- 

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

 shaped, with five broad ribs and narrow intermediate furrows. 



Boot spindle-shaped : stem from two to three feet high :^ flowers 



