172 37. UMBELLIFER2E. 



distant, with very long stalks. Stoles with simply pinnate 

 leaves. Umbels small, globose in fruit; general involucre 0. 

 Fruit tipped with the long slightly diverging rigid styles. By 

 ponds and ditches. P. VII. IX. E. S. t. 



2. (E. pimpinello'ides (L.) ; root o long fibres bearing round 

 or ovoid knobs beyond their middle, root-1. bipinnate with ob- 

 ovate-wedgeshaped 3-lobed Its., st.-l. pinnate with linear acute 

 Its., uppermost 1. simple, radiant pet. obcordate divided to the 

 middle,/?*, subcylindrical with an enlarged corky base but not 

 narrowed at the" top. E. B. S. 2991. Jacq. Aust. t. 394. St. 

 4 3 ft. high, alternately branched. General inv. 6-leaved ; 

 partial of many 1., about as long as the barren fl. Partial um- 

 bels close together forming one compact flat-topped compound 

 umbel. Fr. nearly cylindrical ; cal. erect-patent. Southern 

 counties. P. VI. VII. E. I. 



3. (E. Lachendlii (Gmel.) ; root of long subclavate fleshy 

 fibres tapering at both ends, root-l. bipinnate with oblong entire 

 or wedgeshaped and bluntly 2 3-lobed Its., lower st.-l. 2 3- 

 pinnate with linear acute Its., upper 1. simply pinnate, radiant 

 pet. divided to the middle, fr. oblong not corky below rounded 

 and contracted at the top. (E. pimpinello'ides Sm. E. B. 347. 

 St. 1 3 feet high, slightly branched. General inv. of many 

 leaves, sometimes wanting ; partial of many leaves, shorter than 

 the barren flowers. Outer fi. on long stalks, mostly barren ; 

 inner fl. fertile, nearly sessile. Radiant pet. roundish obcor- 

 date with a short narrow claw. Partial umbels distinct, spheri- 

 cal. Fr. crowned with the inflexed calvx. Root-leaves soon 

 vanishing. Marshes. P. VII. IX. E. S. I. 



4. (E. peucedanifolia (Poll.) ; root of elliptic-oblong knobs, 

 radical 1. bipinnate, st.-l. pinnate, Its. all linear acute, external 

 fr. nearly cylindrical with a corky base, but not narrowed at the 

 top. E. B, 348. (E. sila'ifolia (Bieb. ?) ed. viii. St. 23 feet 

 high, branched. Outer fl. stalked, mostly barren; cal. very 

 unequal ; radiant pet. small, obcordate with an attenuate base, 

 notch ^ their length. Fr. usually slightly narrower downwards, 

 in the middle of the umbel much narrower and appearing to 

 want the corky base ; cal. erect or inflexed. General involucre 

 ; partial of many leaves shorter than the flowers. Distin- 

 guished from the preceding by its pet., uniform leaflets, want 

 of a general involucre, and fruit. The true name of this plant 

 is very doubtful. In freshwater marshes. P. VI. E. 



o. (E. crocdta (L.) ; root of large fusiform tubers, radical 1. 

 2 3-pinnate, stem-1. pinnatifid, leaflets stalked roundish or 



