PCENICULUM. 173 



oblong-ivedgeshaped variously cut those of the upper 1. narrower, 

 fr. cylindrical oblong striate'longer than its pedicel. E.B. 2313. 

 Poisonous. St. o 5 feet high, much branched. L. large, 

 Its. broad. Inv.-l. various in number and shape. -Wet places. 

 P. VII. E.S.I. 



** Root of whorls of slender fibres. PHELLANDBIUM L. 



6. (E. Phellari drium (Lam.) ; st. erect fusiform below, 1. tri- 

 pinnate, Its. ovate pinnatifid cut spreading, of the submersed I. 

 multifid with capillary diverging segments, umbels lateral oppo- 

 site to the leaves, fr. ovate. E. B. 684. St. 23 feet high, 

 very thick below, stoloniferous. Segments of the 1. many, fine, 

 acute, pale green ; submersed 1. dark green. The flowering root 

 dies each year ; but the plant is continued by the offsets. In 

 wet ditches and ponds. B. ? VII. IX. Horsebane. E. S. I. 



7. (E . fluviat' His (Golem.); st. floating, 1. bipinnate, Its. simple 

 or pinnatitid, of the submersed I. cuneate cut pellucid with many 

 parallel veins, umbels lateral opposite to the L, fr. broadly ob- 

 long. .4. N. H. xi. 188. E. B. 8. 2944. A decumbent float- 

 ing plant well marked by the submersed Its. being divided into 

 finger-like acute broadly linear parallel segments deeply cut at 

 the end. Lts. of the upper 1. broader than those of (E. Phellan- 

 drium. Streams. B. or P. VII. IX, E. I. 



16. JExHu'sA Linn. Fool's Parsley. 



1. JE. Cyndpium (L) ; partial involucre of 3 leaves longer 

 than their umbel, 1. all doubly pinnate, leaflets lanceolate de- 

 current pinnatifid. E. B. 1192. St. 4 18 in. high. L. del- 

 toid, dark green, lurid, stinking. General inv. ; partial long, 

 narrow, pendulous, all on one side. Herb poisonous. Culti- 

 vated land. A. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



17. FCENIC'ULUM Mill. Fennel. 



1 . F. vulgar e (Mill.) ; st. terete below, 1. 3 4 times pinnate, 

 segments all capillary long in the upper I. flaccid, umbels of many 

 rays concave, E. B. 1208. F. officinale (All.) ed. viii. Invo- 

 lucre 0. St. 3 4 feet high, usually filled with pith, branching. 

 Umbels large. Fl. yellow. Whole herb aromatic. Segments of 

 1. channelled, usually capillary in the wild plant ; but the culti- 

 vated plant with awlshaped segments is probably the same 

 species. Rocks and walls, particularly near the sea. P. VII. 

 VIII. E. I. 



