144 37. UMBELLIFER^E. 



cut or trifid, st.-l. pinnate uppermost simple, Its. linear acute, 

 radiant pet. obcordate divided to the middle, fr. subcylindrical 

 - with an enlarged corky base. Jacq. Aust. t. 394. St. ^ 3 ft. 

 high, alternately branched. General inv. 6-leaved ; partial 

 of many 1., about as long as the barren fl. Partial umbels close 

 together forming one compact fiat-topped umbel. Fr. nearly cylin- 

 drical ; cal. erect-patent. Southern counties. P. VI. VII. E. 



3. (E. Lachenalii (Gmel.) ; root of elongate-subclavate fleshy 

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

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

 upper simply pinnate, Its. linear acute, radiant pet. divided to 

 the middle, fr. oblong narrowed below. (E. pimpinelloides 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 fl. on long stalks, mostly 

 barren ; inner fl. fertile, nearly sessile. Radiant pet. roundish - 

 obcordate with a short narrow claw. Partial umbels distinct, 

 spherical. Fr. crowned with the inflexed calyx. Root-leaves 

 very evanescent Marshes. P. VII. IX. 



4. (E. silaifolia (Bieb. ?) ; root of elliptical-oblong knobs, 

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

 fr. nearly cylindrical with a corky base. E. B. 348. St. 2 3 

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

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

 notch their length. Fr. usually slightly narrowed downwards, 

 in the middle of the umbel much narrowed and appearing to want 

 the corky base ; cal. erect or inflexed. General involucre 0, 

 partial of many leaves shorter than the flowers. Distinguished 

 from the preceding by its pet., uniform leaflets, want of a general 

 involucre, and fruit. Scarcely (E. silaifolia (Bieb.), not (E.peu- 

 cedanifolia (Poll.). In freshwater marshes. P. VI. E. 



5. (E. crocata (L.) ; root of large fusiform tubers, radical 1. 

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

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



fr. cylindrical oblong striated longer than its pedicel. E. B. 

 2313. St. 35 feet high, much branched. L. large, Its. broad. 

 Inv.-l. various in number and shape. Wet places. P. VII. 



** Root of whorls of slender fibres. 



6. (E. Phellandrium (Lam.) ; st. erect fusiform below, 1. trl 

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

 multifid with capillary diverging segments, umbels lateral opposite 

 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 



