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

 water of ditches and ponds. B. ? VIL IX. 



7. (E.fluviatilis (Colem.) ; st. floating, 1. bipinnate, Us. simple 

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

 parallel veins, umbels lateral opposite to the 1., fr. broadly ellip- 

 tical. A. N. H. xi. 188. E. B. S. 2944. A decumbent floating 

 plant well marked by the submersed Its. being divided into finger- 

 like acute broadly linear parallel segments deeply incised at the end. 

 Lts. of the upper 1. broader than those of (E. Phellandrium. 

 Streams. B. or P. VII. IX. E. 



18. ^ETHUSA Linn. Fools' Parsley. 



1. <SE. Cynapium (L.); partial involucre of 3 leaves longer 

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

 rent pinnatifid. E. B. 1 1 92. St. 412 in. high. L. dark green, 

 lurid, stinking. General involucre ; partial one long, narrow, 

 pendulous. Herb poisonous. Cultivated land. A. VII. VIII. 



19. FCENICULUM Hoffm. Fennel. 



1. F. qfficinale (AIL); st. terete below, 1. decomposite, seg- 

 ments all capillary elongate in the upper I. flaccid, umbels of 

 many rays concave. Meum Sm., E. B. 1208. Involucres 0. 

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

 large. Fl. yellow. Whole herb aromatic. Segments of 1. chan- 

 neled, usually capillary in the wild plant, but the cultivated plant 

 with awlshaped segments is probably the same species. Rocks 

 and walls, particularly near the sea. P. VII. VIII. E. I. 



20. SESELI Linn. Mountain Spignel. 



1. S. Libanotis (Koch); 1. doubly pinnate cut, segments lan- 

 ceolate mucroriate, the lowermost leaflets crossing, general in- 

 volucre of many leaves, fr. hairy. Athamanta Sm., E. B. 138. 

 St. 1 3 feet high, covered at the base with the fibrous remains 

 of decayed petioles. Umbels terminal, convex, with many 

 downy rays. Chalk hills of Cambridgeshire and Sussex. P. 

 VII. VIII. E. 



21. HALOSCIAS Fries. Scottish Lovage. 



1. H. scoticum (Fr.) ; 1. twice ternate, leaflets ovate somewhat 

 rhomboidal dentate-serrate opaque, involucre of 5 7 linear- 

 lanceolate leaves, cal. 5-toothed. Ligusticum L., E. B. 1207. 

 St. herbaceous, nearly simple, striated, tinged with red, 1 H 

 foot high. Lts. large, lobed and cut. Interstices with 3, com- 



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