IIG PENTANDRIA — DIGYNIA. ISeseli. 



De Candollc and other continental writers. Tlic CE. peucedanifuUa 

 of Sm. is referred to ffi. silaifulia of Bleb. Tlic (E. pimpincUoidcs 

 of DC, of wliicli specimens art; distributed b)' the Unio Itineraria, from 

 Sardinia, has the fruit cylindrical, with a reniaikably truncated callous base. 



4. fE. crocala, L. (^Hemlock Water- Dropiroi t) ; leaves tri- 

 quadri|>iiinatp, leaflets cuneato-ovate cut and serrated those of 

 the upper leaves narrower, general involucre of i'aw leaves. E. 

 not. t. 2313.— (B. rqnifolia,^ B rot.— Hook. Br. Fl. ed. 2, p. 129. 



Watery places, by ditches and rivers ; frequent. F/. July. If. — Hont 

 consisting of large fusiform <w&e;-5. P/a/i/ 3— 5 feet high : different from 

 all the preceding in the great breadth of its leajlcts, and large, much 

 ramified stems, ftdl, it is said, of a poisonous 7/e//ozi; juice. But this juice 

 is by no means constantly present, as ascertained by 3Ir Banks, Dr 

 Johnston and many others : hence appears to have risen another s])ecies, 

 the 6E. apiifolia, dilfering in no respect from the present but in the 

 colourless nature of the juices. 



5. OE. Phi'Udndrmm, Spreng. (^fine-haved IVater-Dropicort) ; 

 leaves decompound nearly uniform with narrow oblong short 

 divaricated segments, peduncles lateral, general involucre scarce- 

 ly any. Phellandrium aqiiaticum, L. — E. Bot. t. 684. 



Ditches and pools. FL July. T^. — Sttm 2 — 3 feet high, very thick 

 below, much branched ; branches spreading. Umbels rather small ; 

 mostly perfect in every Jlower. 



65. ^Ethusa. Linn. Fool's Parsley. 

 1. ^. Ct/ndpium, L. ((lomnion Fool's Parsley., or lesser Hem- 

 lock^ ; leaves uniform, leaflets wedge-shaped decurrent with 

 lanceolate segments. E. Bot. t. 1192. 



Fields and gardens. Fl. July, Aug. I ft. high. Stem striated, 



branched, very leafy. Leaves glabrous, doubly, or the lower ones trebly, 

 pinnate; segments ovato-lanceolate, variously cut. Umbels iexm\n,i\, 

 on long stalks. Umbellules small, distant. Universal involucre none; 

 partial involucres of 3, long, pendent leaves all on one side, by which 

 this is readily known from all other umbelliferous plants. — The smell is 

 nauseous, and it is esteemed very unwholesome. 



66. FcENicuLUM. Hoffin. Fennel. 



1. F. vulgdre, Gajrtn. (common Fennel); leaves biternate, 

 leaflets linear-filiform pinriatifid, segments awl-shaped. — Ane- 

 thum Fcenicidtim, L. — E. Bot. t, 1208. — Meum Fceniculum, Spr. 

 E. Fl. V. ii. J). 85. 



Plentiful on chalky cliffs in England, near the sea, {Sm.) and in the 

 neighbourhood of towns and villages of Norfolk and Suffolk, at short 

 distances from the coast. Fl. July, Aug. If. — Stem 3 — 4 feet high, 

 fistulose. Leaves much divided, with very slender segments. Flowers 

 dark yellow : tiie base of the styles very glutinous. — Tliis is the true 

 Fennel of the gardens, and its seeds are esteemed as carminative. The 

 boiled leaves are served up with Mackerel on the eastern coasts of Eng- 

 land. 



67. Seseli, Linn. Meadow- Saxifrage. 

 1. S. Libunotis, \s.qc\\, (mountain Meadow- Saxifrage) ; stem 



