CLXXXIV. 

 CENANTHE CROCATA. 



Hemlock Water-Dropwort. 



ClassV. Pentandria. — Order II. Digynia. 



Nat. Ord. UmBELLIFERjE. 



Gen. Char. Calyx of five teeth. Petals obcordate, 

 emarginate, with an inflexed point. Fruit cylindrical- 

 ovate, crowned by the straight styles. Carpels with 

 five convex obtuse ridges, of which the lateral ones are 

 marginal and a little broader. Channels with single 

 vittae. — General Involucre various; partial of many 

 leaves. Flowers of the ray on long pedicels, sterile ; 

 those of the disk sessile or shortly pedicellate, fertile. 



Spec. Char. Leaves bipinnate, with wedge-shaped, 

 deeply cut and toothed segments. General involucre 

 few-leaved. Knobs of the root oblong-sessile. 



SYNONYMES. 



r CEnanthe Chcerophylli foliis. Bauh. Pin. 162. 

 CEnanthe cicuta facie, succo viroso crocante. Lob. Adv. 326. 

 Filipendula cicutae facie. Ger. Em. 1059. 

 CEnanthe cicuta? facie Lobelii. Park. Theatr. 894. Rati 



Syn. 210. 

 CEnanthe crocata. Lin. Sp. PI. 365. Eng. Fl. ii. p. 71* 

 Eng. Bot. t. 2313. Jaoq. Vind. iii. t. 55. 

 French .... CEnanthe a sue jaune ; CEnanthe safrane. 

 Italian . . . Enante croceo ; Filipendula da acqua. 

 Spanish . . Enante con zunio amarillo. 

 German . . Rebendolde ; Rebendolde mit gelbsaft. 



Dutch Water-biesen. 



Danish .... Vand-steenbrek. 



Latin -{ 



Description. — The root is perennial, fasciculated, of several 

 large fusiform tuberous bodies, furnished with long fibres, and 



