Pl.ex.cal 45. UMBELLIFER^. 281. (Enanthe. 509 



1. CEna?ithe crocaia. Yellow water-dropivort. 

 Leaves bipinnate ; leaflets all wedgeshape, many -cut, 



nearly equal; involucrum many-leaved. 



(Enanlhe cicutis facie Lobelii, Raii Syn. 210, 3 ; Park. 894. 



Filipendula cicutse facie, Gei. em, 1059,4. 



OEnanthe crocata, Lin. S. P. 365. 



Hemlock dropivort. Dead tongue. Water lavage. 



Water-sides ; perennial ; July. 



Root tuberous; tubers blunt, sessile, crowded; siein up- 

 right, t feet high; leaves dark green, bald; nmhelis ter- 

 minal, many-rayed, hemispherical. — Juice of the root, or 

 an infusion of the leaves in small doses, very efficacious in 

 obstinate cutaneous diseases ; in large doses produces a 

 fatal tetanus; herb applied as a poultice to ulcers that form 

 in the cleft of the hoof in kine. 



2. (Enanthe pimpinelloides, Pimpernell waler-dropwort. 



Root-leaves 2-pinnate ; leaflets wedgeshape, cut ; stem- 

 leaves pinnate; leaflets linear, not cut, long; involucrum 

 many-leaved, linear. 



CEnantbe staphylini folio aliquatenus accedens, Mail Si/n, 210,4. 

 CEnanthe pimpinelloides, Lin. S. P. 366. 

 Parsley icater-tJrGpieort. 



Salt marshes; perennial; June. 



Root tuberous ; tubers slender, fusiform, peduncled ; stem 

 slightly branched ; wnhells terminal, many-rayed, flattish; 

 mvoliicrum rarely 1 -leaved. 



3. (Enanthe pence danlfnlia. Hogs-fennel waier-dropwort. 

 Root-leaves 2-pinnate; stem-leaves pinnate; leaflets all 



linear, pointed ; invoiiicrum ; fritU rather cylindrical ; 

 tubers elliptical, sessile. 



Filipendula an^iustifolia, Ger^e-m. 1059,3. 

 CEnanthe peucedanifoiia, Pollich Pal. 6, 5!89. 

 Narrow dropiiort. 



Ditches and marshes ; perennial ; June. 



iitoo/ tuberous ; tubers crowded; stem slightly branched, 

 stronger than the former ; Jimhells many-rayed ; umbellules 

 flat ; centre reddish ; rays white. 



4. (Enaniiie jistulosa. Pipey waler-dropwort. 

 Root-leaves 2-pinnate ; leaflets wedgeshape, flat ; ^tern- 

 leaves pinnate ; leaflets and petioles cylindrical, pipey ; imv- 

 lucrum scarcely any. 



