510 281.CEnanthe. 45. UMEBLLIFERiE. Pl.ex.cal. 



CEpanthe aquatica, Raii Syn. 210, 1. 

 Filipendula aquatica, Ger. em. 1060,5. 

 CEnantlie aquatica major, Park. 1233. 

 CEnanthe tistulosa, Lin. S. P. 365. 

 Common water-dropwort. 



Bogs and standing waters; perennial; July and August. 



Moot stoloniferous ; stem 2 feet high, fistulous, bald; 

 root-leaves sunk; umbells alternate with the leaves, 3 to 

 7- rayed; involucrum 1, 3, or 5-leaved; petals flesh-colour. 



XVIL 282. ECHINOPHORA. Columna. Sea-parsnep. 

 Involucrum 3 to 5-leaved, pinnate, spinous; involucella 

 1 -leaved, topshape, unequally 6-cut ; umbells radiated; 

 flowers of the centre sessile, female ; petals nicked : of the 

 rays pedicelled, male; calyx 5-toothed; petals unequal, 

 spreading ; lacinule long, lanceolate, many-cut ; j'ruit 

 crowned with the hardened involucrum and shining per- 

 sistent pedicells of the male flowers ; akenia 2, 1 mostly 

 barren. 



Echinophora spinosa. Spinous sea parsnep. 



Leaves pinnate ; leaflets awlshape, spinous, 3-cut or not 

 cut at all. 



Echinophora maritima spinosa. Rail Syn. 220, 1. 



Crithmum spinosum, Ger. em. 533. 



Crilhmum tnaritimum spinosum, seu Pastinaca marina, Park. 12SQ. 



Echinophora spinosa, Lin. S. P. 344. 



Prickly samphire. 



Sandy sea-shores ; perennial; July. 



Root fusiform, fleshy; stem much branched; leaves oppo- 

 site ; umbells terminal, large. 



XVIII. 283. CRITHMUM. Samphire, 



Invohicrum and i?ivolucella many-leaved; ca/j/o: 5-toothed; 

 teeth unequal, large; petals reverse ovate, keeled, nearly 

 equal; lacinule long, lanceolate, blunt; J'ruit ovate, ob- 

 long, crowned ; akenium semi-ovate, 5-ribbed, barked, 

 spongy. 



Crithmum maritimum. Sea-samphire. 



Leaves triternate ; leaflets lanceolate, acute, fleshy. 



Crilhmum marinnn), Raii Syn. 217, 1 ; Ger. em. 533, 1, 

 Crithmum marinuiii vulgare, Park. 1286. 

 Crithmum inaritimuin, Lin.S. P. 354. 

 Herbe de Sainte Pierre. Rock samphire. 



Rocks on the sea-side ; perennial ; August. 



