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XXXYIII. UMBELLlFER^^i:. 



[ (En dnth e. 



+ 



radical leaves oblong or obovate on long stalks, upper sessile 

 linear-lanceolate, partial involucre of 5 lanceolate leaves as Ion' 

 as the flowers, universal 5-Ieaved. E. B. S. t.2lQ^. ° 



Norton Heath near Ongar, Essex, growing by the road-side for 

 nearly a mile. 2^ . 8. ""^ 



L 



B. Fruit notpricUy nor leaked, ovate or elliptical, rounded on a 

 transverse section. (Carpels separating, interstices u-itk viftca ^ 

 Albumen solid. (Gen. 16—23.) ^ ^^ 



CE 



Water-Dropvvort. 



.) 



Fruit ovate-cylindrical, crowned with the lonir nearly strai^^ht 

 styles. Carpels more or less corky, with 5 blunt, convex rfbs 

 and single vittcs in the interstices. CalMeeth lanceolate Pet 

 obcordate, with an inflected point, radiant. (Partial involucre 

 of many rays.) Flowers of the circumference on long stalks o-^^ 

 sterile : those of the centre sessile, or nearly so, and fertile 

 Aamed from oivoc, wine, and aveoc^ a flower, alludino- to 1 

 vmous smell of the blossoms. ° 



1. (E. 



pinnate, 



listulose 

 t. 363. 



5 



fstulosa L. 



their main 



umbels of 



(^common 

 stalk 



as 



W.); 



well 



very few rays 



} 



sarmentose, stem-leaves 

 as the stem 

 fruit 



cylindrical 



turbinate. 



E. B. 



Ditches and rivulets, common in England, rare in Scotland U 

 7-9. — Plant 2-3 feet high, remarkably tubular, throwing out 

 ruuners. Root sometimes of fasicled knobs, sometimes of verticillate 

 iibres. Stem-leaves distant ; the leaflets, which are few, linear and 

 small, are confined to the upper extremity of the leaves. Lniv. invol 

 wantmg. F,7«i sessile, large, turbinate, angled, corky, tipped with 

 the long rather divergmg styles, and forming dense globose heads as 

 large as a marble. ° 



2. (E. pimpinelloides L. {callous-fruited W.) ; leaflets and se<r- 

 nients very acute or mucronate, those of the radical leaves much 

 broader and shorter, fruit cylindrical with an enlarged callous 

 base. Jacq. Austr. t. 394. ° ^ciuuus 



Pastures in England particularly in the counties of Gloucester 

 Vi'orcester, Dorset, and Devon. *- - • v^iuuctsier, 



Rare in salt-marshes. IsIp nf 



ford, in Sussex. 2/.. 



Abundant m the Isle of Wiffht 

 Isle of Wight ; and Eishopstone, near Sea- 

 6—8. 



, V - -^^^^ ^^ ^^"g slender fibres swelling 



:"!l!=.r„"l°.'i:^^ ^™& about or beyond the middle. Gen.tZl 



Umbels 



sometimes vvantn.g, usually with several persistent leaves 

 compact. Fruit as broad as the calyx. 



3. (E. Lachendlii Gmel. {Parsley W.) ; leaflets of the lower 

 leaves linear obovate or cuneate-trifid obtuse mucronate ofihe 

 upper ones acute, fruit turbinate or oblong narrowest and wi h 



