78 PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. Slum. 



SIUM. Water-parsnep. 



S. latifolium. Broad-leaved TV, Leaves winged ; 

 leaflets oblong-spear-shaped, equally saw-toothed. E. 

 B. 204. H. L. 2. 110. S. majus latifoKum. G. E. 256. 



Rivers ditches, fens. 



Per. July. 



Umbels large, nearly flat, white, terminal. Stems four or five feet, 



furrowed, i^ea^e^s very equally, and neatly saw-toothed. Those 



that grow under water, often jagged. 



Eaten by horses and swine. With, Acrid, poisonous. Root 

 poisonous to oxen. Linn. Root leaves, at the beginning of Spring, 

 supra-decompound, and twice winged, stalk-leaves, and those 

 which are produced in the summer simply winged. Willd. Seeds 

 of the plant of a poisonous quality. 



S. angustifolium. Narrow-leaved TV. Leaves winged ; 

 leaflets unequally lobed, and unequally saw-toothed. 

 Umbels stalked, opposite to the leaves. Stem erect. 

 E. B. 139. H. L. 2. 111. 



Ditches, rivulets. * Behind the Parks. Sh. (Ditch going to South 



Hinksey, &c. Bx.) 

 Per. July. 

 Less than S. latifolium. Umhels hemispherical. Lowermost pair 



of leaflets remote from the rest, and smaller in the lower leaves. 



Ls. of the involucre, and involucelluni large, conspicuous. The 



specific names Broad-leaved, and Narrow-leaved, mislead. 



Possesses active properties. PVith. 



S. nodijlorum. Procumbent TV. Leaves winged ; 

 leaflets egg-shaped, almost equally saw-toothed. Umbels 

 nearly stalkless, opposite to the leaves. Stem procum- 

 bent. E. B. 6o9. S. umbellatum repens. G. E. 



256, 258. 

 Ditches, and rivulets, frequent. 

 Per. July. 

 Involucre of one leaf, often wanting. 



The juice in cutaneous disorders. Three large spoonfuls mixed 

 with milk, twice a day. With. 



S. repens. Creeping TV. Leaves winged ; leaflets 

 roundish, deeply toothed. Umbels stalked, opposite to 

 the leaves. Stem creeping, throwing out roots. E. B. 



1431. 



Boggy meadows, watery commons. Peat bogs on Bullingdon Green. 



Sb. and Bx\ 

 Per. June. 

 Involucre, and Involucret of many egg-shaped, spreading leaves. 



