PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. Sm/rnium. 81 



Fresh water ditches, hogs. Banks of the Isis beyond Iffley. Peat 

 bogs under Headington Wick Copse. Sb. * Bogs under Bul- 

 lingdon Green. Rx. 



Per. June. 



Stalk thicker than in CEnanthe fistulosa, Cal. erect, unequal. 

 Stalk leaves winged, root-ones twice winged, leaflets linear, 

 Umbellules often red about the centre, white towards the circum- 

 ference. 



CE. crocdta. Hemlock JVater-dr. Leaflets all wedge- 

 shaped, many-cleft, nearly uniform. Fruit linear- 

 oblong, with slender intermediate ribs. E. B. 2313. 

 Filipendula cicutee facie. G. E. 1059. 



Watery places, osier holts, abovi tlie hanks of rivers. Near Bays- 

 water. Sb. * * 



Per. July. 



The plant contains a fetid yellow juice, very poisonous, especially 

 the root. Cal. curved inwards. Ls. many-clefted, large, blunt. 

 Z/mJ. terminal,large, convex. ^n/A. brown. .Rcry* of universal 

 umb. furrowed. Sheep eat it, cows and horses refuse it. Brood 

 mares sometimes eat the root, and are poisoned. Ehret, the 

 draughtsman, experienced giddiness from the scent of the herb 

 while drawing it. 



CE. Phelldndrium. Fine-leaved Water-dr. Leaflets 

 all uniform, with narrow, wedge-shaped, cut, straddling 

 segments. Fruit egg-shaped, with five broad ribs, and 

 narrow intermediate furrows. Phellandrium aquaticum. 

 E. B. 684. Cicutaria palustris. G. E. 1063. 



Rivers, ditches. 



Per. July. 



Stem thick, hollow. Umb. opposite to the leaves. Lower Is. 

 doubly compound, upper ones twice winged. Ls. thrice winged, 

 smaller wings stalkless ; under the water, long, hair-like. In 

 running streams Is. lengthened out, and flowers rarely produced. 

 Esteemed poisonous to horses, producing pai-aplegia : this effect 

 owing to Curculio paraplecticus within the stem. The antidote 

 is pig-dung. The roots and stem, in the course of the winter, 

 become dissected, and afford a curious skeleton of net-work. Linn, 

 Eaten by horses, sheep, and goats. Swine not fond of it : cows 

 refuse it. 



SMY'RNIUM. Alexanders. 



S. Oliisdtrum. Common Al. Stem-leaves in threes, 

 stalked, saw-toothed. E. B. 230. Hipposelinum. 

 G. E. 1019. 



f'Vaste ground, ancient ruins. * * Near Bensingtou. Sb, 

 Bien. May. 



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