156 37. ■nMBELLIFEE^E. 



ovate-wedgeshaped 8-lobed Its., st.-l> pinnate witji linear acute 

 Its., uppermost 1. simple, ra^liant pet. obcordatej diyided to ttei 

 middle, fr. subcylindrical with an enlarged corky base but ngt 

 narrowed at the top.— ^. £. S. 2991. Jacq. Amt. t. 394.— St. 

 J — 3 ft. bigb) alternately branp,bed, General inv. — 6-leaved ; 

 partial of many 1., about aa long as the barren fl. Partial um- 

 bels close together forming (me compact Jiat-topped compound 

 umbel. Fr. nearly cylindrioai ; cal. erect-patent. — South(fm 

 counties, P, YI. VU. E. 



8. (E, LachemUii (Gmel.) ; Topt of long subolavate fleshy 

 fibres tapering at both ends, root-\. bipinnate with obloriff entire 

 or wedgeshaped and bluntly 2 — 3-lobed te., lower st.-l. 2 — 3- 

 pinnate with linear aput© Its., upper 1., simply pinnate, radiant 

 pet. divided to tjie, middle,, /V. oblong, not cwky below rminded 

 rmd contracted at th^ top. — CE. pimpinelloidcs Sm. — St. 1^3 

 feet high, glightly branched. General iriv. ' of many leaves, 

 sometimes wanting ; partial of many leaves, shorter tian 

 the barren flowers. Outer fl. on Ipng stali?, mostly bar3;en j 

 inner fl. fertile, nearly sessile. Radiant , pet. round'ish-.obcor- 

 date with a short narrow claw. Partial umbels distinct, spheri- 

 cal. Fr. crowned - with the inflexed calyx. Root-leaves soon 

 vanishing.— Marehes. P. VII.— IX. E. S. I. 



4, CE. silm,f6Ua (Bieb. P) root of elliptic-oblong knobs, radi- 

 cal 1. bipinnate, st.-l. pinnate, ItS/. all linear acute, extemfil fr, 

 nearly cylindrical with a corky base, but not Aa,rrowed at the 

 top. — 1£'. media Reichen. ? — St. 2-^3 feet high, branched. 

 Outer fl. stalked, mostly •barren ; cal. very unequal; radiant 

 pet. small, obcordate with ' an attenuate base, notch } tHeir 

 length. Fr. usually slightly narrowed downwards, in the 

 middle of the umbel much narrowed and appearing to want the 

 corky base ; cal. erect or inflexed. - General involucre ; partial 

 of many leaves shorter than the flowers. ' Distinguished from 

 the preceding by its pet,, uniform leaflets, want of a general 

 involucre, and fruit. — Scarcely CE. silaifolia (Bieb.), not CE. 

 peucedanifolia (Poll.). — In freshwatei' marshes. P. VI. E. 



o. CE. erocdta (L.) ; root of large fusiform tubers, radical 1. 

 2— 3-pinnate, stem-1. pinnatifid, leaflets stalked roundish or ob- 

 hng-wedgeshctped variously cut those of the upper 1. narrower, 

 /;•. cylindrical oblong striate longer than its pedicel. — St. 3 — 5 

 feet high, muchbraBched. L. large, Its. broad. Inv.-l. various 

 in number and shape. — Wet places. P. YIl. E. S. I. 



** Moot of whorls of slender Jibres. 



6. CE. Phellan'drimn (Lam.) ; st. erect fusiform below, 1. tri- 

 piniiate, Its. ovate piimatifid cut spreading, of the submersed I. 



