144 37. UMBELLIFER^. 



cut or trifid, st.-l. pinnate uppermost simple, Its. linear acute, 

 radiant pet. obcordate divided to the middle, /r. subcylindrical 

 with an enlarged corky base. — Jacq. Aust. t. 394. — St. 5 — 3 ft. 

 high, alternately branched. General inv. — 6-leaved ; partial 

 of many 1., about as long as the barren fl. Partial umbels close 

 together forming one compact flat-topped umbel. Fr. nearly cylin- 

 drical; cal. erect-patent. — Southern counties. P. VI. VII. E. 



3. CE. LacAe«ate (Gmel.) ; root of elongate-subclavate fleshy 

 fibres tapering at both ends, root-\. bipinnate. Us. oblong entire or 

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

 upper simply pinnate, Its. linear acute, radiant pet. divided to 

 the middle, /r. oblong narrowed below. — CE. pimpinelloides Sm., 

 E. B. 347. — St. 1 — 3 feet high, slightly branched. General inv. 

 of many leaves, sometimes wanting ; partial of many leaves, 

 shorter than the barren flowers. Outer fl. on long stalks, mostly 

 barren ; inner fl. fertile, nearly sessile. Radiant pet. roundish- 

 obcordate with a short narrow claw. Partial umbels distinct, 

 spherical. Fr. crowned with the inflexed calyx. Root-leaves 

 very evanescent — Marshes. P. VII. — IX. 



4. ffi. silaifolia (Bieb. ?) ; root of elhptical-oblong knobs, 

 radical 1. bipinnate, st.-l. pinnate. Its. all linear acute, external 

 fr. nearly cylindrical with a corky base. — E. B. 348. — St. 2 — 3 

 feet high, branched. Outer fl. stalked, mostly barren ; cal. very 

 unequal ; radiant pet. small, obcordate with an attenuated base ; 

 notch i their length. Fr. usually slightly narrowed downwards, 

 in the middle of the umbel much narrowed and a])pearing to want 

 the corky base ; cal. erect or inflexed. General involucre 0, 

 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 (E. silaifolia (Bieb.), not CE.peu- 

 cedanifolia (Poll.). — In freshwater marshes. P. VI. E. 



5. CE. crocata (L.) ; root of large fusiform tubers, radical 1. 

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

 oblong-wedgeshaped variously cut those of the upper 1. narrower, 



fr. cylindrical oblong striated longer than its pedicel.—- i?. B. 

 2313. — St. 3 — 5 feet high, much branched. L. large. Its. broad. 

 Inv.-l. various in number and shape. — Wet places. P. VII. 



** Moot of whorls of slender fibres. 



6. (E. Phellandrium (Lam.) ; st. erect fusiform below, 1. trl 

 pinnate. Its. ovate pinnatifid cut spreading, of the submersed I. 

 multifld with capillary diverging segments, umbels lateral opposite 

 to the leaves, fr. ovate. — E. B. 684. — St. 2—3 feet high, very 

 thick below, stoloniferous. Segments of the 1. many, fine, 

 acute, pale green ; submersed 1. dark green. The flowering root 



