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dies each year, but the plant is continued by the offsets. — In the 

 water of ditches and ponds. B. ? VII.— IX. 



7. CE. fluviatilis (Colem.); st. floating, 1. bipinnate, te. simple 

 or piunatifid, of the submersed I. cuneate out pellucid with many 

 parallel veins, umbels lateral opposite to the 1., fr. broadly elhp- 

 tical.— J. N. H. xi. 188. B. B. S. 2944.— A. decumbent floating 

 plant well marked by the submersed Its. being divided into finger- 

 like acute broadly linear parallel segments deeply incised at the end. 

 Lts. of the upper 1. broader than those of (E. Phellandrium. — 

 Streams. B. or P. VII.— IX. E. 



18. Mthvsa. Linn. Fools' Parsley. 



1. .M. Cynapium (L.); partial involucre of 3 leaves longer 

 than their umbel, 1. all doubly pinnate, leaflets lanceolate decur- 

 rent pinnatifld. — E. JS. 1192. — St. 4 — 12 in. high. L, dark green, 

 lurid, stinking. General involucre ; partial one long, narrow, 

 pendulous. Herb poisonous. — Cultivated land. A. VII. VIII. 



19. FcENicuLTjM Roffm. Fennel. 



1. F. officinale (AH.); st. terete below, 1. decomposite, seg- 

 ments all capillary elongate in the upper I. flaccid, umbels of 

 many rays concave. — Meum Sm., E. B. 1208. — Involucres 0. 

 St. 3 — 4 feet high, usually filled with pith, branching. Umbels 

 large. Fl. yellow. Whole herb aromatic. Segments of 1. chan- 

 neled, usually capillary in the wild plant, but the cultivated plant 

 with awlshaped segments is probably the same species. — Rocks 

 and walls, particularly near the sea. P. VII. Vlll. E. I. 



20. Seseli Linn. Mountain Spignel. 



1. S. Ldbanotis (Koch); 1. doubly pinnate cut, segments lan- 

 ceolate mucronate, the lowermost leaflets crossing, general in- 

 volucre of many leaves, fr. hairy. — Athamanta Sm.,E.B. 138. — 

 St. 1 — 3 feet high, covered at the base with the fibrous remains 

 of decayed petioles. Umbels terminal, convex, with many 

 downy rays. — Chalk hills of Cambridgeshire and Sussex. P. 

 VII. VIII. E. 



21. Haloscias Fries. Scottish Lovage. 



1. H. scoticum (Fv.) ; 1. twice ternate, leaflets ovate somewhat 

 rhomboidal dentate-serrate opaque, involucre of 6 — 7 hnear- 

 lanceolate leaves, cal. 5-toothed. — Ligusticum L., E.B. 1207, — 

 St. herbaceous, nearly simple, striated, tinged with red, 1 — H 

 foot high. Lts. large, lobed and cut. Interstices with 3, com- 



