156 37. "OMBELLIFEE^. 



cylindrical with a corky tase, but not narrowed at tite fotr. — 

 A S. 348. CE. media Reichen. ?— St. 2—3 feet Hg:h, branched. 

 Outer fl. stalked, mostly barren ; cal. very unecLual ; 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 pre- 

 ceding by its pet., uniform leaflets, want of a general involucre, 

 and fruit. — Scarcely Q?. sUaifolia (]3ieb.),not CE. peucedanifolia 

 (Pall.). — In freshwater marshes. P. VI. E. 



5. (E. crocdta (L.) ; root of large fusiform tubers, radical 1. 

 2— 3-pinnate, stem-1. pinnatifid, leaflets stalked roundish or 6b- 

 long-wedgesJiaped variously cut those of the upper 1. narrower, 

 fr. cylindrical oblong striate longer than its pedicel.^ — E. S. 2313, 

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

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



E. &. I. 



** lUiot of whorls of slender Jihres. PhbllandKium L. 



6. (E. Phdlan'drium (Lam.) ; st. erect fusiform below, 1, tri- 

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

 multifid with capillary diverging segments, umbels lateral oppo- 

 site 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 5 submersed 1. dark green. The flowering root 

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

 water of ditches and ponds. B. .'' VII. — IX. Horsebane. 



E. S. I. 



7. (E.f,umat'ilis (Oolem.) ; st. floating, 1. bipinnate, Us. simple 

 or pinnatifid, of the submersed I. cuneate cut pellucid with many 

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

 long.—^. N. H. xi. 188. E. B. S. 2944.— A decumbent float- 

 ing plant well marked by the submersed Its. being divided into 

 finger-like acute broadly linear parallel segments deeply cut at 

 the end. Lts. of the upper L broader than those of CE. Phellan- 

 (Zrmm.- Streams. B. or P. VII.— IX. E. 



16. JEthif'sa Linn. 'E00V& Parsley. 



1. Ai. C-tjndpivm (L.) ; partial involucre of 3 leaves longer 

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

 current pinnatifid.— -E. B. 1192.— St. 4—18 in. high. L. del- 

 toid, dark green, lurid, stinking. General inv. ; partial long, 

 narrow, pendulous, all on one side. Herb poisonous. — Cultiva- 

 ted land. A. VII. VIU. E. S. I. 



