CGE NA 
v. 4.526. Illuftr. t. Fe - Gertn. t. 22.—Clafs and or- 
der, Pentandria Digy Nat. Ord. Umbellate 
en. Ch. Gen, mf ad of not ee Fed atl = 
of numerous, very fhort, or no involucru 
fimple, fhorter than the umbel ; pare fmall, “het hof m sa 
leaves. Perianth of five, awl ed, permanent teeth. 
Stam. Fila 
crowned with the seeds and i fyles 
ovate, convex on one fide and ftriated, oe on the other, 
toothed at the top. 
he perianth ae Ginanthe is more con{picuous than 
in any other umbelliferou inal 
Flowers ecules hofe of the radius feffile and 
“Fruit crowned with ce calyx and ftyles ; its bark 
y: 
1. O. fflubfa. Common Water Dropwort. 
Pl. 365. Engl. ies t. 
fending forth rann St 
tubular. 
abortive. 
cork 
Linn. Sp. 
‘ - Man. t. 540. t 
em-leaves pinnated, cylindrical, 
General involuerom, for the mot 
ing in July and Aue perennial, tuberous, creep- 
ing. Stems erect, two or three feet high, branched, ‘round, 
hollow like a pipe, inflated, furrowed, {mooth, leafy, glau- 
cous. Radical-leaves immerfed, bipinnate; leaflets flat, 
wedge-fhaped, and lobed: ema Deanes alternate, pianate ; 
leaflets and ftalks cylindrical and hollow. General umbel 
compofed of from three to een partial umbels, each fur- 
nifhed with numerous, flefh-coloured flowers. Calyx-tecth 
fharp and _ {preading. 
2. 0; ; emlock Water Dropwort. Linn. Sp. 
ae 365. ool Bot. t. 2313. Jacq. Hort. Vind. v. 3. 32. 
t.5 oa the less wedge-fhaped, ae nearly equal.— 
ee : Dr. Smith) ate very noxious plant is of 
t grows in moift places about the brinks 
forked, leafy, round, furrowed. 
Leaves dark-green, bipinnate ; leat all nearly fimilar, 
moltly oppolite, feffile, veiny, fmo Umbels terminal, 
large, convex, of many general cidaae tial rays. Flowers 
white, often with purphfh ftyles and nies flightly ra- 
dian:. Calyx incurve 
The whole herb aio ands with a fetid, yellow juice, which 
is extremely virulent and poifonous, efpecially about the 
root. ret mentions ue he was affected with a giddinefs 
only from drawing the . Siw Thomas Frankland in- 
formed Dr. Smith that, to his knowledge, brood mares have 
died in confequence of eating the root 
Proliferous Water Dropwort. Linn. 
. Jacq. Hort. Vind. v. 3. 35. t. 62—The 
partial umbels male, on elongated, branched 
—Native of Jtaly a:.d Sicily. 
u al Rost perennial, | 
riated. . 
ret. #ruit a compact, hard, 
much larger than the 
ead. 
-colour, from w 
GNE 
. oO. 5 ppufe. Globular-headed Water a ale 
. Sp. PL 365. Gouan. Iluftr. 18. t. 9.—Fruit glo- 
bu he —Native of Portugal, and flowering in tee and 
four unequal rays, each een 
wers. Fruit globular, fmooth, larger than that of co- 
riander.—Gouan sic that this fpecies has a great re- 
femblance to O. pimpinelloides, but is eafily diftinguifhed by 
not having a ge triangular outline to its leaves, nor 
fo branched a 
5. O. penne ai fol. Sulphur-wort Water Dropwort. 
Pollich. Palat. v. 1. 289.t. 3. Engl. Bot. t. 348.—Leaf- 
lets all linear. General involucrum none. Knobs of the 
oot feffile, elliptical. Found in freth inland waters, but 
erves that no other Britifh author except Dr. Sibthorp has 
noticed this {pecies, probably from having cpeauie he 
with the following 0.  himpinelloider, The flowers appear 
June.—Root pe erin compofed of elliptical, ‘efile ae 
which are much crowde disc: gee Stem thic 
firm, ere, ala ar und, ftriat “an "eat, muc 
branghed. Radic ae bipinat ; nnate : 
all the leaflets linear, acute. a inked contin ‘of five 
or rae rays, of denfe 
Ae ge Parfley 
Sp. Pl. 366. . Bot. t. 347.—Leaflets of the radical 
leaves ier cloves ; thofe on the ftem entire, li- 
near, very long. General involucrum of feveral linear 
leaves.—Native of falt marfhes in various par 
Britain. It flowers in July.— Root perennial, compofed of 
many fpindle-fhaped, flender, flefhy tubers intermixed with 
res. Stem ereCt, or afcending, nearly oo ftriated, 
f{mooth leafy. Radical: leaves bipinnate ; . ofe ene 
pinnate. General umbel terminal, com Of ten or 
al ray lowers white, ‘reddith at ioe 
ack.—-This f{pecies is completely e. 
though no noxious properties are attributed to it, yet ae 
ail of making the whole 
o, enumerates five 
additional fpecies of nan Cape of Goo 
Hope.—They are 0. ¢ oe. ten ee ble inter- 
rupta, and exaltata. Thele a are all adopted deno 
CENANTHE, in Ornithology, a name given . feveral fpecies 
of Motacilla, as the ffapazina, enanthe, rubetra, rubicola, 
trochilus 3s which fee. See alfo Frineitta Petronia 
A, aname given by the ancients to athes pre- 
pared from the leaves, tendrils, and young ftalks of the vine. 
They were accounted highly diuretic. 
— in Ornithology, the name ufed by authors for the 
ftock-dov t wood-pigeon, called alfo by fome vinago, 
fomewhat lage than the common pigeon, but of the fame 
fhape and general colour. Its neck is of a fine changeable 
hue, as differently oppofed to the light; and its breaft, 
fhoulders, and wings, are of a fine ay plith hue, or red wine 
has its name vinago. Its legs are 
red, and feathered a a below ie joint. See CoLumBa 
Cinas and Migratori 
CENELAUM, ann formed of owes, wine, and eros 60» 
oil, in Pharmacy, a mixture of wine and oil; ufualiy of thick 
black wine, and oil o 
In fraftures with sounds where the bone is not bare, 
Vu Scultetus 
