Enanthe. | XXXV. UMBELLIFERZ. 191 
ones, few or none under the general umbel. The pedicellate flowers at the 
circumference of the partial umbels are mostly but not always barren, the 
central fertile ones almost sessile. Fruit somewhat corky, the ribs broad 
and scarcely prominent. 
In wet ditches, and along rivers and streams in western Europe, extend- 
ing eastward into Italy, but not into central France. Common in England 
Ireland, and Scotland. FU. summer. 
4, G. Phellandrium, Lam. (fig. 424). Fine-leaved Cinanth.—Stem 
rooting at the base, and either thickened and erect, or elongated and 
creeping, or floating, according to the situation it grows in, the flowering 
branches erect or ascending. Stem-leaves twice or thrice pinnate, with 
small oblong and entire, or cuneate and lobed segments; or, when under 
water, all the lobes are narrow and long, sometimes capillary. Umbels 
much smaller than in @. crocata, and almost all on very short peduncles, 
either opposite to the leaves or in the forks of the branches. Rays seldom 
above 12. No general involucre, and but very small, narrow bracts to the 
partial ones. Fruits rather different from those of the other species, being 
shortly pedicellate, cylindrical, with scarcely prominent, broad ribs, and 
the calycine teeth very minute. _ 
In wet ditches, ponds, and along rivers and streams, throughout the 
temperate parts of Europe and Russian Asia. Not uncommon in England 
and Ireland, but rare in Scotland, where it has not been found north of 
Haddington. Fl. summer. A variety growing usually in deeper or run- 
ning water, with the lower part of the stem much elongated and slender, 
has been distinguished as a species, under the name of @, fluviatilis. 
XV. ETHUSA. ATHUSA. 
Leaves dissected. Umbels compound, with partial involucres, Petals 
white, notched, with an inflected point. Fruit ovoid, not laterally com- 
pressed, without visible calycine teeth. Carpels with 5 thick, prominent 
ribs, and narrow furrows, with a vitta under each. 
A single species, differing from Seseli more in habit than in character. 
1, #4. Cynapium, Linn. (fig. 425). Common Athusa, Fools Parsley. 
—An erect, glabrous, leafy annual, 1 to 2 feet high, with forked branches, 
emitting a nauseous smell when rubbed, Leaves of a bright green, twice 
or thrice pinnate, the segments ovate-lanceolate, more or less deeply cut 
into narrow lobes. Umbels on long peduncles, either terminal or opposite 
to the leaves, of 8 to 12 rays, usually without general involucres. Partial 
involucres of 2 or 3 long, linear bracts, turned downwards towards the out- 
side of the umbels, a character peculiar to this species among British 
Umbellifere. Fruit about 1} lines long, with very small reflected styles. 
A common weed in fields and gardens, throughout Europe and Russian 
Asia, except the extreme north. Abundant in England, but does not appear 
to extend beyond Elgin in Scotland; it is a native of Ireland. fi, 
summer and autumn, | 
XVI. FH NICULUM. FENNEL. 
Leaves finely dissected. Umbels compound, without involucres. Petals 
yellow, entire, inflected at the top, but not pointed. Fruit oval, slightly 
