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but Bertoloni observes of the same plant " diacheniis basi magis 
angustatis quam apice." My foreign specimen of (E. silaifotia 
agrees well with the English (Cambridge) plant but wants the 
fruit. — In freshwater marshes. P. VI. E. 
4. (E. crocafa (L.) ; "root of large fusiform tubers," radical 
]. 2 — 3-pinnate, stem I. pinnatifid, leaflets stalked roundish or 
oblong -wedgvshaped variously cut those of the upper 1. narrower, 
/;•. cylindrical oblong striated longer than its pedicel. — E. B. 
2313. — St. 3 — 5 feet high, much branched. L. large, leaflets 
broad. Involucres various in number and shape. — (E. apiifolia 
has narrower and more divided upper 1. according to a Corsican 
specimen. — Wet places. P. VII. 
5. (E. Phellandrium (L.) ; rhizoma jointed with numerous 
whorled fibres at the joints, 1. tripinnate, leaflets ovate pinnatifid 
cut spreading, umbels lateral opposite to the leaves, fr. ovate- 
oblong. — E. B. 684. — St. 2 — 3 feet high, very thick and procum- 
bent below, stoloniferous. Segments of the 1. numerous, fine, 
acute, pale green ; of the submersed 1. multifid, with capillary 
diverging segments, dark green. Probably, as suggested by Koch, 
the flowering root dies each year, but the plant is continued by 
the offsets. — /3. fliwiatilis ; submersed 1. multifid : leaflets wedge- 
shaped elongate diaphanous with numerous parallel nerves very 
deeply incised at the end and divided into fingerlike acute broadly 
linear parallel segments, leaflets of the upper 1. broader than in 
var. ct. and fewer in number, fr. narrowing above and below the 
middle (?), whole plant dark livid green. Probably a distinct 
species. — In the water of ditches and ponds. /3. Swift streams, 
Hertfordshire. Rev. W. H. Coleman. B. ? (i. P. ? VII.— IX. 
18. TEthusa Linn. 
1. JE. Cynapium (L.) ; partial involucre of 3 leaves longer 
than their umbel, 1. all doubly pinnate : leaflets lanceolate de- 
current pinnatifid. — E. B. 1192. — St. about afoot high. L. dark 
green, lurid, stinking. General involucre 0 ; partial one long, 
narrow, pendulous. Herb poisonous. The vitta? appear to me 
to converge below until they meet without descending to the base 
of the carpel. — /3. pygmasa (Koch) ; umbels mostly lateral nearly 
sessile, partial involucres short, lower 1. 3-fid with obtuse seg- 
ments cut at the end, upper ones ternate. St. 4 — 6 in. high. 
JE. segetalis Boenningh. — Gardens and cultivated land. /3. near 
Chichester. Mr. W. W. Newbould. A. VII. VIII. Fools' 
Parsley. 
19. Fcenictjlum Hoffm. 
1. F. officinale (All.) ; st. terete below solid, 1. decomposite: 
segments capillary elongate, umbels of many rays concave. — 
E. B. 1208 ?— Involucres 0. St. 3—4 feet high, completely filled 
•with pith, branching. Umbels large. Fl. yellow. Whole herb 
