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distant, with very long stalks. Stoles with simply pinnate 
leaves. Umbels small, globose in fruit ; general involucre 0. 
Fruit tipped with the long slightly diverging rigid styles. — By 
ponds and ditches. P. VII.— IX. E. S. I. 
2. (E. pimjyindl (Sides (L.) ; root of long fibres bearing round 
or ovoid knobs beyond their middle, root-1. bipinnate with ob- 
ovate-wedgeshaped 3-lobed Its., st.-l. pinnate with linear acute 
Its., uppermost 1. simple, radiant pet. obcordate divided to the 
middle, /r. subcylindrical vnth an etdarged corky base but not 
narrowed at the top.— ^. B. S. 2991. Jacq. Aust. t. 394.— St. 
1 — 3 ft. high, alternately branched. General inv. 0 — 6-leaved ; 
partial of many 1., about as long as the barren fl. Partial um- 
bels close together forming one compact flat-topped comj>ound 
umbel. Fr. nearly cylindrical ; cal. erect-patent. — Southern 
counties. P. VI. VII. E. I. 
3. ffi. Lachendlii (Gmel.) ; root of long subclavate fleshy 
fibres tapering at both ends, root-l. bipinnate oblong entire 
w wedgeshaped and bluntly 2 — 3-lobed Its., lower st.-l. 2 — 3- 
pinnate with linear acute Its., upper 1. simply pinnate, radiant 
pet. divided to the middle, fr. oblong not corky below rounded 
and contracted at the top. — CE . pimpinelldides (Sm.). E. B. 347. 
— St. 1 — 3 feet high, slightly branched. General inv. of many 
leaves, sometimes wanting ; partial of many leaves, shorter than 
the barren flowers. Outer fi. on long stalks, mostly barren ; 
inner fl. fertile, nearly sessile. Eadiant pet. roundish obcor- 
date with a short narrow claw. Partial umbels distinct spheri- 
cal. Fr. crowned with the 'inflexed calyx. Root-leaves soon 
vanishing. — Marshes. P. VII. — IX. E. S. I. 
4. (E. p)eucedanif6lia (Poll.) ; root of elliptic-oblong knobs, 
radical 1. bipinnate, st.-l. pinnate, Its. all linear acute, external 
fr. nearly cylindrical with a corky base, but not narrowed at the 
top.— B. 348. (E. sildifolia (Bieb. X) ed. viii.— St. 2—3 feet 
high, branched. Outer fl. stalked, mostly barren ; cal. very 
unequal : radiant pet. small, obcordate with an attenuate base, 
notch their length. Fr. usually slightly narrower downwards, 
in the middle of the umbel much narrower and appearing to 
want the corky base ; cal. erect or inflexed. General involucre 
0 ; partial of many leaves shorter than the flowers. Distin- 
guished from the preceding by its pet., uniform leaflets, want 
of a general involucre, and fruit. — ^The true name of this plant 
is very doubtful. — 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 
