iETHUSA. — FCENICULUM. 
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oblang-wedgeshapedv&Tionsly cut those of the upper 1. narrower, 
fr. cylindrical oblong striate longer than its pedicel. £. B. 
2313. — Poisonous. St. 3 — 5 feet high, much branched. L. 
large, Its. broad. Inv.-l. various in number and shape. — Wet 
places.-P. VII. E. S. I. 
** Root of whorls of slender fibres. Phellandkium L. 
6. (E. aquat'ica (Lam.) ; st. erect fusiform below, 1. tri- 
pinnate, Its. ovate pinnatifid cut spreading, of the submersed I. 
mnltifid with capillary diverging segments, umbels lateral oppo- 
site to the leaves, fr. ovate. — (E. Phellandrivm (Lam.). E. B. 
684. — St. 2 — 3 feet high, very thick below, stoloniferous. 
Segments of the 1. many, fine, acute, pale green ; submersed 1. 
dark green. The flowering root dies each year ; but the plant 
is continued by the offsets. — In wet ditches and ponds. B. 1 
VII.— IX. Horsebane. E. S. I. 
7. CE.fluviat'ilis (Golem.) ; st. floating, 1. bipinnate. Its. simple 
or pinnatifid, q/" the submersed I. cuneate cut pellucid with many 
parallel veins, umbels lateral opposite to the 1., fr. broadly ob- 
long.—^. iV. H. xi. 188. E. B. S. 2941-.— 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 eiul. Lts. of the upper 1. broader than those of (E. Phellan- 
drium.— Streams. B. or P. VII.— IX. E. I. 
16. ^thtt'sa Linn, diagn. em. Hoffm. Fool's Parsley. 
1. uE. Cyndpium (L.) ; partial involucre of 3 leaves longer 
than their umbel, 1. all doubly pinnate, leaflets lanceolate de- 
current pinnatifid.—^. B. 1192.— St. 4—18 in. high. L. del- 
toid, dark green, lurid, stinking. General inv. 0 ; partial long, 
narrow, pendulous, all on one side. Herb poisonous. — Culti- 
vated land. A. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 
17. FcENic'xjLUM if^7^. Fennel. 
1. F. v%dgdre (Mill.) ; st. terete below, 1. 3 — 4 times pinnate, 
segments all capillary long in the upper I. flaccid, umbels of 
many rays concave. — E. B. 1208. F. ojjicinale (AH.) — Invo- 
lucre 0. St. 3 — 4 feet high, usually filled with pith, branching. 
Umbels large. Fl. yellow. Whole herb aromatic. Segments of 
i. channelled, usually capiUary in the wild plant ; but the culti- 
vated plant with awlshaped segments is probably the same 
species. — Eocks and walls, particularly near the sea. P VII 
VIIL E. I. 
