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fv. with the interstices striate. — E. B. 9!). — General involucre 0. 
Partial involucre eonnivent. — Corn-fields on a calcareous soil. 
A. VII. Tliorow-wax. Hare’s ear. E. 
Tribe IV. Seselinene. 
17. CEnanthe Linn. 
* Root fasciculated, fibres more or less thickened or tuberous. 
1. CE. fistulosa (L.); root tuberous stoloniferous, st. and 
petioles fistulose, root 1. 2 — 3-pinnatc with 3-fid leaflets, stem 1. 
siinply pinnate shorter than their petioles : leaflets linear, fr. an- 
gidar turbinate. — E.B.'MS. — St. 1 — 3 feet high, remarkably 
fistulose. Stem 1. distant, with veiy long stalks. Scions with 
simj)ly ])innate leaves. Umbels small, globose in fi’uit ; general 
involucre 0. Fruit tij)j>ed with the long slightly diverging rigid 
styles. — By ponds and ditches. P. VII. — IX. E. I. 
2. CE. j)impinelloides (L.) ; root of long fibres bearing round 
or oval knobs beyond their middle, root 1. hij)innate : leafi. 
acutely inciso-dentate or trifid, st.-l. pinnate uppermost simple ; 
leaf!, linear acute, radiant pet. ohcordate (hvided to the middle, 
fr. subcylinch’ical with an enlarged callous base. — Jacq. Aust. t. 
394. — St. 5 — 3 ft. high, alternately branched. General inv. 
B — 6-leaved ; 1. setaceous ; partial of many h, about as long as 
the barren 11. Partial umbels close together forming one com- 
pact fiat-topped umbel. Fr. nearly cylindrical, rather longer than 
the slightly diverging styles. — Gloucestershh’e. Weymouth. Isle 
of Wight. P. VIE— IX. E. 
3. (E. Lachenalii (Gmel.) ; root of elongate-subclavate fleshy 
fibres tapering at both ends, root 1. bipinnate : leafi. oblong entire or 
wedgeshaped and bluntly 2 — 3-lobed, lower stem 1. 2 — 3-pinnate 
upper simj)ly pinnate : leafi. linear acute, radiant pet. divided to 
the middle, fr. oblong not thickened below. — CE. pirnpinelloides 
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 baiTcn flowers. Outer fl. on long stalks, mostly 
barren; inner fl. fertile, nearly sessile. Radiant pet. rounthsh- 
obcordate with a short narrow claw. Partial umbels distinct, 
spherical. Fr. cromied with the rigid nearly erect styles. Root 
leaves very evanescent. — Salt marshes, rarely near fresh water. 
P. VIE— IX. 
4. (E. peucedanifolia [PoW.)-, root of elliifiical-oblong knobs, 
radical 1. bipinnate, stem 1. pinnate, leafiets all linear acute, fr. 
“ oblong attenuated downwards contracted below the cal.” — 
E. B. 348. — St. 2 — 3 feet high, slightly branched. Radiant pet. 
ohcordate with an attenuated base, notch ^ their length. I have 
not seen the ripe fruit of British specimens. General involucre 0, 
