﻿Knowl. (2nd od.) p. 137.— Don’s Gen. Syst. of Card, and Hot. v. iii. p. 277'.— 

 Curt. Brit. Entomol. v. iii. 1. 141.— Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 82. — Mack. Catal. of 

 PI. of Irel. p. 30. — Apium palustre et A. officinarum, Ray’s Syn. p. 214. — 

 Eleoselinum sive Paludapinm, Johnson's Gerarde, p. 1014. 



Localities.— In ditches and marshy ground. Frequent. — Oxfordshire; 

 Marston ; Stanton-IIarcourt Common ; and South Leigh : Dr. Simiiop.p. Near 

 Elsfield : Rev. Mr. Walker. — Bedfordshire ; At Medbury, Wilshamsted, and 

 Goldington: Rev. C. Arbot.— Cambridgeshire ; At. Spital-house End. Ditch 

 between Trinity Walk, and St. John’s Grove, &c. : Rev. R. Relhan. — Corn- 

 wall; In a hog near Marazion : Mr. Watt.— Devon ; Topsham Marshes; 

 Lympstone; Hackney Marshes near Kingsteignton ; Banks of the Dart near 

 Totness ; Kingskerswell, near the church ; and near Torquay : Rev. A. Neck. — 

 Durham ; In Salt Marshes on the rivers Wear and Tees: N. J. Winch, Esq. — 

 Kent; In water-courses on the Marsh at Northfleet : Salisbury.— Lancash. 

 Near Warrington : G.Crosfikld, Esq. of Liverpool. Rimrose Bridge, be- 

 tween Bootle and Crosby, and Park shore, neat Liveipool: Dr. Bostock and 

 Mr. Shepherd. — Norfolk; In Salt Marshes near Yarmouth : Mr. Woodward. 

 — Northumberland ; In Salt Marshes on the river Blyth and Tyne : N. J. 

 Winch, Esq. — Warwickshire ; In ditcheson the road-side between Dunchurch 

 and Southam nearly opposite to the village of Leamington Hastang t — Worces- 

 tershire ; On the canal beyond Droitwich. In a ditch at Upton Snodsbury. 

 It is also to be found at Bretforton, near Badsey: T. Purton, Esq. — Yorksh. 

 In a ditch near Coatham : L. E. O. in Mag. of Nat. Hist. v. iii. p. 168. — 

 WALES. Anglesey; In the Castle-moat at Beaumares abundantly, and on 

 the banks of most of our rivers near the Sea: Rev. H. Davies — SCOTLAND. 

 In ditches behind Musselburgh: Dr. Parsons. — IRELAND. In Salt Marshes, 

 common: Mr. J. T. Mack ay. 



Biennial. — Flowers from July to September. 



Root tap-shaped. Stem 2 or 3 feet high, upright, branched, 

 smooth, shining, leafy, and deeply furrowed. Leaves alternate, 

 pinnate or ternate, bright green ; the radical ones on long petioles ; 

 the cauline ones nearly sessile ; leaflets wedge-shaped ; entire in 

 their lower part, variously notched, often deeply lobed, in front. 

 Umbels of from 5 to 15 unequal rays, terminal and lateral, often 

 almost sessile, accompanied by 1 or 2 ternate leaves, which are 

 greatly diminished, and almost entire. Umbellulcs ( partial um- 

 bels J very small, without any involucrums. Flowers small, nu- 

 merous, greenish-white. Fruit small, roundish, crowned with 

 the permanent, wide-spreading styles. 



The seeds, and whole plant, in its native ditches are acrid and 

 dangerous, with a peculiar rank coarse taste and smell. The effects 

 of cultivation in producing from this plant the mild and grateful 

 Garden Celery, are not a little remarkable ; for which, and its 

 name, we are indebted to the Italians. Celery has now supplanted 

 our native Alexanders, Smyrnium Olusatrum. According to the 

 observations of Linnteus, sheep and goats eat this plant; cows 

 are not fond of it ; horses refuse it. The seeds yield an essen- 

 tial oil. 



The lame of Alysia Apii, Curt. Brit. Entom. v. iii, t. 141, feed 

 on the leaves of the cultivated varieties of this plant. 



