PL ex. cal. 45. UMBELLIFERiE. 281. CEnanthe. 509 
1 . CEnanthe crocata. Yellow water-dropwort. 
Leaves bipinnate ; leaflets all wedgeshape, many-cut, 
nearly equal ; involucrum many-leaved. 
CEnanthe cicutae facie Lobelii, Jtaii Syn. 210,3; Park. 894, 
Filipendula cicutee facie, Ger. em. 1059, 4. 
CEnanthe crocata, Lin. S. P. 365. 
Hemlock dropwort. Dead tongue. Water lovage. 
Water-sides; perennial; July. 
Root tuberous ; tubers blunt, sessile, crowded ; stem up- 
right, 4 feet high ; leaves dark green, bald ; umhells ter- 
minal, many-rayed, hemispherical. — Juice of the root, or 
an infusion of the leaves in small doses, very efficacious in 
obstinate cutaneous diseases; in large doses produces a 
fatal tetanus; herb applied as a poultice to ulcers that form 
in the cleft of the hoof in kine. 
2. CEnanthe pimpinelloides. Pimpernell water-dropwort . 
Root-leaves 2-pinnate ; leaflets wedgeshape, cut ; stem- 
leaves pinnate; leaflets linear, not cut, long; involucrum 
many-leaved, linear. 
CEnanthe staphylini folio aliquatenus accedens, Raii Syn. 210,4. 
CEnanthe pimpinelloides, Lin. S. P. 366. 
Parsley water-dropwort. 
Salt marshes; perennial; June. 
Root tuberous ; tubers slender, fusiform, peduncied ; stem 
slightly branched ; umhells terminal, many-rayed, flattish ; 
involucrum rarely 1 -leaved. 
3. CEnanthe peucedani folia. Hogs-fennel water-dropwort. 
Root-leaves 2-pinnate; stem-leaves pinnate; leaflets all 
linear, pointed ; involucrum 0 ; fruit rather cylindrical ; 
tuhexs elliptical, sessile. 
Filipendula angustifolia, Ger. em. 1059, 3. 
CEnanthe peucedanifolia, Pollich Pal , 6, 289. 
Narrow dropwort. 
Ditches and marshes; perennial; June. 
Root tuberous; tuberfe crowded ; stem slightly branched, 
stronger than the former ; umhells many-rayed \ umheliules 
flat ; centre reddish ; rays white. 
4. CEnanthe fistulosa. Pipey water-dropwort . 
Root-leaves 2-pinnate ; leaflets wedgeshape, flat ; stem- 
leaves pinnate ; leaflets and petioles cylindrical, pipey ; invo- 
lucrum scarcely any. 
