510 281. CEnanthe. 45. UMEBLLIFERiE. 'PL ex. cal 
CEnanthe aquatica, Rail Syn. 210, 1. 
Filipendula aquatica, Ger. em. 1060, 5. 
CEnanthe aquatica major. Park. 1233. 
CEnanthe fistulosa, Lin. S. P. 365. 
Common water-dropwort. 
Bogs and standing waters ; perennial ; July and August. 
Root stoloniferous ; stem 2 feet high, fistulous, bald; 
root-leaves sunk; umbells alternate with the leaves, 3 to 
7-rayed; involucrum 1, 3, or 5-leaved; petals flesh-colour. 
XVII. 282. ECHINOPHORA. Columna. Sea-parsnep. 
Involucrum 3 to 5-leaved, pinnate, spinous; involucella 
1 -leaved, topshape, unequally 6-cut; umbells radiated ; 
flowers of the centre sessile, female ; petals nicked : of the 
rays pedicelled, male; calyx 5-toothed; petals unequal, 
spreading ; lacinule long, lanceolate, many-cut ; fruit 
crowned with the hardened involucrum and shining per- 
sistent pedicells of the male flowers; ahenia 2, 1 mostly 
barren. 
Echinophora spinosa. Spinous sea parsnep . 
Leaves pinnate ; leaflets awlshape, spinous, 3-cut or not 
cut at all. 
Echinophora maritima spinosa, Rail Syn. 220, 1. 
Crithmqm spinosum, Ger. em. 533. 
Crithmum maritimum spinosum, seu Pastinaca marina, Park. 1286. 
Echinophora spinosa, Lin. S. P. 344. 
Prickly samphire. 
Sandy sea-shores ; perennial; July. 
Root fusiform, fleshy; stem much branched; leaves oppo- 
site ; umbells terminal, large. 
XVIIL 283. CRITHMUM. Samphire. 
Involucrum and involucella many-leaved ; calyx 5-toothed ; 
teeth unequal, large ; petals reverse ovate, keeled, nearly 
equal; lacinule long, lanceolate, blunt \ fruit ovate, ob- 
long, crowned ; akenium semi-ovate, 5-ribbed, barked, 
spongy. 
Crithmum maritimum. Sea-samphire. 
Leaves triternate ; leaflets lanceolate, acute, fleshy. 
Crithmum marinum, Raii Syn. 217, 1 ; Ger. em. 533, 1. 
Crithmum marinum vulgare, Park. 1286, 
Crithmum maritimum, Lin. S. P. 354. 
Herbe dc Sainte Pierre. Rock samphire. 
Rocks on the sea-side ; perennial ; August. 
