DROPWORT  , in See also:

• BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany, the See also:

• COMMON

common name for a See also:

• SPECIES

species of Spiraea, S. filipendula (nat. ord . See also:

• ROSACEAE

Rosaceae) , found in dry pastures . It is a perennial See also:

• HERB (Lat. herba, grass, food for cattle, generally taken to represent the Old Lat. forbea, Gr. 4op(3i1, pasture, <0p/3Ew, to feed, Sans. bharb, to eat)

herb, with much divided See also:

• RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root)

radical leaves and an erect See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem 2 to 3 ft. high bearing a loose terminal inflorescence of small See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers, closely resembling those of the nearly allied species S . Ulmaria, or meadowsweet . See also:

• WATER

Water Dropwort, Oenanthe crocata (nat. ord . See also:

• UMBELLIFERAE

Umbelliferae), is a tall herbaceous plant growing in marshes and ditches . The stem, which springs from a cluster of thickened roots, is stout, branched, hollow and 2 to 5 ft. high; the leaves are large and pinnately divided, and the flowers are See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne in a See also:

• COMPOUND
• COMPOUND (from Lat. componere, to combine or put together)

compound umbel, the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long rays bearing dense partial umbels of small white flowers . The plant, which is very poisonous, is often mistaken for See also:

• CELERY (Apium graveolens)

celery .