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of your sample with some specimens of either of them. Of 
the four foetid gum resins above referred to, it certainly ap- 
proaches Galbanum the nearest.” 
From this it is I think clear, that the species in question, 
if not the origin of Galbanum, must be very near it. Now 
its fruit has no resemblance to that called Galbanum by Pro- 
fessor Don, and in fact the plant itself is new to science. 
At tirst I took the specimens for a new kind of Opopanax, 
supposing my fruit to be very young ; for they are in no small 
degree like that of Opopanax shortly after flowering; but 
when I found them containing solidified albumen, no doubt 
could be entertained of their being in nearly a perfect state. 
This plant, instead of being a neighbour of Ferula and Opo- 
eiue. must be stationed somewhere in the neighbourhood of 
myrnium, from all whose related genera it is essentially dis- 
tinguished by the surface and vitte of the fruit. The following 
name and character are what 1 would propose for its future 
designation. 
108. : OPOIDIA. 
Flores polygami. Calyx obsoletus, 5-dentatus, equalis. Petala ovata, acumi- 
nata, acumine inde. Fructus teres, ovalis.  Mericarpia jugis 3 primariis 
angulos obcuros referentibus: valleculis planis. Vitte jugorum primario- 
rum solitarie minuts, secundariorum maxim: solitarie, commissurales dua 
maxime ‘dueque obsolete. Semen involutum. Herba erecta, minuté 
scabra. ` Folia lata bipinnata. Umbelle terminales et laterales composite. 
Involucrum universale subnullum, partiale polyphyllum. Flores pallidé 
flavi. - | 
Oporpia galbanifera. Hab. in Persia, provincia Khorasan prope Durrood. 
Folia bipinnata, bijuga, petiolo glabro, ceeterúm scabriuscula ; foliolis oblongis, 
obtusis, serrulatis, decurrentibus, Opopanacis facie. Caulis elatus, robus- 
tus, glaber; umbellis quibusdam sessilibus in axilla ramorum, quibusdam 
terminalibus pedunculatis; radii umbellarum umbellulis 3-pló longiores. 
Invol. univ. nullum, aut parcum, foliolis ovatis. membranaceo-marginatis ; 
cete polyphyllum, conforme. Umbellule patul«e, pedicellis fruetu dupló 
ongioribus, Petala albida, ovata, parva, acumine lineari acuto inflexo. 
Discus 4 clypeatus, decagonus, fere astylus. Fructus junioris teretis 
ovalis basi pauló angustati juga primaria anguli tantum obsoleti, quorum 
lateralia marginantia, valleculis planis. Albumen intüs sulcatum, dorso 
alté exaratum ad vittas 4 maximas recipiendas; vittee sub jugis minime in 
medio pericarpii; commissuralés duse maximz antesulcum albuminis, duce 
minimz in medio inter axin et marginem, 
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