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UMBELLIFER. XLIV. Prycnorts. XLV. Fatcarta. 
Fennel-leaved Ptychotis. PI. 1 foot. 
5 P. Aso'wan (D. C. mem. soc. gen. vol. 4.) stem erect, 
dichotomous ; leaves few, cut into multifid linear segments: upper 
leaves pinnatifid ; umbels of 7-9 rays; leaves of the involucra 
linear, undivided. ©.H. Native of the East Indies, where it 
is called Juvanee, Ajouan, Ajoman or Ajawain. Ligisticum 
Ajouan, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 21. Athamantha Ajowan, Wall. 
mss, Ligisticum Ajawain, Schultes, syst. 6. p. 556. Fleming, 
ind. med. in asiarch. 1. p. 170. journ. bot. 4. p. 200. Ajava-seed, 
Perciv. ess. 1. p. 453. Very like P. Cóptica, but differs in the 
stem being less leafy, in the umbels being of fewer rays, in the 
rays being puberulous, and in the fruit being more ribbed, but 
puberulously tubercular in the same way. The fruit of this 
plant is prescribed in India in diseases of horses and cows. 
Ajowan Ptychotis. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
6 P. Roxpureuia'na (D. C. prod. 4. p. 109.) stem erect, 
dichotomous ; leaves ternate; leaflets deeply pinnatifid : lobes 
oblong-linear ; umbels of 6-8 rays; leaves of involucrum few. 
linear, undivided. ©. H. Native of and cultivated in various 
parts of India, but particularly in Bengal, in the island of Sin- 
gapore, and the mountains of Prome, &c. ex Wall. A‘pium invo- 
lueratum, Roxb. ex journ. bot. 1824. vol. 2. p- 188. Athamantha 
Roxburghiana, Wall. mss. and herb. 
Roxburgh’s Ptychotis. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
_7 P. acnittemroéria (D.C. prod. 4. p. 109.) stem erect, a 
little branched; leaves bipinnate ; leaflets pinnatifid; lobes 
linear-subulate, trifid, stiffish ; umbels of 6-8 rays; leaves of 
Involucra few, linear-lanceolate; fruit glabrous, rather muri- 
cated on the back along the ribs) ©.H. Native of Nipaul 
and Kamaon. Athamántha achilleifdlia, Wall. mss. A very 
distinct species, but the fruit on the specimen examined not 
SP A the genus to which it belongs is still rather 
aou ul, 
Milfoil-leaved Ptychotis. Pl. 1 foot. 
Scr. III. HETERÓPTYCHA (from érepoc, heteros, variable, 
and xruyn, ptyche, a plait; in allusion to the middle nerve of 
the petals being lamellate above, and varying in this respect from 
the rest of the sections). D.C. prod. 4. p. 109. Universal 
mvolucra none. Teeth of calyx nearly obsolete. Petals 
ah emarginate, having the middle nerve lamellate above. 
ruit echinated by bristles. Styles long, diverging a little.— 
ese a proper genus. Mature fruit unknown, and therefore 
so the vittæ. 
: $ P. eusr'rura (D. C. prod. 4. p. 109.) stem erect; leaves 
N. Tays of umbel beset with short hairs in every part. ©. H. 
ative of the Levant, about Bagdad. Rays of umbel 6-9 lines 
ong; and those of the umbellules 2 lines long. 
Puberulous Ptychotis. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 
al BARBA TA (D. C. 1. c.) stems erect, and are as well as the 
cok of the leaves glabrous; but with the sheath of the pe- 
me ` and limb of the leaf at the origin of the leaflets bearded 
x soft hairs. ©. H. Native of the Levant, between Bag- 
F a Kermancha, Rays of umbel 5-6 lines long, and those 
e umbellules hardly 2 lines long. Perhaps only a variety 
of the preceding species. 
Bearded Ptychotis. Pl. 1 foot. 
Ns Varcasta'na (D.C. 1. c.) stem much branched, erect, 
oit rous as well as the leaves : leaves pinnate: leaflets cuneated, 
= at the apex; involucrum almost wanting ; fruit clothed with 
Ort pubescence. ©. H. Native of South America, about 
a where it was collected by Vargas. Perhaps this plant 
Ongs to a different section of the genus. 
Cute 8Ptychotis. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. : 
i he species being natives of rather warm latitudes, 
iY seeds will require to be sown in warm sheltered situations, 
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or they may be reared in a hot-bed in spring, and the plants 
afterwards planted out in the open border in May. 
XLV. FALCA‘RIA (from fala, a sickle). Riv. pentap. 
(1699) no. 48. with a figure. Host, fl. austr. 1. p. 381. but 
not of Cav. . D.C. prod. 4. p. 109.—Drepanophyllum, Koch, 
umb. p. 123. but not of Hook.—Drepanophyllum species, 
Hoffm. umb. 110.—Critamus, Bess. Vohl. p. 93. Koch, emend. 
umb. 1. c. but not of Hoffm.—Sium species of Lin.—Prionitis, 
Delarb. fl. auv.—Critamus species, Koch, deutschl. fl. 2. p. 441. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Digynia. Margin of calyx 5-toothed ; 
the tube in the sterile flowers wanting, but those in the fertile 
flowers are cylindrical. Petals obovate, curved, emarginate, 
with a broad recess, having the terminating segment reflexed. 
Styles divaricate. Fruit oblong, compressed from the sides ; 
mericarps furnished with 5, filiform, equal ribs: lateral ribs 
marginating ; carpophore free, bifid; furrows between the ribs 
furnished with 1 filiform vitta each. Seed teretely convex, flat- 
tish in front.—Glabrous, perennial herbs. Leaves pinnate; 
leaflets broad-linear, decurrent, cartilaginously serrated. Um- 
bels opposite the leaves and terminal, compound, of many rays ; 
involucra of many leaves; involucels somewhat dimidiate, in 
consequence of the inner leaves being small. Flowers white, 
having hermaphrodite, fertile ones, and male sterile ones in the 
same umbellule. This genus differs from Stum in the petals 
being curved, in the furrows of the fruit being furnished with 1 
vitta each, and in the carpophore being free and bifid. 
1 F, Rivi'ni (Host, l. c.) leaves pinnate, glaucescent; leaflets 
decurrent, linear-lanceolate, sharply serrated; serratures conti- 
guous. X.H. Native of south and middle Europe, Caucasus, 
and Altaia, in plains at the river Irtysch ; and of the Levant, in 
the more elevated fields and pastures. Sium Falcaria, Lin. spec. 
p. 362. Jacq. fl. aust. t. 257. Bùnium Falcaria, Bieb. fl. taur. 
l. p. 211. Drepanophyllum agréste, Hoffm. et Koch, 1. c. 
Séseli falcària, Crantz, austr. p. 208. Critamus agréstis, Bess. 
enum. volh. p. 93. Sìum falcàtum, Dub. orl. p. 442.—Lob. 
icon. 2. t. 24. f. 1. Críthmum umbelliferum, Bauh. hist. 3. p. 
195. Roots creeping under ground. 
Rivin’s Falcaria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1726. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
2 F. Danov'rica (D. C. prod. 4. p. 110.) leaflets somewhat 
serrated: serratures acute, distant. 2/.H. Native of Dahuria. 
Sium, Gmel. sib. 1. p. 200. no. 14, t. 47. Slum cicutif olium, 
Gmel. syst. 2. p. 1. t. 482. Sium latifdlium f, Bieb. fl. taur. 
1. p. 243. Cicùta Dahirica, Fisch. cat. hort. gor. p. 45. Spreng. 
in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 458. Critamus Dahtricus, Hoffm. 
umb. p. 184. Furrows of the fruit, according to Hoffmann, 
furnished each with 1-3 vittæ, and the commissure with 4-5 
vittæ. Flowers all fertile, according to the plants examined. 
Dahurian Falcaria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt.1817. Pl. 2 to 3 ft. 
+ Species hardly known. 
3 F.Java’nica (D. C. prod. 4. p. 110.) leaves pinnate or bi- 
pinnate ; leaflets ovate-oblong, deeply serrated; umbels oppo- 
site the leaves; involucrum wanting ; but the involucels are of 
many setaceous leaves. 2%. B. F. Native of Java, in marshes, 
where it is called Tespong by the natives. Slum Javanicum, 
Blum. bijdr. p. 881. The furrows of the fruit are furnished 
with 1 vitta each, and the commissure with 2, as in the following 
species. 
Java Falcaria. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
4 F. racinia`ra (D. C. prod. 4. p. 110.) leaves bipinnate ; 
leaflets pinnatifid; umbels opposite the leaves; involucrum 
wanting; involucels of many setaceous leaves. Y. B. F. Native 
of Java, in the province of Batavia, in marshes. Sium laci- 
niatum, Blum. l. c. Perhaps a species of Oendnthe. 
Jagged-leaved Falcaria. P}. 2 to 3 feet. 
5 F.? prversirotsa (D. C. 1. c.) superior leaves ternate ; 
