UMBELLIFERZ. L. Carum. 
amer, 1. p. 661. Differing from the European plant in the 
leaves being remarkably long and slender. ; 
Var. £, ròseum, flowers rose-coloured. %. H. Native of 
Altaia, near Krasnajaparki, at the river Irtysh. 
A Common Carvi, or Caraway. Fl. May, Ju. Britain. 
oot. 
2 C. xiciputum (Koch, in litt. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 115.) root 
fusiform ; stem nearly naked, sparingly branched, quite gla- 
brous; lower leaves pinnate : leaflets many-parted, even from the 
base : lobes linear-subulate, acute, undivided or parted ; upper 
sheaths adpressed, almost leafless; involucrum almost wanting ; 
leaves of involucels linear-subulate, about equal in length to the 
umbellules ; fruit glabrous. u.H. Native of Liguria, about 
Sarzana, &c. Selinum rigidulum, Viv. fl. ital. fragm. 1. p. 14. 
t. 15. ann. bot. 1. p. 2. p. 164. Spreng umb. spec. 76. Bertol. 
ameen. ital. p. 348. S. Appianum, Pers. ench. 1. p. 309. S. Appi- 
anum, Viv. cat. Séseli pimpinelloides Lin. spec, p. 872. Willd. 
nov, act. nat. cur. 4. p. 109. spec. 1459 ; but the plant under this 
name from Sprengel is S. Peucédanum Chabree'i, var.3, Poddlicum. 
Stiff Caraway. FI. July, Aug. Clt. 1826. Pl. 1 foot. 
Pl. 14 
Secr. II. Bu.goca’stanum (from bulbus, a bulb, and castanea, 
a chestnut ; the root is bulbous, and tastes like achestnut.) Adans. 
fam. 2. p. 97. but not of Lag. Both the involucra and involucels 
are many-leaved. 
* Root bulbous. 
8 C. utpoca’stanum (Koch, umb. p. 121.) root globose ; 
Stems terete, branched ; leaves decompound ; leaflets linear, 
cuspidate, a little channelled, quite entire, and rather bifid : 
leaves of involucra and involucels numerous, subulate. W H. 
Native of Europe in heaths, pastures, among bushes, and in 
woods. Bunium, bulbocástanum, Lin. spec. p. 349. Fl. dan. 
t. 220. Lam. ill. t. 197. Bùnrium minus Gouan. ill. p. 10. 
Binium flexudsum, Smith. Sium Bulbocástanum, Spreng in 
Schultes, syst. 6. p. 538. Scándix Bulbocástanum, Mæœnch, 
S Pp- 101.—Lob. icon. t. 745. f. 1. Tuber or root spherical, 
ack on the outside and white inside, of an agreeable sweet 
taste. Root leaves tripinnate, cauline ones bipinnate. 
Bulbocastanum, or Earth-nut. Fl. May, Ju. Pl. 1 to 2 ft. 
** Root fasciculate. 
4C. VERTICILLA‘TuM (Koch, umb. p. 122.) root fasciculate, 
with spindle-shaped branches; stem terete, hardly branched ; 
faves pinnate; leaflets many-parted ; segments crowded in a 
whorled manner, linear-filiform; leaves of both involucra and 
ences numerous, short, and deflexed. %. H. Native of 
e western parts of Europe, from Corsica to Britain; plentiful 
ie western parts of Scotland and Wales; in Ireland, near 
ane bridge, Killarney, and between Bantry Bay and the river 
ioe mare, Sìson verticillàtum, Lin. spec. 363. Smith, engl. 
ot. t. 895. Lightf. scot. 1096. t. 35. Sium verticillàtum, 
am. dict. 1. p. 407. Carvi foliis tenuissimis asphodeli radice, 
: ae inst. 306. Carvi Lusitánicum, &c. Juss. herb. Sprengel 
e di to this the Æthùsa fatua, Ait. hort. kew, 1. p. 355. or 
os ri fatuum, Pers. ench. 1. p. 319. but it appears to have 
me to do with the present plant. Flowers white. 
E horled-leaved Caraway. Fl. July. Britain. PI. 1 foot. 
ult. The more sandy the soil is the better the species will 
seg They are increased either by dividing at the root, or by 
LI. CHAMASCIA‘DIUM (from yapan, chamai, on the 
aaa, and oxadioy, skiadion, an umbel; in allusion to the 
P ras being dwarf as well as umbelliferous). Meyer, verz. 
planz, p. 122,—Banium species of Bieb. 
voipi Pentándria, Digýnia. Margin of calyx a little 
IL 
LI. Cuamasciapium. LII. Burm. 289 
toothed. Petals ovate-lanceolate, quite entire, oblique or in- 
flexed at the apex. Stylopodium depressed, margined. Styles 
reflexed. Fruit ovate-oblong, compressed from the sides; meri- 
carps solid, having 5 equal filiform ribs: the lateral ribs margin- 
ating; with the furrows between the ribs furnished with 3-4 
vittee each. Seed somewhat semi-terete, flattish in front; car- 
pophore adnate, bifid at the apex.—An herb witha fusiform root, 
supra-decompound or bipinnate leaves: having the segments or 
leaflets divided into many setaceous lobes. Scapes radical. In- 
volucra and involucels of many leaves. Petals yellow. Com- 
missure of fruit furnished with 4-6 vittæ. The fruit is nearly 
like that of Stum, and the petals that of Helosciadium. 
1 C. Fiave'scens (Meyer, l.c.). 2%.H. Native throughout 
the whole of Caucasus, in grassy places, at the elevation of from 
2400 to 8000 feet; and of Cappadocia. Bunium acaile, Hoffm. 
umb. 1. p. 87. and 108. Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. p. 205. A’mmi 
acatile, Schultes, syst. 6. p.530. Cárvi Cappadócicum acaŭúlon 
foliis Chamæmeli, Tourn. cor. p. 21. 
Yellowish-flowered Chamæsciadium. Cit. 
1820. Pl. 1 foot. 
Cult. See Bùnium for culture and propagation. 
LII. BU‘NIUM (from Bovvoc, bounos, a hill; habitation of 
some of the species) Koch, in litt. 1828. Link. enum. 1. p. 267? 
D.C. coll. mem. 5, p. 41. prod. 4. p. 115.—Bulbocastanum, 
Lag. am. nat. 2. p. 99. but not of Adans.—Myrrhis and Wall- 
réthia species Spreng.—Binium species of Lin. 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Monogynia. Margin of calyx obsolete. 
Petals obovate, emarginate, with an inflexed point. Fruit con- 
tracted from the sides, linear-oblong ; mericarps furnished with 
5 equal filiform, obtuse ribs : lateral ribs marginating ; having the 
furrows between the ribs furnished with 2-3 vittæ each, and the 
commissure with 4 vitte ; the vittæ all superficial. Carpophore 
free, bifid. Seed teretely convex on the outside, and flattish 
in front. Herbs perennial. Roots usually tuberous and globose. 
Stems terete and attenuated at the base in the tuberous rooted 
species. Leaves decompound; segments or leaflets divided into 
many slender linear lobes; involucra various: involucels few- 
leaved. Flowers white, rarely yellow or green. 
Fl. June, July. 
Secr. I. Cury'seum (from ypvaoc, chrysos, gold; in allusion 
to the yellow flowers of the species.) D. C. coll. mem. 5. p. 41. 
prod. 4. p. 116. Both the involucra and involucels are many- 
leaved. Flowers yellow or greenish, Styles diverging. The 
vittee in the furrows of the fruit in the different species are 
variable in number. This section is intermediate between Carum 
and Bùnium, but differs from both these genera in the flowers 
being yellow. 
1 B. peucepanoipes (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 211. suppl. 208.) 
root fusiform ; stem striately furrowed, branched; leaves bipin- 
nate: leaflets of the radical leaves decussated, with broader 
lobes; segments of the cauline leaves linear and divaricate; 
leaves of involucra and involucels short and setaceous ; rays of 
umbel very unequal. %. H. Native of Caucasus, about Nar- 
tzana, and on Mount Bechtau, among grass. Sium peucedanoi- 
des, Spreng. umb, spec. 41. no. 5. syst. 1. p. 906, Peucédanum 
carvifolium, Bieb. Petals pale yellow. The furrows of the 
fruit are only furnished with one vitta each, according to Besser ; 
but in fruit of the plant sent from Fischer, the furrows are 
furnished with 2-3 vittze each, rarely solitary. 
Sulphur-wort-like Earth-nut. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. 
Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
2 B. vire’scens (D. C, mem, soc. gen. vol. 4. prod. 4, p. 116.) 
root fusiform; stem striately furrowed, branched ; leaves bi- 
pinnate; leaflets of all the leaves linear; leaves of involucra 
and involucels short and setaceous ; rays of umbel very unequal. 
4.H. Native of Burgundy, on a mountain called Afrique, near 
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