290 
Divion. Sium viréscens, Spreng. umb. spec. 94. syst. 1. p. 906. 
and in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 542. Peucédanum Taitricum, hort. 
par. 1821. Lor et Dur. cat. pl. cdte-d’or, p. 37. Peucédanum 
alpéstre, Stev. in litt. 1819. Bunium peucedanoides, Bieb. ex 
Stev. Sidm Cordiénii and Sium viréscens, Lois. fl. gall. ed. 2. p. 
194. Petals greenish, nearly entire, at the apex involute ; section 
of fruit nearly terete. Vittæ in the outer furrows of the fruit 3 ; 
2 of these are incomplete; and 2 or 4 in the commissure. 
Greenish-flowered Earth-nut. P1. 1 to 2 feet. 
3 B. Lu`reum (Hoffm. umb. p. 108.) root nearly globose ; 
stem terete, branched ; leaves pinnate; leaflets decussate, pin- 
natifid : lobes linear, very fine ; leaves of involucra and invo- 
lucels very short, with membranous margins ; fruit linear-cylin- 
drical, X4. H. Native of Siberia, in deserts, at the river Don, 
near the colony of Sarepta. Bùnium lùteum, Bieb. suppl. p. 207. 
Sìum lùteum, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 906. There are 3 vittæ in each 
furrow of the fruit, according to Koch. Petals yellow. 
Yellow-flowered Earth-nut. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
Sect. II. Carorpes (from Carum, the caraway, and idea, 
form; plants with the habit of Carum,) D. C. coll. mem. 5. p. 
41. prod. 4. p. 116. Involucra usually of many leaves, rarely 
absent. Flowers white. Stylopodium depressed : styles diverg- 
ing. This section is intermediate between the genera Carum and 
Conopédium. 
4. B. carviròLium (D.C. prod. 4. p. 116.) root fusiform, 
terete, elongated; leaves bipinnate; leaflets divided into many 
linear acute lobes; stem flexuous, erect, furnished with a few 
leaves ; leaves of involucrum and involucels linear acute. 2. 
H. Native of Abruzzo, and on Mount Fiori among the Appen- 
ines; but not of Sicily, ex Guss. prod. 1. p. 339. Sìson flex- 
udsum, Ten. prod. fl. neap. p. 67. Sison carvif dlium, Bert. in 
herb. Moric. Sison prólifer, Brochi and Jan. Petals of a 
greenish white colour when dried. The furrows of the fruit, 
when immature, are furnished each with 2 or 8 vitte. 
Caraway-leaved Earth-nut. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
5B. exauce’scens (D. C. prod. 4. p. 117.) bulb ovate-ob- 
long ; stem erect, straight, terete; branches alternate ; leaves 
glaucous: radical ones bi-tripinnate, with multifid leaflets, and 
linear short lobes ; cauline leaves distant, small, multifid; leaves 
of involucra as well as of involucels, 6-7 in number, linear-ob- 
long, acute, white. 2/.H. Native of Persia, in grassy valleys 
among the mountains about Seidkhodzi. Stem 14 foot high. 
Umbels 10-11-rayed. Flowers white. 
Glaucescent Earth-nut. Pl. 14 foot. 
6 B. ravucirdtium (D. C. prod. 4. p. 117.) bulb globose ; 
stem erect, straight, terete; branches alternate ; superior leaves 
tripartite, having the lobes linear and entire; upper leaves un- 
divided, linear ; involucrum of 3-4-leaves, and the involucel of 
5-6 linear white leaves. 2%. H. Native of Persia, in grassy 
valleys of the mountains about Seidkhodzi. Herb 2 feet high. 
Lower leaves unknown. Flowers white. Umbels of 4-5 rays. 
Fruit unknown. 5 
Few-leaved Earth-nut. Pl. 2 feet. 
7 B. apny’ttum (Jan. herb. ex D.C. prod. 4. p. 117.) root 
nearly globose, thick ; stem terete, erect, nearly simple: cauline 
leaves striated at the sheaths, reduced to a short limb: both the 
involucrum and involucel are composed of 4-5 acuminated 
leaves. %. H. Native of Sicily, on the Nebrodes. Herb 
4 to 5 inches high. 
Leafless Earth-nut. Pl. 4 foot. 
8 B. atri'num (Waldst. et Kit. pl. rar. hung. 2. p. 199. t. 
182.) root nearly globose, thick ; stem terete, flexuous, hardly 
longer than the radical leaves ; segments of leaves linear-oblong, 
fleshy ; involucra of 5 linear-subulate leaves. 4%. H. Native 
of Croatia, on chalky mountains; and of Persia, in the province 
1 
UMBELLIFERZ, LII. Bunium. 
of Aderbijan. 
in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 556. 
in each furrow of the fruit. 
Var. B, petre'um (D.C. prod. 3. p. 117.) plant rather glau- 
cous; leaves of involucrum oblong-linear. 2. H. Native of 
the kingdom of Naples, on mountains about Magella. Bùnium 
petre'um, Ten. prod. fl. neap. p. 60. Perhaps Wallréthia diva- 
ricata, Presl, del. p. 134. Tuber large, pushing out many fibres 
like the tuber of a Cyclamen. Fruit not seen. 
Alpine Earth-nut. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1828. PI. 4 foot. 
9 B. rerutaroxium (Desf. ann. mus. 11. p. 275. t. 30. cor. 
Tourn. 55. t. 43.) root nearly globose; stem terete, dichoto- 
mous ; leaves all somewhat triternate : leaflets linear ; leaves 
of involucrum 1-5, of the involucel 4-5, very short; fruit nar- 
row, cylindrical. 2%. H. Native of the islands of Cyprus, 
Candia, and Scio. Sium feruleefdlium, Spreng. in Schultes, 
syst. 6. p. 539. B. ferulaceum, Smith. Tuber about the size 
of a filbert, rufous on the outside, and white on the inside. 
Flowers white. Fruit not sufficiently known. The involucrum 
is very variable in the number of leaves. 
Ferula-leaved Earth-nut. Fl. June, Jul. Cit. 1824. Pl. 1ft. 
10 B. corypa’tinum (D.C. prod. 4. p. 117.) root globose ; 
stem flexuous; segments of leaves linear-oblong ; involucrum 
almost wanting; involucels of few leaves. 2%. H. Native of 
Corsica, on the mountains. B. petrac'um, Lois. fl. gall. ed. 2 
vol. 1. p. 195. Tuber hardly so large as a pea. Stem 4-9 
inches high, sparingly branched. Umbels of 3-5 rays; and the 
umbellules of 8-10 flowers; involucels of 5-6 leaves. Fruit 
oblong: having the furrows furnished with 2-3 vittee each. 
Corydalis-like Earth-nut. Pl. 4 foot. : 
11 B. Crr'ricum (D’Urv. enum. p. 31.) root turnip-formed ; 
stem dichotomous, nearly naked; leaflets of radical leaves 
ovate and cut: of the cauline ones linear; involucrum none; 
involucels of few leaves. 2. H. Native of the Island of Cos, 
among rocks. Bulbocdstanum Créticum, radice nap 
Tourn. cor. 21. and therefore Sium napiférme, Spreng. an 
Bùnium napiforme, Willd. rel. in Schultes, syst...6. p- 539. 
Flowers white. Fruit unknown. 
Cretan Earth-nut. PI. 1 foot. 
Wallréthia tuberdsa. Spreng. pug. 2. p. 52. and 
Flowers white. There are 3 vitte 
Secr. III. Conopépium (from xovoc, konos, a cone, and rovt, 
mocog, pous, podos, a foot; in allusion to the stalk or foot of the 
style, called the stylopodium, being conical). D. C. coll. mem. 
5. p. 41. prod. 4, p. 117.—Conopddium, sect. 1. Koch, um? 
p. 118. Involucrum wanting, or of few leaves. Stylopodium 
conical, exserted. Styles straight.—Perhaps a proper genus. — 
12 B. penupa‘tum (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 525.) root globose ; 
cauline leaves nearly sessile, with short sheaths and toothed or 
cut leaflets; involucels unilateral, few-leaved. 2%. H. Native 
of the west and south of Europe, and Caucasus, in mountain mea- 
dows and grassy pastures and among bushes, especially on â 
gravelly soil; plentiful in Britain, Myrrhis capillif òlia, Guss. 
prod. fi. sic. 1. p. 351. Myýrrhis Bùnium, Spreng. umb. spec 
1. p. 131. syst. 1. p. 903. exclusive of numerous synonymes: 
Bùnium flexuòsum, With. 291. Smith, fl. brit. 1301. engl. ae 
988. Bùnium bulbocástanum, Huds. angl. 122. Curt. lond. 
fasc. 4. t. 24. Bùnium màjus, Gouan. ill. p. 10. This epe 
varies much in height. Styles long, pale, short, and ane 
Fruit ovate and oblong. Involucrum wanting, or 1-3-leave® 
Segments of the leaves linear and lanceolate, more or, an 
toothed. Sprengel refers Bùnium ammoides, Link. or Myrr = 
ammoìdes, Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 517. to the pro 
plant; and probably Myrrhis tenérrima, Presl, del. prag. 131. 15 
also referrible to it. Flowers white. There are probably nu 
merous species confused under this name. The plant has sever?" 
names in England, as earth-nut, pig-nut, ar-nut, kipper-nut, haw’ 
