UMBELLIFERZ. LII. Bunium. 
nut, jur-nut, or yer’nut, earth chestnut, and ground-nut ; in Germany 
it is called erdnuss ; in Holland aardnoot; in Sweden jordnot ; in 
France suron, terre noix; in Italy castagna de terra ; in Spain cas- 
tanode tierra. Root nearly globular, black, or chestnut-coloured on 
the outside and white inside ; aromatic, sweet, and mucilaginous, 
with some acrimony: they are frequently dug up and eaten by 
children. Swine are very fond of them, and will soon become fat 
with feeding on them. When boiled they are very pleasant and 
delicious, and are supposed to afford great nourishment. Thus 
prepared, they are said to be eaten in Holland and the Alps, and 
in some parts of England in soup or broth. Roasted they are 
even superior to chestnuts. 
„Var. B, Pyrene‘um (D. C. prod. 4. p. 118.) sheaths of leaves 
ciliated. 2%. H. Native of the Pyrenees. Bùnium denuda- 
tum, var. B, Pyrenz‘um, D. C. fl. fr. suppl. p. 511. no. 3496. 
Myrrhis Pyrenz'a, Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 518. Lois. 
fl. gall. ed. 2. vol. 1. p. 208. t. 5. Banium Pyrenz‘um, Lois. 
fl, gall. p. 161. t.5. Buanium pilosum, Willd. rel. in Schultes, 
syst. 6. p. 500. 
Naked-stemmed or Common Earth-nut. 
Britain. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
13 B. pu'mitum (Smith, fl. grec. 274. prod. 1. p. 187.) root 
globose ; leaves bipinnate : cauline ones petiolate, pilose ; sheaths 
short; segment of leaves cut and acute; involucrum wanting or 
I-leaved; involucels of many leaves. y. H. Native of Mount 
Parnassus. Fruit ovate-oblong. Flowers white. 
Dwarf Earth-nut. Pl. 4 foot. 
14 B. renurréxium (Salzm. pl. exsic. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 
118.) root unknown: cauline leaves petiolate ; sheaths elon- 
gated, glabrous ; segments of leaves few, linear, very narrow, 
elongated, and quite entire ; involucels of many leaves. %. H. 
Native of Mauritania, about Tangiers. Perhaps Binium am- 
moides, Link. is referrible to this plant. Flowers white. 
Fine-leaved Earth-nut. PI. 1 foot. 
15 B. crane’erimum (D.C. prod. 4. p. 118.) plant glabrous ; 
oi terete, striated; lower leaves biternate: leaflets ovate, 
obed, and toothed; superior leaves biternate : leaflets lanceolate, 
quite entire; both the involucra and involucels are usually 1- 
eaved, 4%. H. Native of Mount Atlas, near Tlemsen. Chæ- 
Tophyllum glabérrimum, Pers. ench. 1. p. 322. Poir. dict. 5. 
P. 186. Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 523. Scándix glabér- 
nmum, Desf. atl. 1. p. 260. t. 74. Flowers white. Immature 
fruit similar to that of B. denudàtum. 
Quite-glabrous Earth-nut. Pl. 1 foot. 
A a B.? ricEns (Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 500.) root 
bi nown; stem stiff, sheathed; branches spreading; leaves 
Pinnate ; leaflets obtuse, conduplicate, crenulated ; involucrum 
or many short leaves. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Pr and of the Mauritius. Cònium rigens, Lin. mant. p. 
oe Thunb. prod. p. 50. fl. cap. 2. p. 203. Dasyspérmum 
“sa Neck. elem. p. 295. (Trachyspérmum rigens, G. Don, 
h ud. hort. brit. 103.). Perhaps 2 species are confused 
Oe Perhaps it is a true species of Bunium. Flowers white. 
ot Earth-nut. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt.1787. Shrub 14 foot. 
ult. A light sandy soil suits all the species best; and they 
can only be increased by seeds. 
Fl. May, June. 
cove CRYPTOTÆ'NIA (from xpvrroc, cryptos, hidden, 
Tawa, tainia, vitta ; the vittæ of the mericarps are hidden 
ta pericarp, and are invisible, unless the mericarps are cut 
nsversely). D. C. coll. mem. 5. p. 42. prod. 4. p. 118.— 
x Pama, sect. 2. Koch, umb. 119. Cyrtospérmum, Rafin. 
itt. 1819.—Alacospérmum, Neck. elem. no. 276. ? 
“ra syst. Pentdndria, Digynia. Margin of calyx obsolete. 
als obovate, nearly entire, ending in a narrow inflexed point. 
tuit contracted from the sides, linear-oblong, crowned by a short 
LUI. Cryrrorzenta. 
LIV. Pimpine ca. 291 
stylopodium and 2 short styles; mericarps with 5, equal, fili- 
form, obtuse ribs: the 2 lateral ribs placed before the margin; 
vittæ in the furrows between the ribs numerous, covered by a 
somewhat corky pericarp, but closely adnate, and only visible 
when the carpels are cut transversely. Seed teretely convex, 
flattish in front. Carpophore free, bifid at the apex.—Perennial, 
glabrous, erect herbs. Roots not bulbous. Leaves ternate; 
leaflets ovate, coarsely toothed: teeth mucronate. Umbels nu- 
merous, almost disposed in a panicle. Rays of umbels and um- 
bellules few, very unequal. Involucrum wanting; involucels 
few-leaved. Flowers white. 
1 C. Canane'nsis (D. C. prod. 4. p. 119.) lower umbels 
rising from the axils of the superior leaves; fruit oblong. %. 
H. Native of North America, in woods among rocks ; Canada 
about Lake Huron and Quebec; frequent about Boston, in the 
United States. Sison Canadénse, Lin. spec. 363. Hoffm. 
umb. p. 36. Sium Canadénse, Lam. dict. 1. p. 407. Big. fl. 
bost. ed. 2. p. 114. Cherophyllum Canadénse, Pers. ench. 1. 
p- 820. Myrrhis Canadénsis, Mor. oxon. sect. 9. t. 11. Nutt. 
gen. amer. 1. p. 141. Geertn. fruct. t. 23. Conopòdium Cana- 
dénse, Koch, umb. 119. Myrrhis ternàta, Moench, meth. p. 
101. Sìson trifoliàtum, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 168.? Cyr- 
tospérmum trifoliàtum, Rafin. in litt. Flowers white. 
Canadian Cryptotænia. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1699. Pl. 14 ft. 
2 C. Tuoma'sn (D. C. prod. 4. p. 119.) umbels disposed in 
a naked leafless panicle; fruit ovate. 2%.H. Native of Ulte- 
rior Calabria, near rivulets, in groves on the mountains called 
Della Serra. Sison Thomàsii, Ten. prod. neap. suppl. 2. p. 66. 
syn. p. 40. Schultes, syst. 6. p. 412. A'`pium trifoliàtum se- 
minibus spársis péndulis diapénsiæ fòlio, Bocce. mus. append. 4. 
ex herb. Vaill. 
Thomas’s Cryptotænia. Pl. 1 foot. 
Cult. The species of this genus will grow in any soil; and 
may either be increased by cuttings or by seed. 
LIV. PIMPINE'LLA (altered from bipinnate, twice pinnate ; 
the leaves). Lin. gen. no. 366. Koch, umb. p. 120. f. 65. and 
66. D. C. coll. mem. 5. p. 42. but not of Tourn. Gertn. 
D. C. prod. 4. p. 119.—Pimpinélla and Tràgium, Spreng. 
Hoffm. Lag. 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Digynia. Margin of calyx obsolete. 
Petals obovate, emarginate, with an inflexed point. Fruit ovate, 
contracted from the sides, crowned by the pulvinate stylopodium 
and reflexed styles, which are capitate at the apex ; mericarps 
with 5, equal, filiform ribs: lateral ribs marginating : having 
the furrows between the ribs furnished with many vitte ; car- 
pophore free, bifid. Seed gibbously convex, flattish in front, 
—Herbs, for the most part natives of Europe. Roots simple. 
Radical leaves pinnate: leaflets roundish, toothed, rarely undi- 
vided; cauline leaves more finely dissected than the radical ones. 
Umbels and umbellules of many rays, without any involucra. 
Flowers usually white, rarely reddish or yellow. 
Secr. I. Tracosexr'num (from rpayoç, tragos, a goat, and 
ceduvov, selinon, parsley ; goats’ parsley). Tourn. inst. p. 309. 
t. 163. Moench, meth. 99. D. C. prod. 4. p. 119.—Pimpi- 
nélla, Spreng. umb. prod. p. 35. Schultes, syst. 5. p. 34. 
Hoffm. umb. 88. Fruit glabrous. Roots perennial. 
1 P, rorunprréx1a (Bieb. fl. taur. 1, p. 242.) radical and 
cauline leaves reniform, crenated; superior ones glabrous, lobed 
alittle. Y. or 4. H. Native of Iberia and Caucasus, in 
groves. Hoffm. umb. ed. 2. vol. 1. p. 92, Sison rotundifolius, 
Spreng. anleit. ed. 2. p. 2. t, 4. f. 1-4, umb. spec. p. 110. 
Leaves rather pubescent, of a form almost like those of Mélva 
sylvéstris. Involucrum none. Petals white. Stigmas purple. 
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