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Round-leaved Burnet-saxifrage. 
Pl. 2 feet. 
2 P. ma'ana (Lin. mant. 217.) radical leaves pinnate ; leaflets 
serrated and somewhat cut, ovate or oblong: the terminal one 
3-lobed. 3%. H. Native throughout the whole of Europe, 
Caucasus, and the Levant, in mountain meadows, pastures, and 
woods. In Britain it grows chiefly in woods and hedges, in a 
calcareous soil. Smith, engl. bot. t. 408. Fl. dan. 1155. 
Hayn. arz. gew. 7. t. 21. Jacq. aust. 4. t. 396. P. major, 
Mill. dict. no. 1. Gouan. ill. p.21. P. saxffraga, Spreng. syn. 
213. Tragoselinum majus, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 448. Tragose- 
linum magnum, Meench, meth. 99.—Barrel. icon. t. 248. P. 
saxifraga, Ray. syn. 213. Petiv. brit. t. 26. f. 5. Saxifraga 
magna, Dod. pempt. 315. f.1. This and the following species 
partake nearly of the same qualities. The root is very acrid, 
burning the mouth like pepper. It affords a blue oil. Its acri- 
mony has occasioned it to be used to cure tooth-ache, and to 
clear the skin from freckles. It is chewed to promote the se- 
cretion of saliva, and is used in gargles to dissolve viscid mucous 
in the throat. In Germany it is prescribed in the asthma and 
dropsy. Flowers either white or reddish. 
Var. B, rùbens (D. C. prod. 4. p. 120.) flowers reddish. P. 
rubra, Hoppe. exsic. 
Var. y, orientalis (D. C. 1. c.) leaflets all pinnatifid ; lobes 
lanceolate, acute; flowers white. P. orientalis, Gouan. ill. t. 
15. Jacq. aust. t. 397. Plenck, icon. t. 224. P. mèdia, Hoffm. 
ex Spreng. 
Var. ò, rosea (Stev. in litt. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 120.) leaf- 
lets acutely and deeply pinnatifid ; flowers rose-coloured. Na- 
tive of Caucasus, at Nartzana. P. dissécta, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. 
p. 241. 
Var. £, dissécta (D. C. prod. 4. p. 120.) leaflets of the superior 
leaves bipinnatifid: having the segments linear-lanceolate. P, 
dissécta, Retz. obs. 3. t. 2. P. praténsis, Thuill. P, laciniata, 
Thor. land. p. 108. Horn. hort. hafn. suppl. p. 36. Nees. off. 
pfiz. 10. t. 19. P. peregrina, Lejeune, fl. spa. 1. p. 145. 
Flowers white. 
Large Burnet-saxifrage. Fl. Ju. Aug. Brit. Pl. 3 to 4ft. 
8 P. saxi’rraca (Lin. spec. 378.) radical leaves pinnate ; 
leaflets of the radical leaves toothed or cut, roundish: of the 
uppermost in various linear segments. Y.H. Native through- 
out the whole of Europe, Tauria, Caucasus, and Persia, in dry 
sandy, gravelly, or chalky pastures, on banks, and on rocks; 
plentiful in some parts of Britain. Smith, engl. bot. t. 407. 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. 
Hayne, arzn. gew. 7. t. 20. Schkuhr, handb. t. 78. Hoffm. 
umb. p. 90. Martyn. fi. rust. t. 127. Woodv. med. bot. t. 
179. Jacq. austr. t. 395. Fl. dan. t. 699. Tragoselinum 
minus, Lam. fl. fr. Tragoselinum saxifragum, Moench, meth. 
99. P. crispa, Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 289. Flowers white. A 
very variable plant. 
Var. B, nigra (D. C. prod. 4. p. 120.) plant pubescent; leaf- 
lets of lower leaves ovate, serrated, somewhat lobed, rather 
cordate at the base; the upper leaves bipinnate ; root black. 
P. nigra, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1471.—J. Bauh. hist. 3. p. 111. f. 2. 
Var. y, hircina (D. C. 1. c.) plant rather pubescent; leaflets 
of nearly all the leaves pinnatifid or jagged. P. hircina, Moench, 
hass. no. 255. P. Genevénsis, Vill. dauph. 2. p. 604. 
Var. 6, dissécta; leaflets all bipinnatifid, with narrow seg- 
ments. 
Common Burnet-saxifrage. Fl. Ju. Aug. Brit. Pl. 1 to2 ft. 
4 P. wu'rea (Desf. atl. 1. p. 255. t. 76.) radical leaves pin- 
nate, pubescent ; leaflets cordate, toothed, cut in front ; superior 
leaves entire, small, and linear. 2%. H. Native of Mount 
Atlas. Tragoselinum altissimum Africanum, Tourn. inst. p. 
309. P. maxima Africana, Magn. bot. monsp. app. ex herb, 
Vaill. ‘Terminal leaflet of radical leaves somewhat 3-lobed. 
UMBELLIFERZA, LIV. Pimpinetta. 
Stem erect, branched, dichotomous ; branches filiform, twiggy, 
almost leafless. Flowers yellow, with an aromatic odour. 
Yellow-flowered Burnet-saxifrage. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1823, 
Pl. 3 to 4 feet. ; 
5 P. av'rea (D. C. prod. 4. p. 120.) lower leaves pinnate, 
glabrous ; leaflets cuneated, 2-3-lobed at the apex: teeth large, 
few, mucronate ; cauline leaves trifid or undivided and linear, 
few; petals ciliated, hardly emarginate. %. H. Native of 
Persia, in gravelly places at Khoi, in the province of Ader- 
beidjan. A very distinct species, with yellow flowers, differing 
from P. lutea in the plant being glabrous, in the form of the 
leaflets, and in the petals being ciliated. Fruit subglobose, di- 
dymous, compressed, furnished with many vittz in the furrows. 
There is a variety with smaller bipinnate leaves, also a native of 
Persia. 
Golden-flowered Burnet-saxifrage. Pl. 2 to 3 feet? 
6 P. ramosr'sstma (D. C. 1. c.) plant glabrous ; lower leaves 
bipinnate; leaflets ovate-rhomboid, rather trifid, acuminated, 
quite entire at the base, deeply toothed at the apex, some of 
them crossed in a decussate manner ; stem much branched ; the 
leaves under the branches reduced to short ligule; umbels 5- 
rayed ; fruit glabrous, ovate, not contracted at the commissure. 
¥.? H. Native of Persia. Flowers unknown. Transverse 
section of fruit terete, as in the genus Séseli, but without either 
involucrum or involucel, but with the habit of Pimpinélla. 
Leaves like those of Peucédanum cervaria. Perhaps a proper 
genus. 
Much-branched Burnet-saxifrage. PI. 
7 P. anisoipes (Brign. act. acad. neap. 1819. vol. 1. p. 1. 
t. 1.) plant glabrous ; radical leaves bipinnate ; leaflets roundish- 
ovate, serrated ; umbels numerous; styles erect ; fruit glabrous. 
u.H. Native of the kingdom of Naples. It differs from P: 
bubonoùdes, ex Guss. prod. 1. p. 331., in the fruit being gla- 
brous, in the styles not being divaricate, and in the stigmas not 
being globose. 
Anise-like Burnet-saxifrage. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
Sect. II. Tra‘crum (from rpayoc, tragos, a goat; odour of 
plants). Spreng. umb. prod. p. 26. Schultes, syst. 6. p- 35. 
Hoffm. umb. gen. p. 91. t. A.f. 22. D.C. prod. 4. p. 120.— 
Bùbon species, Lag. obs. apar, 26. Fruit villous. Roots peren- 
nial, rarely biennial. Radical leaves pinnate or bipinnate ; 
leaflets ovate. 
8 P. perre’ssa (D. C. prod. 4. p. 120.) stem pubescent; 
radical leaves pinnate; leaflets cuneated, pinnatifid, smoothish, 
ciliated: lobes lanceolate, obtuse ; cauline leaves pinnatifid, 
under each branch; fruit rather puberulous from small, ad- 
pressed bristles. %. H. Native of Candia, on the Sphaciotic 
mountains. Tragium depréssum, Sieb. cret. exsic. Spreng: ™M 
Schultes, syst. 6. p. 392. Herb 1-2 inches high. Stem terete. 
Root woody. Flowers white. 
Depressed Burnet-saxifrage. 
Pl. 4 to 3 foot. 
9 P. Nopdsa (D’Urv. enum. or. p. 33.) plant glabrous ; stem 
branched, dichotomous; leaves many-parted, with linear sêg- 
ments ; umbels numerous; petals glabrous; fruit small, or 
with a few adpressed hairs. 4%. H. Native of the Island 0 
Samos, among stones, frequent, and on the old walls of cities. In 
the place of the stem where the involucrum ought to be, there 
is a thick turbinate knot, probably caused by insects- 
Nodose Burnet-saxifrage. P). 1 foot. : 
10 P. rra‘crum (Vill. dauph. 2. p. 606.) stem canéscent ; 
radical leaves pinnate, smoothish; leaflets cuneate-obovate, 
deeply serrated, usually variously cut; cauline leaves very few; 
petals pilose on the outside ; fruit clothed with canescent tomen- 
tum. 2%. H. Native of the south of France, Italy, Sicily, 
F). June, Aug. Clt. 1822. 
