UMBELLIFERZ. LXII. Screrosciapium. 
rib being filiform, and the intermediate 2 and marginal 2 being 
winged ; vittee 1 in each furrow, and 2 in the commissure, which 
is flat. Carpophore bipartite——An herb, native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Root fusiform. Stem erect. Cauline leaves 
scale-formed. Umbels of 12-15 rays. Involucra and involucels 
of many leaves, having hyaline margins. 
1 A. Cavr’nsis (Cham. et Schlecht. 1. c.). 4y. G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope, on the sides of mountains. The 
root smells of anise, hence the name of the herb at the Cape, 
Anysnortel. 
Cape Anise-root. Pl. 1 to 2 feet? 
, Cult. Any soil will suit this plant; and it will be easily in- 
creased by cuttings or by seeds. 
LXII. SCLEROSCIA'DIUM (from exAnpoc, skleros, hard, 
and oxcadwy, skiadion, an umbel; in reference to the solid fruit). 
Koch, diss. ined. in litt. 1828. D. C. coll. mem. 5. p. 43. t. 2. 
fF. prod. 4. p. 140. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Digjnia. Teeth of calyx 5, coni- 
cal, permanent. Petals obcordate, with an inflexed point, which 
is bidentate or tridentate at the apex. Stylopodium conical ; 
styles filiform, at length diverging. Fruit ovate-globose, solid ; 
Mericarps with 5 thick, elevated, blunt, equal ribs; vittæ 1 in 
each furrow, which are narrow, and 2 in the commissure. Car- 
pophore distinct, undivided. Seed terete, flattish on inside.— 
Herb glabrous. Root fibry. Leaves divided into linear-oblong 
lobes or leaflets. Umbels axillary, sessile, almost without any 
involucrum ; rays very unequal, that is, some of the umbellules 
are sessile, and some are on long peduncles in the same umbel. 
Involucels of 5-7 leaves, having membranous margins. This 
genus is allied to Œnánthe, from which it differs in the carpo- 
phore being free, in the stylopodium being conical, and in the 
ribs of the fruit being prominent, &c. (f. 56. F.) 
1 S. nomre (Koch, l. e. D. C.1.¢.). ©. H. Native of 
fields, about Mogodor, and probably of Teneriffe. (Œnánthe 
nodiflòra, Schousb. mar. p.120. Cònium rigidum, Mert. herb. 
and perhaps the same as Bùnium rígens, Spreng. but neither 
the description nor the country agrees with the present plant. 
Humble Sclerosciadium. FÌ. Ju. Aug. Clt.1820. Pl. Tit 
_ Cult. The seeds only require to be sown in the open ground 
m a warm sheltered situation. 
LXIII. DASYLO‘MA (from dacve, dasys, thick, and Awpa, 
ma, a fringe; in reference to the ribs of the fruit), D. C. 
prod. 4, p. 140. 
Lin. syst. Penténdria, Digiynia. Margin of calyx obso- 
lete, Petals unknown. Stylopodium depressed ; styles short. 
Tult ovate, with the transverse section terete; mericarps semi- 
Ovate, not separating at maturity, with 5 corky, cellular ribs: 
the 3 dorsal ones small, and the 2 lateral ones large and blunt; 
Vitte 1 in each furrow, which are narrow, and 2 in the middle 
of the commissure, which is flat. Carpophore indistinct. Seed 
triangular, that is, convex on the back and angular at the com- 
missure.— Herbs with the habit of Gndnthe. Stems fistular. 
eaves bipinnate ; leaflets cuneated, few-toothed at the apex. 
mbels opposite the leaves, 5-6-rayed. Umbellules crowded, 
many-flowered. Inyolucra and involucels none. 
1 D. Benearz'nsis (D. C. prod. 4. p. 140.) umbels sessile. 
©. H. Native of the east of Bengal, in the province of Silhet. 
Séseli Bengalénsis, Roxb. Biforis Bengalénsis, Wall. Herb 
Sreenish, many-stemmed. 
Bengal Dasyloma. Pl. 1 foot. 
2 D. ctav'cum (D. C. l. c.) umbels pedunculate. ©. H. 
Native of Bengal. Bíforis? glaúca, Wall. Differs from the 
Preceding in the umbels being distinctly pedunculate, in the leaves 
VOL. III. 
LXIII. 
Dasytoma. LXIV. Cyxoscianium. LXV. Æruusa. 805 
being larger and glaucous, in the dorsal ribs of the fruit being 
more acute, and the lateral ones smaller. 
Glaucous Dasyloma. PI. 1 foot? 
Cult. The seeds only require to be sown in the open ground. 
LXIV. CYNOSCIA'DIUM (from xvwy, kvvoc, kyon, kynos, 
a dog, and oxcadwov, skiadion, an umbel). D. C. coll. mem. 5. 
p- 44. t. 11. prod. 4. p. 140. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Digynia. Teeth of calyx 5, subu- 
late, permanent (f. 63. c.). Petals obovate, nearly elliptic, ob- 
tuse, entire, flat, with an inflexed point. Stylopodium conical, 
permanent; styles very short, reflexed. Fruit oval-oblong or 
ovate (f. 63. b.), attenuated at the apex; mericarps with 5 
thick, corky ribs (f. 63. a.), 2 lateral ribs marginating ; vitte 
nearly straight, 1 in each furrow, and 2 in the commissure. 
Seed sub-semiterete. Carpophore bipartite——American gla- 
brous herbs. Stems angular, fistular, branched a foot high 
and more, with very few leaves. Leaves pinnate or palmate ; 
leaflets linear, elongated, entire, articulated near the base, at 
which places the leaflets fall off: lower and upper ones un- 
divided, linear, and elongated. Involucra and involucels of 
many leaves. Flowers white.—This is an intermediate genus 
between Cindnthe and Athisa, but it differs from both, and 
from all its allies in the petals being flat and entire; it differs 
particularly from Æthùsa in the calyx being 5-toothed, in the 
vittee of the commissure being straightish, and in the involucra 
and involucels being of many leaves ; from Séseli in the stylo- 
podium being conical; and from @Œnánthe in the carpophore 
being distinct. 
1 C. pcira rum (D.C. 1. c. t. 
11. f. A.) leaves palmate; leaflets 
3, linear, quite entire ; fruit ovate 
at the base, but attenuated at the 
neck.— Native of North America, 
on plains of the Arkansa River. 
Œnánthe digitata, Nutt. mss. 
Umbels few-flowered. Involu- 
crum of a few unequal leaves: 
leaves of involucel subulate, very 
short. Rays of umbel very 
long. 
Digitate-leaved Cynosciadium: 
Pl. 1 to 14 foot. 
2 C. pinna‘tum (D. C. 1. c. 
t. 11. f. B.) leaves pinnate ; leaf- 
lets distant, few pairs, linear, 
quite entire: terminal one very long; fruit oval-oblong.—Na- 
tive of North America, along with the preceding spécies. 
Ethisa pinnata, Nutt. mss. Pedicels a little longer than the 
leaves of the involucel. Leaves of involucrum 7-8, nearly 
equal, linear-subulate. 
Pinnate-leaved Cynosciadium. PI. 1 foot. 
Cult. Sow the seeds in the open ground, and the plants will 
rise and flower and seed freely. 
LXV. ZTHU'SA (from aw, aitho, to burn; acrid taste), 
Lin. gen. no. 141. exclusive of some species. Hoffm. umb. 
p- 95.t. 1. f. 5. Spreng. prod. Lag. am. nat. 2. p. 96. Koch, 
umb. p. 111. D.C. prod. 4. p. 141.—Wepféria, Heist. 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Digynia. Margin of calyx obsolete. 
Petals obovate, emarginate, with an inflexed point: outer ones 
radiating. Fruit ovate-globose; mericarps with 5 elevated, 
thick, acutely keeled ribs: lateral ribs marginal, and a little 
broader than the rest, girded by a somewhat winged keel; vittze 
l in each furrow, and with 2 arched ones in the commissure. 
Seed semi-globose. Carpophore bipartite.—Erect, annual, poi- 
sonous herbs. Leaves uniform, multifid. Involucrum wanting 
Rr 
FIG. 63. 
