UMBELLIFERA. LXVI. Fanicurum. LXVII. Kunpmannia. LXVIII. Deverra. LXIX. Rank Naive. 
3 F. rreri TUM (D.C. prod. 4. p. 142.) stem terete; leaflets 
subulate, very short, stiff, thick; umbels 8-10-rayed. . H. 
Native of the south of Europe, especially in Sicily, Sardinia, 
Portugal, &c. Anéthum Feeniculum £, piperitum, D. C. cat. 
hort. monsp. p. 79. Méum piperitum, Schultes, syst. 6. p. 435. 
Guss. prod. fl. sic. 1. p. 345. Foeniculum asininum, Cup. hort. 
cath. 79. ex Bert. The plant is called Finocchio d’asino, or 
Asses’ finocchio, by the Sicilians; it has a hot biting taste, hence 
the specific name. 
Pepper Fennel. FI. June, July. Clt. 1824. Pl. 4 to 6 ft. 
4 F. Panmo‘rrum (D.C. prod. 4. p. 142.) stem erect, branched ; 
leaves supra-decompound ; umbels of 10-12 unequal rays ; fruit 
oblong, deeply furrowed, destitute of wings. ©. H. Native 
of the East Indies, where it is cultivated under the name of 
Panmuhooree or Mudhoorika. Anéthum Panmorium, Roxb. 
hort. beng. p. 22. journ. bot. 1814, vol. 2. p. 188. Said to be 
very like common fennel. 
Panmuhoree Fennel. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
_5 F. Capr’nse (D. C. 1. c.) root fleshy; radical leaves tri- 
pinnate ; leaflets filiform, setaceously acuminated, fastigiate.-— 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in the interior of the country. 
Anéthum Feeniculum, Thunb. prod. p. 51. Anéthum Capénse, 
Thunb. fl. cap. 262. Root esculent. Flowers unknown. Cha- 
misso and Schlechtendal refer to this the A‘pium radice crassa 
aromatica of Burm. afr. p. 197. t. 72. f. 1. 
Cape Fennel. PI. 2 to 3 feet? 
raya See the first species for the culture and propagation of 
rest. 
LXVII. KUNDMA'NNIA (Kundmann, a botanist known to 
Scopoli). Scop. intr. (1777.) p. 116. no. 332. D. C. prod. 4. 
p- 143.—Brigndlia, Bertol. in Desv. journ. 4. (1815.) p. 76. 
ameen. ital. 97. Koch, umb. p. 107.—Campdéria, Lag. am. nat. 
2. p. 99, (1821.) 
: Lin. syst. Penténdria, Diginia. Margin of calyx 5-toothed, 
increased a little after flowering. Petals roundish, entire, invo- 
lute, with a broad retuse segment: stylopodium conical; styles 
short, somewhat reflexed. Fruit terete, 10-furrowed; mericarps 
with 5 filiform, obtuse, equal ribs: lateral ribs marginal ; vittæ 
many, both in the furrows and commissure. Carpophore undi- 
vided. A glabrous perennial herb. Root fusiform. Radical 
leaves rarely undivided, but usually pinnate, or bipinnate ; leaf- 
lets ovate or lanceolate, serrated; upper leaves ternate, and jagged. 
mbels compound, terminal, of many rays. Involucra and invo- 
lucels of many filiform reflexed leaves. Flowers yellow. This 
genus 1s very nearly allied to Foeniculum, but differs in the calyx 
being 5-toothed and permanent. 
1 K. Sicura (D. Ò. prod. 4. p. 143.). 4%.H. Native of the 
Balearic Islands, Spain, Mauritania, Corsica, Sicily ; and in Italy 
in waste fields about Rome, and on hills about Genoa; and the 
Ta of the Archipelago, as in Melos, Samos, &c. SiumSiculum, 
rw spec. 362. Jacq. hort. vind. t. 133. D. C. fl. fr. 6. p. 507. 
Pt aa Baleadricum, Lin. mant. 218. Brigndlia pastinace- 
olia, Bert. in Desv. journ. 4. p. 76. amcen. 97. Mauri, fase. 
rom, alt. p. 8. t. 2. Presl. delic. p. 132. Guss. prod. fl. sic. 
1. p. 387. Campdéria Sicula, Lag. l. c. Myrrhis Sicula pastina- 
cifòlia et pastinacæ foliis latè virentibus, Tourn. herb. Athamán- 
. Sícula Ucria, hort. panorm. p. 137. p. 542. Sium Græ'cum, 
Fiia hort, cliff, 98.? Sieb. pl.exsic. Schultes, syst. 6. p. 542. 
an, hist. ed. Mont. 171. t. 128. There are varieties of this 
plant, having the leaves of the involucels either the length of 
the umbellules, or one half shorter than them. 
Sicilian Kundmannia. Fi, J uly, Aug. Clt. 1686. Pl. 2 feet. 
Cult.—The plant will grow in any soil, and is easily increased 
by dividing at the root, or by seed. 
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LXVIII. DEVE’RRA (a goddess worshipped by the ancients 
for encouraging housewifery, or rather the goddess of brooms ; 
the plant having much the appearance of a broom,) D. C. coll. 
mem. 5. p. 45. prod. 4. p. 143. Bùbon species of authors. 
Lin. syst. Penténdria, Digynia. Margin of calyx obso- 
lete. Petals ovate, acuminated, with an inflexed point. Styles 
short, at length divaricate. Fruit ovate, or roundish, rather com- 
pressed from the sides, rough from scales or spreading pili ; meri- 
carps semi-terete, with obsolete ribs ; vittee 1 in each furrow, and 
2 in the commissure. Carpophore bipartite.—Aromatic, leafless, 
glaucous, stiff, broom-like subshrubs, natives of Africa. Pe- 
tioles sheathing, permanent ; limbs of leaves wanting in the adult 
plants, or nearly so; but in young plants they are small and 
many-parted, with setaceously linear leaves. Umbels of few 
rays. Involucra of 4-6 small deciduous leaves ; involucels of 
4-6 ovate-lanceolate, deciduous leaves, with membranous mar- 
gins. Flowers white. 
Sect. I. Drverra‘ria (an alteration from the generic name). 
D. C, prod. 4. p. 143. Fruit villous or hispid. 
1 D. apuy’txa (D, C. prod. 4. p. 143.) stems twiggy ; sheaths 
all bereft of the limbs; fruit very hispid. k.G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope, at Warmwaterberg. Bubon aphyllus, 
Cham. et Schlecht. 1. p. 389. 
Var, B, Burchélli (D. C. prod. 4. p. 143.) young fruit beset 
with short, tubercular villi. k. G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Very like the species, but the fruit is much less 
villous, and is therefore perhaps distinct. 
Leafless Diverra. Shrub. 
2 D. rortuosa (D. C. prod. 4. p. 148.) stem much branched, 
twisted, divaricate; lower sheaths furnished with divided limbs, 
bearing subulate leaflets ; fruit sparingly villous. h. F. Native 
of the north of Africa. 
Var. a, virgata (D.C. prod. 4. p. 143.) stem twiggy, bent a 
little. h.F. Native of the kingdom of Tunis, near Kerouan. 
Bùbon tortudsus, Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 357. t.73. Poir. suppl. 1. 
p. 733. 
Var. B, rigidior (D. C. prod. 4. p. 144.) stem much branched, 
stiff. kh. F. Native of Egypt, at the Pyramids. Bubon tor- 
tudsus, Sieb. herb. egypt. Crithmum Pyrenaicum, Forsk. ex 
Delile, ill. fl. eg. p. 10. Athamantha tortudsa, Spreng. syst. 1. 
p. 900. 
Twisted Diverra. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1826. Shrub 1 foot. 
Secr. II. Pirura’nrnos (from mirupov, pituron, scurf, and 
avðocç, anthos, a flower; in allusion to the fruit bearing scurf- 
like scales). D.C. prod. 4. p.144. Fruit covered with scales. 
3 D. prrura'ntHos (D.C. |. c.) stem twiggy; branches-elon- 
gated, leafless, but furnished with sheaths ; involucra, involucels, 
and fruit covered with scurf-like scales. h. F. Native of Ly- 
bia, in the north of Africa. Pithuranthos denudatus, Viv. fl. 
lib. p. 15. t. 7. f. 1-2. Bunium pituranthos, Spreng. syst. 1. 
p. 901. Habit nearly of D. tortudsa. 
Scurfy-flowered Diverra. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
Cult, A mixture of loam, peat, and sand will suit the species 
of Divérra; and they can only be increased by seeds. 
LXIX. SORA’NTHUS (from cwpoc, soros, a heap, and aoc, 
anthos, a flower; in reference to the close capitate umbels of 
D.C. 
flowers). Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 82. fl. alt. 1. p. 344, 
prod. 4. p. 669. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Digynia. Margin of calyx obso- 
letely toothed. Petals broad-oval, permanent, with an inflexed 
point. Fruit a little compressed from the back, crowned by the 
divaricate styles: the transverse section elliptic; mericarps with 
5 hardly prominent, equal ribs: lateral ribs marginating ; vittee 
lin each furrow, and 4 in the commissure. Carpophore bipar- 
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