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Secr. I. Eridtis (from spov, erion, wool, and ove wroc, ous, 
otos, an ear; in allusion to the petals being covered with short 
down). D.C. coll. mem. 5. p. 17. t. 3. f. 5. prod. 4. p. 149. 
Petals canescent from fascicles of short down (f. 55. F. g.). 
1 L. Bucurorme’nsis (D. C. coll. mem. 5. t. 3. f. 5. mem. 
soc. gen. vol. 4.) stem angular, branched; leaves stiff, bipin- 
nate, shining: leaflets broad-ovate or oblong, serrated at the 
top, with the serratures mucronate; peduncles stiff ; involucrum 
almost wanting; involucels of many leaves, which are shorter 
than the umbellules; fruit villous from fascicles of hairs. 2. 
H. Native of Siberia, very common in dry sterile places, espe- 
cially about Buchtorminsk. Bùbon Buchtorménsis, Fisch. in 
Spreng. pug. 2. p. 55. Schultes, syst. 6. p. 496. Athamanta 
rígida, Horn. hort. hafn. 2. p. 960. Athamánta cervariefolia, 
Schrad. ined. Séseli Buchtorménse, Koch, umb. p. 111. Habit 
almost of Libandtis vulgaris. Rays of umbel unequal in length. 
Leaves of involucel clothed with white down. Involucrum want- 
ing, or of 2 or 3 entire or trifid or pinnatifid leaves. 
Buchtorminsk Stone-parsley. FÌ. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. Pl. 
1 to 3 feet. 
2 L. GRAVEOLENS; plant clothed with hoary pubescence ; 
stem branched; leaves pinnate; leaflets in fascicles, unequal, 
2-3 times plicately pinnate: segments 2 or 3-parted: lobes 
linear, cuspidate ; involucra variable ; involucels of many distinct 
leaves; fruit villously pubescent. 2.H. Native of Altaia, on 
rocks, but rare near the Fort called Ustkamenogorsk, but fre- 
quent beyond the river Irtysch. Séseli gravéolens, Led. fl. 
ross. alt. ill. t. 164. fl. alt. 1. p. 340. Involucrum wanting or 
of one bipinnate leaf, or of many lanceolate-linear reflexed hoary 
leaves. Leaves of involucel hoary, length of the umbellules. 
Petals pilose on the outside. The plant has a strong aromatic 
smell, and exudes a resinous gummy juice. 
Strong-scented Stone-parsley. Fl. June, July. Pl. 1 to 2 ft. 
3 L. Parrinta‘na (D. C. prod. 4. p. 150.) stem terete,, 
branched ; leaves bipinnate, canescent ; leaflets multifid: lobes 
short, linear-subulate ; umbellules 30-flowered; fruit rather 
compressed. 2.H. Native of Altaia, on a schistous arid hill 
at the river Irtysch, and at Ustkamenogorsk., The plant ex- 
udes a yellow aromatic juice. Mericarps of fruit much com- 
pressed from the back, as in other species of Séseli and Liband- 
tis. Involucrum of a few multifid leaves. Leaves of involucels 
linear, connected together a little way at the base. Perhaps the 
same as L. gravéolens. 
Patrin’s Stone-parsley. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
Secr. II. Evrrsandris (this section is supposed to contain the 
genuine species of the genus). D.C. 1. c. Petals glabrous (f. 
55. F. f). 
4 L. yunea‘ris (D. C. prod. 4. p. 150.) stem furrowed ; leaves 
bipinnate: leaflets deeply pinnatifid: lower ones decussate: 
segments lanceolate ; fruit ovate-oblong, villous. 2%.H. Na- 
tive of the temperate parts of Europe and Asia, on mountains 
and in fields. In England on elevated chalky pastures, but 
rare; as on Gogmagog hills, Cambridgeshire; and between Al- 
bany and Stony Stratford. Athamantha Libandtis, Lin. spec. p. 
351. Schultes, syst. 6. p. 488. Jacq. fl. austr. 4. t. 392. fl. dan. 
754. Smith, engl. bot. 138. Séseli Libandtis, Koch, umb. p. 
111. L. daucoides, Scop. carn. no. 317. L. montana, All. 
pedem. 1368. t.72. L. Diviniana, Scop. carn. no. 316. Atha- 
mantha oreoselinum, Huds. angl. 115. Ligústicum ferulaceum, 
Lapeyr. abr. p. 155. Libandtis, Riv. pentap. irr. t. 37.—Bauh. 
hist. 3. p. 2. 105. f. 1.—Pluk. phyt. t. 173. f.1. Radical leaves 
bipinnate or tripinnate ; leaflets opposite, deeply and sharply 
cut, smooth: the lowermost ones crowded, and often crossing 
each other. Flowers crowded, white or reddish. There are 
UMBELLIFERA. LXXI. Lisanotis. 
varieties of this plant with the fruit either pilose or nearly gla- 
brous. The following varieties are probably so many species. 
Var. B, pubéscens (D. C. fl. fr. no. 3481. var. y,) stem angu- 
lar, pubescent; fruit more villous. 2%. H. Native of the 
Pyrenees, in dry open places, and of the west of France. Atha- 
manta pubéscens, Retz. obs. 3. p. 28. D.C. fl. fr. suppl. p. 511. 
Var. y, daucifdlia (D. C. prod. 4. p. 150.) stem angular; 
leaflets finely divided into linear-lanceolate lobes. Y.H. Na- 
tive of the Pyrenees, Auvergne, Austria, Siberia, &c. on the 
mountains. Athamánta Pyrenàica, Jacq. hort. vind. 2, t. 197. 
Atham. crithmoides, Lapeyr. abr. p. 148. Crithmum Pyrenài- 
cum, Lin. syst. veg. ed. 15. p. 296. A’mmi daucifòlia, Host, 
fl. austr. 1. p. 362.—Gmel. sib. t. 40. f. 1. There are varieties of 
this having the leaves of the involucrum either entire or mul- 
tifid. 
Var. 6, condensàta (D.C. prod. 4. p. 150.) stem nearly terete, 
striated; umbels very dense. ¥. H. Native of Siberia. 
Athamanta condensata, Lin. spec. p. 351. Ligústicum vagina- 
tum, Spreng. pug. 2. p. 57. Schultes, syst. 6. p. 488.—Lam. ill, 
E 194. f. 1 
Var. £, incana (D.C. prod. 4. p. 150,) plant hoary from pu- 
bescence ; leaves supra-decompound ; leaflets very minute, 
wedge-shaped, 4-toothed; leaves. of involucra and involucels 
linear ; umbels of many rays. 4%. H. Native of Siberia. : 
Libanotis or Mountain Stone-parsley. Fl. July, Aug. Britain. 
Pl. 1 to 3 feet. j 
5 L. Srsrrica (Meyer, verz. pfl. p. 123.) leaves pinnate ; 
leaflets pinnatifid or bipinnatifid : segments lanceolate or oblong, 
cuspidate ; involucra of many leaves or wanting; leaves of invo- 
lucels shorter than the unbellules; fruit pubescent, having the 
furrows furnished with 2 vitte each. Y.H. Native of Si- 
beria, very common; and of Caucasus, in the plains adjoining 
the mountains of Talusch. Athamanta Sibirica, Lin. mant. p. 
56. Atham. Libandtis y Sibirica, Schultes, syst. 6. p. 489. 
Séseli Libandtis ê, Koch, et Mertens in deutschl. fl. 2. p. 412, 
Libandtis vulgaris ò, Sibirica, D. C. prod. 4. p. 150. Seseli 
athamanthoides, Led. fl. alt. 1. p. 342.—Gmel. sib. 1. p. 186, 
t. 40. f. 2. exclusive of the synonymes. It differs from L. vul- 
garis not only in the leaves being simply pinnate, but in the in- 
volucra being usually wanting, in the involucels being shorter 
than the umbellules, and in the furrows of the fruit being fur- 
nished with 2 vittæ, and the commissure with 4. 
Var. P, acaúle (Led. fi. alt. 1. p. 342. under Séseli,) leaves and 
umbels simple, rising in fascicles from the root. 
Siberian Stone-parsley. FI. July, Aug. Clt. 1771. Pl. 2 
to 3 feet. 
6 L. ATHaMantHorDEs (D. C. prod. 4. p. 150.) stem fur- 
rowed, angular, sparingly branched ; leaves pinnate: radical ones . 
petiolate : upper ones sessile, nearly opposite : leaflets pinnatifid; 
lobes simple or trifid, linear, short, acute; leaves of involucra 
many, linear, ciliated, rarely cut. 34. H. Native country un- 
known. Ligústicum athamanthoìdes, Spreng. umb. 126. exclu- 
sive of the synonymes. Fruit glabrous. It agrees in habit with 
Athamanta Pyrenaica, Jacq. hort. vind. t. 197., the Libanols 
vulgaris var. y daucif dlia, but differs in the fruit being glabrous: 
Athamanta-like Stone-parsley. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1817. 
Pl. 2 to 8 feet. 
7 L. verticrtzra'ta (D. C. prod. 4. p. 151.) stem terete, fur- 
rowed, naked at the apex; leaves pinnate: leaflets pinnate- 
parted, cut: lower lobes decussate; involucra of few leaves ; 
adult fruit naked. Y%.H. Native of Mount Parnassus. There 
is a plant very similar to this grows about Bayonne, at a place 
called Chambre d’Amour. Athamanta verticillata, Smith, fl. 
grec. t. 275. prod. 1. p. 188. The plant is very different from 
Pychatis verticillata, to which it has been joined by Sprengel. 
Whorled-leaved Stone-parsley. Pl, 1 to 2 feet. - 
