316 UMBELLIFER. 
Leaves triternate or pinnate ; leaflets cut or multifid. Invo- 
lucra of 1 or few leaves; involucels of many leaves. Flowers 
white. i 
1 A. CERVARIÆFÒLIA (D.C. prod. 4. p. 155.) stem suffruticose 
at the base, caudex-formed; leaves glaucous, glabrous, triter- 
nate; leaflets broad, ovate, cuspidately serrated: lateral ones 
somewhat bifid: terminal ones trifid; involucra of 1 or few 
leaves. Y. orh. G. Native of Teneriffe. 
folia, D. C. cat. hort. monsp. p. 145. Schultes, syst. 6. p. 405. 
Athamánta maxima, Chois. ined. Flowers sweet-scented. Pe- 
tals white, oblong, with an inflexed point. Fruit oblong, villous. 
Chervil-leaved Spignel. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt.1818. Sh. 2 ft. 
2 A. Maceponica (Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 491.) stem 
panicled, clothed with soft, velvety villi; leaves almost glabrous ; 
petioles twice trifid, decompound ; leaflets ovate, somewhat 3- 
lobed, mucronately toothed; umbels very numerous, velvety. 
&. F. Native of Macedonia, Atlas, and according to Allioni 
about Nice. Bubon Macedonicum, Lin. spec. p. 364. Desf. 
atl. 1. p. 256. Blackw. icon. 382. Plench. icon. t. 194. Daú- 
cus Macedénicus, Riv. pent. irr. t. 48. A‘pium Macedonicum, 
Moris. hist. sect. 9. t. 9.—Lob. icon. 708. Fruit bottle-shaped, 
hispid, covered by 10-12 vittæ, having the ribs very slender.— 
In some parts of the East they use this plant to scent their 
clothes ; the smell is very strong, and rather disagreeable to 
Europeans. The plant, but especially the seed, is esteemed to 
be diuretic, emmenogogue, and carminative; the seeds are an 
ingredient in theriaca. 
Macedonian Parsley, or Spignel. 
Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
3 A. RAmosissima (Port. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 496.) stem 
erect, scabrous, much branched ; radical leaves and lower cau- 
line ones supra-decompound ; leaflets filiform, mucronulate, stiff, 
glabrous: upper ones ternate; involucrum of many leaves; 
petals hairy on the outside as well as the fruit. 4%. H. Native 
of Dalmatia. Host, fl. aust. 1. p. 364. Allied to 4. Creténsis. 
Fruit ovate, not bottle-shaped, very hairy. Petals emarginate, 
very hairy on the outside. Jnvolucra of 8-10 linear leaves. 
Much-branched Spignel. PI. 1 foot. 
4 A. Crere’nsis (Lin. spec. p. 352.) stem rather villous ; 
leaves bipinnate ; leatiets divided into linear, trifid lobes : lower 
ones hardly exceeding the rest; involucra of 1 or few leaves ; 
petals hairy on the back. &. H. Native of the south and 
middle of Europe, in exposed situations. The leaves are said 
to be tripinnate by many authors. The seeds have been occa- 
sionally employed as carminatives, and were supposed likewise 
to be diuretic and emmenogogue ; lately they have been little 
used, except as ingredients in theriaca and mithradate. Haller, 
however, judges it to be much superior to the common carrot in 
medicinal efficacy. It was celebrated anciently as a specific in 
the stone. 
Var. a, hirsùta (D. C. prod. 4. p. 155.) leaves clothed with 
hairs ; lobes short. Libandtis hirstta, Lam. fl. fr. 3. p. 428. 
Athamanta Creténsis, Jacq. fl. aust. t. 62. hort. vind. t. 218. 
Plench, icon. t. 284.—Daticus Créticus, Cam. epit. 536. with a 
figure. Blackw. 471. 
Var. B, mutellinoides (D. C.1. c.) leaves nearly glabrous ; lobes 
slenderer and more elongated.—Athamanta mutellinoides, Lam. 
dict. 1. p. 425. Atham. Mathioli, D.C. fl. fr. 4. p. 318. ex- 
clusive of the synonymes of Jacq. and Math. A. rupéstris, 
Vill. dauph. 2. p. 648. A. annua, Lin. spec. 353. ?—Moris. 
oxon. sect. 9. t. 10. 
Cretan Spignel or Candy Carrot. 
Pl. 1 foot. 
5 A. Marruiorr (Wulf. in Jacq. coll. 1. p. 211. icon. 
rar. 1, t. 57.) stems glabrous, flexuous; leaves glabrous ; 
leaves 3-4 times ternate; leaflets linear-filiform, elongated, 
Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1596. 
Fl. June, Jul. Clit. 1596. 
Séseli cervarie-- 
LXXVIII. Arwamanta. 
divaricate; involucra of 1 or many leaves; petals glabrous. 
u.H. Native of the Alps of Carinthia, Carniola, and in fields 
about Nice. Libanotis rupéstris, Scop. carn. no. 315. t. 9. 
Méum Matth. ed. Bauh. 1. p. 569. f. 1. Stem glabrous, except 
under the origin of the leaves, where they are rather puberu- 
lous. Perhaps Séseli Túrbith, Lin. is referrible to this plant, 
and probably A. annua, Lin. spec. 353. Leaves very fine like 
fennel. ; 
Matthioli’s Spignel. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1802. Pl. 1} foot. 
6 A. Srcura (Lin. spec. p. 352.) stems hoary from pubes- 
cence ; leaves triternately decompound, rather villous ; leaflets 
ovate, pinnatifid: segments short, bluntish; petals villous on 
the outside. 2. H. Native on Mount Garganus, Apulia, 
Sicily, and among calcareous rocks, on Mount Atlas. Desf. fl. 
atl. 1. p. 324. Schultes, syst. 6. p. 491. exclusive of the syn. 
of Bocconi. Bibon Gargdnicum, Ten. fi. neap. 1. p. 123. t. 25. 
A. Creténsis, Ucria, ex Guss. prod. fl. sic. 1. p. 328.—Zan. ist. 
t. 48.—Moris. oxon. sect. 9. t. 9. last figure. Leaves almost 
like those of Stsymbrium Sophia. 
Sicilian Spignel. Fl. June, July. .Clt.1686. Pl. 2 to 3 ft. 
7 A. cane'scens (D. C. prod. 4. p. 155.) plant glabrous at 
the bottom, and canescent at the top from short crowded down; 
leaves ternately decompound; leaflets cuneated, cut: lobes 
linear, bluntish ; involucra and involucels of 5 leaves ; petals 
smoothish; fruit ovate, beset with very long, white, spreading 
hairs, which are rather capitellate at the apex. ©- H: Native 
of the Levant, between Aleppo and Bagdad. Herb half a foot 
high, sparingly branched. Leaves of involucra and involucels 
oval-oblong, apiculated. Petals some of them cleft at the apex, 
and others entire. Immature fruit unknown, and therefore the 
genus is rather doubtful. 
Canescent Spignel. Pl. 4 foot. 
+ Species not sufficiently known, and will perhaps, when more 
fully examined, be removed from the genus altogether. 
8 A. vepre’ssa (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 184.) leaves bipin- 
nate, pubescent ; leaflets very slender, many-parted : segments 
linear, mucronate ; scapes filiform, assurgent, velvety, exceeding 
the leaves ; umbels simple or compound ; involucrum of 5 pin- 
natifid leaves. %.H. Native of Nipaul, in the alpine region 
of Gosaingsthan. Plant tufted. Root long, simple, fusiform, a 
finger in thickness. Scapes numerous, 3 inches high. 
Depressed Spignel. PI. 4 foot. 
9 A. cicante’a (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 184.) leaves supra- 
decompound ; leaflets ovate, awned, deeply serrated, glabrous; 
involucra of many leaves ; petals bipartite; fruit ovate, pubes- 
cent. %.H. Native of Nipaul. Root simple, fusiform. Stem 
furrowed, 3-4 feet high, branched. Petioles and rachis pubes- 
cent beneath. Umbels many-rayed, terminal. Petals white. 
Giant Spignel. Pl. 3 to 4 feet. ie 
10 A. re‘rEs (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 185.) leaves bipin- 
nate, glabrous ; leaflets pinnatifid: segments linear, acute, fur- 
rowed above; involucra of 5 short leaves; involucels of many 
leaves, equal in length tothe rays; stem straight, terete, smooth. 
Y.H. Native of Nipaul. Stem 2 feet high, simple. 
Terete-stemmed Spignel. PI. 2 feet. : 
11 A. carvIròLIA (Steph. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 496.) Invor 
lucrum dimidiate ; segments pinnatifid, linear, hoary. Y. 3 
Native of Siberia (ex Steph. in herb. Willd.). There are 
specimens under this name in Willdenow’s herbarium, which are 
very distinct from each other; one of which is Laserpitium 
Daúricum ; the second Ramia seseloides, and the third is Rama 
athamathoides. The plant is therefore doubtful. 
Caramay-leaved Spignel. Pl. 1 foot? il: 
Cult. These plants will grow in any common garden sol; 
and.are either increased by dividing at the root, or by seed. 
