UMBELLIFERZ. CXVI. Krusera. 
1 T. Brunonis (Wall. mss. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 199.) Y.F. 
Native of Nipaul, in Kamaon, towards Emodi. 
Brown’s Tordylopsis. Pl. 1 foot. 
Cult. This plant should be grown in a pot, so that it may be 
placed under shelter in winter. 
Tribe IX. 
SILERI'NE# (this section contains plants agreeing with 
Siler in important characters,) or Orthospérme multijugate 
lenticulares, Koch, umb. 84. D.C. prod. 4. p. 199. Fruit len- 
ticularly compressed from the back. Mericarps with 5 primary 
ribs, having the lateral ones of these marginating ; and 4 secon- 
dary less prominent ones, these last are rarely wanting; all fili- 
form and wingless. Seed flattish in front. 
CXVI. KRUBERA (named after John Julius Kruber, M.D., 
a promoter of botany). Hoffm. umb. 1. p- 103. and 202. t. 1.8, 
f 14. Koch, umb. 86. f. 32, 33. D.C. prod. 4. p. 199.—Cap- 
nophyllum spec. Lag. but not of Geertn.—Ulospérmum, Link, 
hort. berol. 1. p. 267.—Tordylium species, Lin.—Cachrys spe- 
cies, Spreng.—Conium species, Desf. 
Liv. syst. Pentdndria, Digynia. Margin of calyx 5-toothed. 
Petals obovate, emarginate, with an inflexed point. Fruit lenti- 
cularly compressed from the back. Mericarps with thick 
plicately crenated ribs; the 3 intermediate ones elevated, 
blunt, and keeled: the 2 lateral ones marginating, roundish, 
keeled near the raphe. Vitte none. Carpophore bifid. Seed 
flattish in front.—An herb, with multifid leaves, and short linear 
leaflets. Umbels not rayed, with very few male flowers. In- 
volucra of 2-5 leaves; involucels of 4-5 leaves. Flowers white. 
1 K. tepropuy’txra (Hoffm. umb. I Y a o OLE D 
Native of the Canary Islands, Mauritania, Spain, Portugal, 
Sicily, Greece, and the Levant. Caúcalus Hispánica, Cam. hort. 
P: 37. t.11. Tordylium peregrinum, Lin. mant. p. 55. Cònium 
dichótomum, Desf, atl. 1. p. 245. t. 66. Capnophyllum dichó- 
tomum, Lag. gen. et spec. 13. Càchrys dichótoma and C. 
peregrina, Spreng. umb. spec. p. 21. Ulospérmum dichóto- 
mum, Link, enum. hort. berol. 1. p. 267. Tordyýlium Lusitá- 
meum cicutæ folio semine striato, Tourn. herb. 
Fine-leaved Krubera. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1596. 
l foot. 
Cult. See Tordýlium above for culture and propagation. 
Pl. 1 to 
CXVII. PACHYPLEU'RUM (from zaxve, pachys, thick, 
and Tevpor, pleuron, a rib; the ribs of the fruit are thick and 
corky). Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. and fi. alt. 1, p. 296. 
IN. syst. Pentdndria, Digynia. Margin of calyx obsolete 
or minutely denticulated. Petals permanent; those of the disk 
©wers obovate-oblong, and emarginate with an acute inflexed 
Soa ; those of the margins difformed: the 3 inner petals ovate, 
ardly emarginate, gradually attenuated into an acute inflexed 
point. Fruit lenticularly compressed from the back. Mericarps 
“with 5 elevated thick corky ribs; the lateral ones marginating, 
and a little broader than the rest. Seed flattish in front. Vittæ 
ame: Involucra and involucels of many leaves. This genus 
rib “lee Krubéra, to which it is very nearly allied, by the 
fen zoe fruit being equal, not plicately undulated ; and in the 
tone ifferent habit.—A perennial herb, with a thick branched 
eee Stems solitary, rarely 2 or 3 from the same root, straight, 
tr; ut a foot high. “Radical leaves on long petioles, bipinnate or 
‘pinnate; leaflets oblong-linear, tapering at both ends, entire, 
ae Tous, pale green. Cauline leaves for the most part only 
man on a short petiole, very like the radical ones. Umbels of 
lon y rays. Leaves of involucra and involucels oblong or ob- 
g-linear, with white margins. 
CXVII. Pacuyrreuvrum. CXVIII Acasytuis. 
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1 P. arri xum (Led. fl. ross, alt. ill. with a figure, fl. alt. 1. p. 
297.) Y%.H. Native in alpine or subalpine places, about the 
metal mines near Riddersk, and on Alp Aigulac. 
Alpine Pachypleurum. FI. May, July. Pl. 1 foot. 
Cult. The plant will grow in any kind of soil; and can only 
be increased by seed. 
CXIX. Srenocarium, &c. 
CXVIII. AGASY’LLIS (the Greek name of the Ammoniac 
plant). Hoffm. umb. 176. Koch, in litt. D.C. prod. 4. p. 
199.—Agasyllis species, Spreng.—Cachrys species, Bieb. 
Lix. syst. Penténdria, Digynia. Margin of calyx obsolete. 
Petals lanceolate, incurved. Fruit oval, compressed from the 
back ; mericarps with 5 primary obtuse ribs: the 2 lateral ones 
of these more humble than the rest, and placed in front of the 
short accessory margin: the secondary ones sometimes absent. 
Seed a free nucleus, which is flat on one side, and rather convex 
on the other, covered with many vittæ, 8-10 on the back, and 
5-6 in the commissure.—A perennial herb, with the habit of 
Cachrys. Stem succulent. Leaves pubescent, ternately de- 
compound ; leaflets decurrent, lanceolate, serrated, a little lobed. 
Involucra wanting. Umbels of many rays. Leaves of invo- 
lucels numerous, setaceous. Flowers white. 
1 A. Cauca'sica (Spreng. umb. prod. p. 22. f. 4.) XY. H. 
Native of Caucasus, in subalpine places near Nartzana. Cachrys 
latifolia, Bieb. fl. taur. and suppl. no. 549. Siler Caucdsicum, 
Spreng. umb. spec. 90. Cachrys decursiva, Horn. hort. hafn. 
add. p. 960. Spondylium Arménium foliis ammi perennis, 
Tourn. herb. 
Caucasian Agasyllis. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. Pl. 2 to 3 ft. 
Cult. See Pachypletrum above for culture and propagation. 
CXIX. STENOCG'LIUM (from ozevoc, stenos, narrow, 
and xotdoc, koilos, hollow; in reference to the narrow furrows 
of the fruit). Ledeb. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 175. fl. alt. 1. p. 298. 
Lin. syst. Penténdria, Digijnia. Margin of calyx 5-toothed. 
Petals obovate-orbicular, somewhat emarginate, with an inflexed 
point. Fruit compressed from the back. Mericarps with 5 
elevated roundish thick equal ribs; the lateral ribs marginating. 
Vittze one in each furrow, and 2 in the commissure. Seed flat in 
front. Involucra and involucels of many lanceolate-linear leaves, 
with membranous margins.—A perennial herb, having a fusces- 
cent root, nearly a foot long. Stem solitary, 2-3 inches high, 
leafy at top; but with numerous axillary elongated branches, 
which are furnished with leaves beneath the middle. Petals 
dilated into sheaths. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets pinnatifid. Cau- 
line leaves tripinnate; leaflets oblong, acute, entire or bifid. 
Umbels of many rays. Umbellules when bearing the fruit nearly 
globose. Flowers white. The whole plant is pubescent, and 
powdery towards the apex. Stems, petioles, peduncles, and rays 
of umbels violaceous. 
1 S. arnamantor DES (Led. l. c.) %. H. Native of Altaia, 
in stony alpine places at the river Tschuja, against the mouth of 
the river Tschegan. Cachrys athamantoides, Bieb. fl. taur. 3. p. 
217. Schultes, syst. 6. p. 445. 
Athamanta-like Stenoccelium. Fl. July. Clt. 1818. Pl. 1 ft. 
Cult. See Pachypletrum above for culture and propagation. 
CXX. SILER (siler, withy, from salio, to spring; from 
the quick growth of the plant). Scop. carn. 1. p. 217. Geertn. 
fruct. 1. p. 92. t. 21. Lag. am. nat. 2. p. 101. Koch, umb. 
84. f. 84, and 35. but not of Mcench. D.C. prod. 4. p. 200. 
—Siler species, Spreng.—Laserpitium species, Lin.—Angélica 
species. Lam.—Bradle‘ia species, Neck. elem. no. 280. but not 
of Lin. 
Lin. syst. Pentandria, Digynia. Margin of calyx 5-toothed. 
Petals obovate, emarginate, with an inflexed segment. Fruit 
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