Te ma 
UMBELLIFERZ. 
upper cauline ones tripartite ; lobes linear-lanceolate ; involucra 
and involucels of few leaves: wings of fruit flat, unequal: the 
dorsal ones a little smaller than the lateral ones. Y%.H. Na- 
tive of Switzerland and Italy, in subalpine places. L. lutéolum, 
Gaudin, fl. helv. 2. (1828.) p. 348. L. trilobum, Sut. fl. helv. 
but not of Lin.—Hiall. hist. no. 352. exclusive of the synonyme. 
Allied to L. aquilegifolium and L. glabrum, but differs from 
them in the flowers being yellow. 
Gaudin’s Laserwort. P]. 3 to 4 feet. 
5 L. marcina‘rum (Waldst. et Kit. pl. rar. hung. 2. p. 210. 
t.192.) leaves biternate, shining, and are as well as the stems 
glabrous; petioles and nerves of leaves rather pilose beneath ; 
leaflets ovate, sessile, somewhat 3-lobed, serrated; upper stem 
leaves reduced to the petioles ; involucra and involucels of 2-5 
linear-lanceolate leaves ; wings of fruit unequal : the 2 lateral 
ones the broadest. 4%. H. Native of Croatia, in woods. Petals 
incurvedly obcordate at the apex, greenish yellow, margined 
with purple. 
Margined-petalled Laserwort. 
2 to 3 feet. 
6 L.Si’cutum (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 918.) stem terete, branched, 
few-leaved ; leaves bipinnate ; leaflets elliptic or obovate, glau- 
cous, mucronate, veiny; involucra and involucels of many 
awned leaves; wings of fruit coloured, emarginate. 2%. H. 
Native of Sicily, among rocks, on the Nebrode mountains. 
Guss, prod. fl. sic. 1. p. 317. L. Nebrodénse, Jan. herb. 260. 
spec. 15, Allied to Z. Siler, but the wings of the fruit are very 
different. 
Sicilian Laserwort. Pl. 3 to 4 feet. 
7 L. Srier (Lin. spec. 357.) leaves bipinnate, quite glabrous ; 
leaflets lanceolate or oval, quite entire, mucronate, sometimes 
confluent and 3-lobed ; leaves of involucra and involucels linear- 
lanceolate, awnedly acuminated ; wings of fruit narrow. 2. 
Native of middle and south Europe, on the mountains. 
acq. fl. aust. 2. t.145. D.C. fl. fr. 4. p. 313. Hayne, arz. 
gew. 7. t.7. Plench. icon. 178. Blackw. 426. Ligústicum 
Gargánicum, Till. pis. t. 30. Ten. in herb. Balb. and Mor. 
ìler lancifòlium, Moench. L. montànum, Lam. fl. fr. L. tri- 
foliàtum, Sieb. and Schultes, syst. 6. p. 619. Siler montànum, 
7 or. Oxon. sect. 9. t. 3. f. 1. Plant quite glabrous, growing 
Tom 1-2 feet high in subalpine places. Stem green or purplish. 
lowers white. The root is extremely bitter, and might be 
useful in fevers, loss of appetite, &c. An infusion of it in wine 
as been given with success in disorders of the stomach. It 
Yields „an aromatic resinous oil on being wounded, and being 
vae into a syrup, is recommended in disorders of the breast. 
ül, dauph. 2. p. 627. Alion. pedem. no. 1316. 
Withy or Mountain Laserwort. Fl. May, July. Clt, 1640. 
l. 1 to 6 feet, 
le 8 L. Ga’tricum (C. Bauh. pin. p. 156. Lin. spec. p. 357.) 
as supra-decompound, glabrous, shining; leaflets cuneated, 
a cleft, mucronate ; leaves of involucra linear-lanceolate, acu- 
mage wings of fruit equal, flat. 2%. H. Native of the 
uth of France; and of Upper Italy. D.C. fi. fr. 4. p. 312. 
hein in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 624. Gaud. aix: t. 58. Park. 
ant 938. f. 1. L. trifurcatum, Lam. f. fr. 3. p. 415. L. 
ia tum, Møænch. meth. 79. There is a variety with broader 
segments (in Mor. hist. sect. 9. t. 19. f. 8.) and with the lobes 
pee each divaricate and short (Pluk. alm. t. 199. f. 1. L. 
em, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1518.); segments of leaves ob- 
ng-linear (Mor. hist. sect. 9. t. 19. f. 9. and therefore L. an- 
costifolium, Lin. spec. p. 357.); segments of leaves very 
Wil (J. Bauh. hist. 3. p- 137. and therefore L. angustifdlium, 
Pg l c.) segments of leaves cut into many lobes (L. Gálli- 
m laciniàtum, Hortul, &c.). The most of the varieties have 
B'abrous stems ; very few have them hispid from scattered bris- 
Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1823. Pl. 
CXXVI. Laserrirrum. 351 
tles. L. tenuifdlium, Riv. pent, irr. 22. is also avariety of this 
species. Flowers white. 
French Laserwort. FI. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1686. Pl. 1 to 2 ft. 
9 L. peucepanorpes (Lin. spec. p. 358.) leaves triternate, 
quite glabrous; leaflets quite entire, oblong, mucronate ; leaves 
of involucra, and involucels setaceous ; pistils elongated ; wings 
of fruit unequal, flattish, 2%.H. Native of Carniola, Croatia, 
and Upper Italy, in mountain woods. There are varieties of 
this with oval-oblong leaflets (Hoppe, pl. exsic.) ; oblong leaf- 
lets (Jacq. icon. rar. 2. t. 250.) ; oblong-linear leaflets (Seg. 
ver. 3. p. 227. t. 7.); and linear leaflets (Pluk. alm. t. 198. f. 
4.) but all these varieties differ from any of those of L. Gdllicum 
in the segments of the leaves not being cuneated nor lobed. 
Flowers white. 
Sulphur-wort-like Laserwort. Clt. 
1 to 3 feet. 
10 L. cummi’rerum (Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 254. t. 72.) leaves 
ternately decompound, glabrous ; leaflets pinnatifid; lobes lan- 
ceolate, short, acute, stiffish ; involucra and involucels of few 
leaves. Y. H. Native of Portugal, Spain, and Mauritania, in sandy 
and barren fields. L. thapsizeforme, Brot. phyt. lus. p. 77. t. 
35. L. polygamum, Lam. dict. 3. p. 425. Thapsia gummi- 
fera, Spreng. umb. spec. p. 31. Flowers white. Petals in- 
flexedly emarginate. Fruit 8-winged (ex Brot.); and therefore 
this plant if referrible to Laserpitium and not to Thapsia. Lobes 
of leaves, when dry, usually channelled. Petioles sometimes 
pilose, usually glabrous as well as the lobes. 
Gum-bearing Laserwort. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
11 L. uiesvu'rum (Lam. fi. fr. 3. p. 648.) leaves supra-decom- 
pound, hairy; leaflets narrow, pinnatifid: lobes short, linear, 
cuspidate; leaves of involucra and involucels membranous, ra- 
ther trifid at the apex, ciliated; wings of fruit thin, flat. %. 
H. Native of France, Switzerland, Piedmont, on the Alps, in 
meadows; and of Kotzebue’s Sound. D.C. fi. fr. 4. p. 313. 
L. Panax, Gouan. ill. 13. L. Halléri, All. pedem. no. 1315. 
—Hall. helv. no. 795. t. 19. exclusive of the synonyme of 
Gmel. and Seg.—Mor. hist. sect. 9. t. 15. f. 16. Flowers 
white. 
Hairy Laserwort. Fl. June. Clt. 1759. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
12 L. sca`srum (Cav. icon. 2. p. 72. t. 190.) leaves bipinnate, 
scabrous ; leaflets oblong, cut, acute, and are as well as the stems 
glaucous ; leaves of involucra and involucels lanceolate, taper- 
ing into a bristle; fruit tomentose while young: adult ones 8- 
winged. &. H. Native of Spain, near Cati and Vallefames, 
on dry exposed hills. Referrible to Z. hirstitum, but truly dis- 
tinct. Petals white, with a violaceous border, villous beneath. 
Stem scabrous. 
Scabrous Laserwort. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1800. Pl. 2 to 3ft. 
13 L. ni't1pum (Zanted, comm. brix. 1813. ex Poll. fl. ver. 
p- 351.) leaves bipinnate, beset with setose bristles, as well as 
on the stem and petioles; sheaths of petioles glabrous ; leaflets 
ovate, serrated: ultimate ones confluent; leaves of involucra 
and involucels lanceolate, with membranous margins, deeply 
serrated at the apex ; wings of fruit nearly equal. ¢. or ¥.H. 
Native of Upper Italy, among rocks on the mountains. L. pi- 
lòsum, Com. fl. comp. p. 53. but not of Willd. Fruit glabrous. 
Flowers white. 
Nitid-leaved Laserwort. Pl. 2 to 3 feet ? 
14 L. Arcyance'tica (Jacq. icon. rar. 1. t. 58. Wulf. in 
Jacq. coll. 1. p. 214.) leaves ternately divided ; stem and petioles 
hispid ; leaflets ovate, cuneated at the base, serrated, extreme 
one 3-lobed: and the lateral ones 2-lobed; leaves of involucra 
and involucels linear-lanceolate, hairy, 2-3-cleft at the apex ; 
wings of fruit flat, broader than the mericarps. Y%. H. Na- 
tive of Carniola, Croatia, Silesia, Carpathian mountains, among 
rocks. L. Chirénium, Scop. carn. no. 324, Archangélica, 
Fl. June. 1816. Pl. 
