352 
Clus. hist. 2. p. 195. Lob. icon. 701. Petioles large, saccate, 
very villous. Stem 5 feet high, furrowed. Flowers white, pur- 
plish when young. Fruit glabrous, or clothed with adpressed 
pubescence according to Koch. 
Archangel Laserwort. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1800. Pl. 4 to 5 ft, 
* * Primary ribs of fruit hispid from spreading bristles. 
15 L. uy’sriwum (Bieb. fi. taur. 1. p. 221. suppl. p. 222.) 
leaves ternately bipinnate ; petioles, nerves on the under sides 
of the leaves, stem and umbels hispid; leaflets cuneiform- 
ovate, deeply serrated ; stem terete, furrowed: leaves of invo- 
lucra and involucels oblong, acuminated at the apex, or cut; 
wings of fruit unequal: 2 lateral ones the largest. %. H. 
Native of Tauria and Caucasus, in gravelly places. L. pilò- 
sum, Willd. enum. p. 310. L. Archangélica, Hortul. but not of 
Jacq. Caticalis hispida, Desf. hort. par. Petals white. 
Hispid Laserwort. Fl. June, Jul. Cit. 1817. Pl. 2 to 3 ft. 
16 L. Prure’nicum (Lin. spec. p. 357.) leaves decompound, 
rather hairy on the nerves and petioles; leaflets ovate-lanceo- 
late, pinnatifid: lobes lanceolate, cuspidate: outer ones con- 
fluent ; stem angular, beset with retrograde bristles; leaves of 
involucra and involucels linear, with entire hyaline margins; 
wings of fruit unequal: 2 lateral ones the largest. ¢. H. 
Native of Hungary, Carniola, Germany, Switzerland, east of 
France, on hills. Jacq. fl. aust. t.153. L. selinoides, Crantz, 
aust. 182, L. Gallicum, Scop. carn. 321. Jacq. vind. 48.— 
Breyn. cent. t. 84.—Riv. pent. irr. 23. Flowers white. 
Var. B, glabratum (D.C. prod. 4. p. 206.) leaves and stems 
glabrous. ¢. H. Native of Piedmont, Pyrenees, &c. L. 
daucoides, Dufour, in litt. L. Pruténicum, Lapeyr. suppl. p. 
48. Balb. fl. taur. 49. Fruit pilose on the primary ribs, as in 
var. a. The wings of the fruit are very unequal: the 2 lateral 
ones are large ; and the 2 dorsal ones very small, or nearly want- 
ing, hence this species falls in almost to Thdpsia, but differs in 
the petals being emarginate. 
Prussian Laserwort. FI. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1759. Pl. 3 to 4 ft. 
17 L. Aruama’nt# (Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 624.) 
plant hispid; stem furrowed, much branched; leaves ternately 
decompound, rough on both surfaces, stiffish ; leaflets oblong, 
pinnatifid ; segments broadly lanceolate, mucronate ; leaves of 
involucra and involucels oblong, reflexed. ¢.H. Native of 
Siberia. Perhaps the same as L. hispidum or a variety of L, 
Pruténicum. 
Athamanta-like Laserpitium, Fl. June, July. Cit. 1817. 
Pl. 3 feet. 
+ Species not sufficiently known. 
18 L. Capz’nsr (Thunb. prod. p. 50. fl. cap. 2. p. 201.) 
stem terete, glabrous; leaves bipinnate; leaflets oval, mucro- 
nate, margined, quite entire ; sheaths large, petiolar.—Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Fruit ovate, striated, and therefore 
the genus is doubtful. 
Cape Laserwort. PI. 1 to 14 foot. 
19 L. av'reum (Willd. spec. 1416.) stem terete, nearly sim- 
ple; leaves ternately decompound; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 
pinnatifid ; segments lanceolate, bluntish, mucronate ; leaves of 
involucra and involucels filiform. %.H. Native of the Le- 
vant. Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 626.—Buxb. cent. 1. t. 
43. ex Spreng. but the description hardly agrees with it. L. 
élegans, Clark, in Spreng. neue. entd. 3. p. 160. is related to it 
according to Spreng. syst. 1. p. 918. Flowers golden yellow. 
Fruit unknown. Perhaps a species of Thapsia. 
Golden-flowered Laserwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Pl, 
2 to 3 feet. 
20 L. reruta‘ceum (Lapeyr. abr. pyr. p. 152. but not of 
Lin.) stem naked, simple, furrowed ; leayes decompound : leaf- 
UMBELLIFERÆ. CXXVI, Lasrnrritium. CXXVII. Lornoscianium, CXXVIII. MELANOSELINUM. 
lets capillary, simple in the lower part, and more decompound 
at the apex; mericarps of fruit 4-winged. Y%. Native of 
the Pyrenees, in a place called Pic du Gard. This is a very 
obscure species. 
Fennel-like Laserwort. Pl. 2 to 3 feet? 
Cult. All the species grow well in common soil, but it must 
be rather dry, They are only to be increased by seed, which 
should be sown in the autumn or spring. 
CXXVII. LOPHOSCIA'DIUM (iodo, lophos, a crest; and 
oktadwov, sciadion, an umbel; in reference to the crested wings 
of the mericarps). D. C. coll. mem. 5. p. 57. t. 3. f. 6. prod, 4, 
. 207. 
3 Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Digynia. Margin of calyx 5-toothed, 
Petals elliptic, entire, acuminated, somewhat involute at the 
apex. Fruit compressed from the back. The primary ribs of 
the mericarps are unknown: but the 4 secondary ones are 
winged: the 2 lateral of which are expanded into a somewhat 
serrated wing each : and the 2 dorsal ones are expanded into in- 
terrupted wings, which at first sight appear like retrograde scales. 
Seed unknown.—Herb glabrous. Stem terete, erect. Lower 
leaves like those of Achilléa millef dlia, pinnate ; leaflets short, 
innumerable, divided into linear-subulate lobes; upper leaves 
sessile, pinnate from the base, usually rising from the axils 
of the sheaths. Umbels compound, sometimes proliferous, 
Leaves of involucra 5-7, ovate-lanceolate, cuspidate; of the 
involucels 5-7, but narrower, and about equal in length to the 
umbellules. Flowers yellow. Allied to Thapsia, but differs in 
the ribs of the fruit being scaly ; but the fruit examined being 
immature and incomplete, it is therefore doubtful in what part 
of the order the genus should be placed. Perhaps it should have 
been placed near Cachrys. 
1 L. merro Lum (D. C. 1. c.) 
Férula meoìdes, Lin. spec. 356. joe 
pitium orientale folio mei, Tourn. cor. p. 23. L. Ponticum 
meifolio flore luteo, Tourn. herb. without fruit. Laserpitium 
meifdlium, Vent. in herb. mus. par. Radical leaves long; pm- 
nate; leaflets dense, opposite, pinnate-parted ; partitions mul- 
tifid : lobes short, setaceous. 
Meum-leaved Lophosciadium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1810, 
PI. 3 feet. ; 
Cult. See Laserpitium above for culture and propagation. 
Y.H. Native of the Levant, 
Lam. dict. 2. p. 455. Laser- 
CXXVIII. MELANOSELI'NUM (from peħaç pehavos, 
melas melanos, black, and øeħivov, selinon, parsley ; black pars- 
ley). Hoffm. umb. ed. 2. vol. 1. p. 156. Koch, umb. p. fe 
f. 6-8. D.C. prod. 4. p. 208.—Selinum species, Wendl. an 
Spreng. 
Lix. syst. Penténdria, Digynia. Margin of calyx tooth 
Petals obovate, emarginate, with an inflexed point. Fruit flatly 
compressed from the back. Mericarps with 5 filiform, primary 
ribs: the 3 intermediate ones on the back: and the 2 later 
ones placed in the commissure, which is flat ; and 4 secondary 
ones: the inner ones of these filiform and very slender, wr 4 
outer 2 are expanded into membranous serrated wings 3 under 
all the ribs there are oleiferous canals. Carpophore pe 
Seed flat.—A shrub with a terete simple stem, which is naked 
below. Leaves tripinnate ; leaflets ovate, acuminated, ir: H 
ultimate ones usually confluent; petioles sheathing. Umbe d 
composed of many rays. Involucra of many cut leaves ; 2”! 
the involucels of many entire leaves. Flowers white. ee 
1 M. pecrriens (Hoffm. umb. 1. c.) k. G. Nane 
Madeira? Selinum decipiens, Schrad. and Wendl. sert. y= . 
8. p. 23. t. 13. Willd. spec. 1. p. 1400. enum. 1. P- This 
Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 274, Schultes, syst. 6. p- 562. 
