368 UMBELLIFERZ, CXXXIX. Catpasra. CXL. Spaatterocarrpus. CXLI. Motopospermum. 
brous ; leaves ternately decompound, rather hispid on both sur- 
faces ; leaflets ovate, acuminated, pinnatifidly cut; fruit rather 
strigose ; styles permanent, divaricate——Native of Japan. 
Myrrhis aristata, Spreng. umb. spec. 133. Schultes, syst. 6. p. 
512. Said to be allied to Urdsporum dúlce, and probably a 
species of that genus. 
Awned Cicely. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 
23 C. minimum (Vand. in Roem. script. p. 56.) stems nume- 
rous, hairy ; radical leaves flat on the ground, biternate, hairy ; 
leaflets somewhat 3-lobed, cut; involucra wanting; involucels 
usually of about 7 leaves.—On the mountains about Milan. 
Vittm. suppl. p. 369. Schultes, syst. 6. p. 524. Moretti sus- 
pects this to be nothing but a variety of C. hirsùtum, . 
Least Cicely. Pl. 4 foot. 
24 C. renvironium (Poir. suppl. 4. p. 342. but not of Stev.) 
plant glabrous; leaves decompound ; leaflets finely cut, acute ; 
fruit nearly glabrous, profoundly ribbed.—Native of the kingdom 
of Morocco. Myrrhis tenuifolia, Schultes, syst. 6. p. 520, 
Fine-leaved Cicely. Pl. 1 to 2 feet? 
Cult. All the species are of the most easy culture, and will 
grow in any soil. 
CXXXIX. CALDA'SIA (in honour of J. Caldas, a naturalist 
of Santa Fe de Bogota), Lag. am. nat. 1821. no. 2. p. 98. obs. 
apar. p. 26. and diss. in litt. D.C. coll. diss. 5. p. 60. t. 2. f. 
l. but not of Willd. nor Mutis.—Myrrhis, Kunth, nov. gen. 
amer. 5. p. 13. t. 419. but not of Koch. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Digýnia. Margin of calyx obsolete. 
Petals oval, with an entire subinvolute point, pilose on the 
outside. Fruit somewhat compressed from the sides, ovate- 
oblong, crowned by the short diverging styles. Mericarps with 
5 obtuse prominent ribs, 3 dorsal, and 2 marginating ; vittee one 
in each furrow, which are broad, flat, and striated. Commissure 
furrowed in the middle. Carpophore bipartite. Seed teretely 
convex, somewhat convolute at the commissure.—Puberulous or 
hairy tufted herbs, not above 2 or 4 inches high. Leaves tri- 
pinnately multifid; segments lanceolate-linear, acute. Scapes 
erect, pubescent. Umbels simple, containing about 20 flowers, 
surrounced by involucra composed of about 20 leaves each, 
which are oblong-lanceolate. Flowers white, some male, and 
others female.—This genus, from the seed and fruit, is allied to 
Scdndix; but differs from Cherophyllum in the umbels being 
simple, in the ribs of the mericarps being distant, and in the fur- 
rows being broad. 
1 C. Anpicora (Lag. in litt. D. C. coll. mem. 5. t, 2. f. j. 
1-3.) the plant is either wholly glabrous or puberulous; pedicels 
smoothish, a little longer than the involucrum. %. F. Native 
of South America, in grassy plains at Antisana, at the height of 
6000 to 7000 feet. Myrrhis Andicola, H. B. et Kunth, nov. 
gen. amer. 5. p. 13. t. 419. Plant dwarf, tufted, deep green, 
but becoming blackish on drying. Umbels 10-12-flowered. 
. Seapes hardly twice the length of the leaves. Kunth’s specimen 
is less than that of Dombey’s, and more glabrous; but the hairs 
of the scapes in both are deflexed. Pedicels glabrous. 
Andes Caldasia. Pl. 2 to 3 inches. . 
2 C. reniépopa (D.C. lL c. f. j. 4-5.) the whole plant is 
clothed with hoary pubescence ; pedicels tomentose or hairy, 
much longer than the involucrum. 2. F. Native of New Hol- 
land, where it was collected by D’Urville. Scape 4 times longer 
than the leaves. Leaves of involucrum oval-oblong. Fruit 
quite glabrous, seated on very hairy pedicels. 
Woolly-pedicelled Caldasia. PI. 2 to 3 inches. 
+ Species not sufficiently known. 
3 C. CHÆROPHYLLÆ a (Lag. am. nat. 2. p. 98. and in litt. 
ined.) stems covered with retrograde hairs; segments of invo- 
lucrum entire, or cut, about equal in length to the flowering um- 
bel. %.F. Native of Peru. 
Var. a, glabriúscula (D.C. prod. 4. p. 229.) leaves puberu- 
lous, especially above, as well as the outside of the involucra; 
petals almost glabrous; peduncles dichotomous, twin. %. F. 
Native of Peru, at the town of Chinchin, in the province of 
Chancay, where it was collected by Ruiz et Pav. 
Var. B, hirsùta (D. C. 1. c.) leaves pubescently hairy on both 
surfaces, as well as the outside of the involucels and petals ; forks 
of umbels 3-4-rayed. 
Charvil-like Caldasia. Pl. 2 to 3 inches. 
4 C. rasiove’tata (Lag. in litt. ex D.C. prod. 4. p. 229.) 
stem and leaves rather tomentose, greyish; segments of involu- 
cels cut and pinnatifid, longer than the umbels; petals pubescent 
on the outside. 2. F. Native on the Andes, in the tract 
called Cordillera del Peru. 
Hairy-petalled Caldasia. PI. 2 to 3 inches. ; 
Cult, See Fragosa, p. 259. for culture and propagation. 
CXL. SPHALLEROCA’RPUS (c¢addw, sphallo, to deceive, 
and xaproc, karpos, fruit; from the fruit being liable to be mis- 
taken for cumin seed). Bess. in litt. 1828. D. C. coll. mem. 5. 
p- 64. t- 2. f. N. prod. 4. p. 230. 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Digynia. Teeth of calyx 5, subulate. 
Petals obovate-cuneated, emarginate, with an inflexed point; 
outer ones of the umbel radiant. Styles short, at length re- 
flexed. Stylopodium rather urceolate, toothed. Fruit elliptic- 
oblong, contracted from the sides, without a beak. Mericarps 
with 5 subalate ribs: lateral ribs marginating. Vittee 2-3 m 
each furrow, which are convex; and 4-6 in the commissure. 
Carpophore bipartite. Seed having a furrow inside.— Herbs. 
Stems terete, and are as well as the petioles hairy. Leaves bi- 
pinnate ; leaflets pinnatifid: lobes linear, acute. Involucrum 
wanting. Umbels 6-7-rayed. Involucels of 5 lanceolate a 
Flowers white, nearly all hermaphrodite in the terminal umbels, 
and male in the lateral ones. ; 
1 S. Cymryum (Bess. l. c.) $. Native of Dahuria, about 
Nerschinski Sawod. ex Fisch.; and of Volhynia, ex Bess. 
Chærophýllum Cyminum, Fisch. in litt. 1819. Cat. hort. 
Vratisl. 1821. Cheer. gracile, Bess. hort. crem. 1822. Trev. nov. 
act. nat. bonn. 1826. vol. 13. p. 172. Mýrrhis gracilis, Spreng: 
syst. 4. pt. 2. p. 120. Fruit thickish, elliptic-oblong, with se 
angles, very aromatic according to the testimony of Fise . 
Leaves almost like those of Cher. aromáticum, triplicately pm- 
natifid, with linear segments. Stem smooth. pi 
Cumin-like Sphallerocarpus. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1822. Fi 
2 to 3 feet. x 
Cult. The seeds of this plant only require to be sown m the 
open border. 
CXLI. MOLOPOSPE’RMUM (from pwrwy, molops, a stripes 
and oxeppa, sperma, a seed; the fruit is yellowish, and the vittæ 
chestnut coloured, giving the fruit the appearance of i 
striped). Koch, umb. p. 108. diss. ined. in litt. 1828. D. ©. 
prod. 4. p. 230.—Ligisticum species, Lin. and Spreng. 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Digy'nia. Calyx 5-toothed, folincenm 
Petals lanceolate, entire, ending in a long ascending acumeé! 
each. Fruit contracted from the sides ; mericarps with 5 mem? 
branous winged ribs, the 2 Jateral ones marginating, and one 
half shorter than the rest, and the 3 dorsal ones are very sharp. 
Seed bluntly tetragonal or angular; angle of commissure oppi 
site, engraven by a profound furrow; the canals empty 3 
tween the seed and commissure of the pericarp. Vittæ broads 
brown, solitary in the furrows; but none in the commissure, 
which is very narrow. Carpophore bipartite. —A perenni J 
glabrous herb, Leaves ternately decompound ; leaflets Janceo 
