UMBELLIFERZ. CXLI. Motorosrermum. 
late, elongated, shining, or decurrently pinnate-parted ; segments 
sharply pinnatifid. Leaves of involucrum numerous, elongated, 
rather membranous, sometimes multifid. Involucels of many 
leaves. Flowers white, on short pedicels. Terminal umbels, 
large, fertile: lateral ones smaller, male. Fruit often deformed, 
having the lateral ribs almost wanting, and the vitte of the 
lateral furrows. Perhaps this genus comes nearer to Pleuro- 
spérmum and Hymenolæ na than to Vel@‘a. 
1 M. Cicura‘rium (D.C. prod. 4. p. 230.) Y. H. Native of 
the Pyrenees, Cevennes, Alps of Provence, Dauphiny, Piedmont, 
and Carniola. Séseli Peloponénse, Matth. ed. Valg. 502. f. 4. 
but not of Dioscorides. Ligústicum Peloponesiacum, Lin. spec. 
360. Jacq. fl. austr. append. t. 13. Lig. Peloponénse, Lam. 
dict. 3. p. 576. Lig. Cicutarium, Lam. fl. fr. 3. p. 453. Molo- 
pospérmum Peloponesiacum, Koch. l. c. Séseli Peloponénse, 
Diosc. lib. 3. cap. 62. is Angélica sylvéstris, which grows fre- 
quently in the Morea, ex Smith, prod. fl. gree. 1. p. 193. 
Cicuta-like Molopospermum. FI. May, July. Clt. 1596. 
Pl. 3 to 5 feet. 
, Cult. This plant will grow in any soil, and is easily increased 
either by dividing at the root or by seed. 
CXLII. VELA‘A (named after Seb. Eug. Vela, who illus- 
trated umbelliferous plants under the auspices of Lagasca). D.C. 
coll. mem. v. p. 61. t. 2. f. H. prod. 4. p. 230.—Ligtsticum 
species of H. B. et Kunth. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Digy'nia. Margin of calyx obliterated. 
Petals unknown. Stylopodium conically depressed, short. 
Styles erect, filiform. ` Fruit ovate, without a beak ; mericarps 
somewhat compressed from the sides, having the transverse sec- 
tion nearly terete; ribs 5, the 2 lateral ones marginating, and 
nearly filiform, the 3 dorsal ones winged ; vitte usually 3 in the 
furrows, but sometimes only 2, probably from 2 of them being 
Joined in one; and 4 in the commissure. Albumen involute. 
Carpophore bipartite from the base.-—A branched glabrous 
herb. Stem sulcately striated. Leaves ternately decompound ; 
leaflets nearly sessile, trifid, or pinnatifid, serrated, cuneated at 
the base. Umbels terminal, of about 20 rays. Involucra and 
Involucels none. Fruit almost like that of Cnidium, but differs 
mn the albumen being involute ; of Molopospérmum, but the calyx 
1s toothless, the commissure less contracted, and the furrows 
marked with many stripes; of My’rrhis, but the vittæ are more 
numerous, and the carpophore is bipartite to the base. 
1 V. Totucce’nsis (D. C. prod. 4. p. 231.) %.H. Native 
of Mexico, in the mountains near Tolucca. Ligisticum Toluc- 
cénse, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 19. t. 422. Cni- 
dium Toluccénse, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 388. 
Tolucca Vela, Pl. 2 feet. 
Cult. This plant will require some shelter in severe winters. 
It will be easily increased by seed or by dividing at the root. 
CXLIII. MY’RRHIS (from puporv, myron, perfume, or 
HuUppa, myrrha, myrrh; scent of plant). Scop. carn. 2.p. 341. 
offm. umb, 1. p. 27. t. 1. f. 28. Koch, umb. 123. D. C. 
Prod. 4. p. 231.—Cheerophyllum species, Lam.—Scandix spe- 
cles, Lin.—MYyrrhis species, Spreng. 
IN. Syst. Pentdndria, Digy'nia. Margin of calyx obsolete. 
etals obovate, emarginate, with an inflexed point. Fruit com- 
Pressed from the sides. Seed involute, covered by a double 
membrane ; the outer membrane acutely keeled by 5 equal 
sharp ribs, which are hollow inside : the inner membrane closely 
adnate to the seed. Vittæ wanting. Carpophore cleft at the 
#pex.—Perennial villous herbs, having a strong scent of anise. 
tag fusiform. Leaves ternately decompound ; leaflets pinna- 
ifid, Involucrum wanting. Involucels of many lanceolate 
ciliated leaves. Central flowers of umbel male. Petals white. 
= opora’ra (Scop. l. c.) leaves rather villous beneath ; 
OL. 111, 
CXLII. Verza. 
369 
leaves of involucels lanceolate, finely fringed. 2. H. Native 
of Middle and South Europe, from Spain to Asia Minor; Ger- 
many, Switzerland, Austria, the south of France, and the north 
of Italy. In Britain, in Yorkshire, Cumberland, and Lancashire, 
and in the lowlands of Scotland, in mountain pastures. It is also 
to be found in Chili, but it has probably been introduced thither. 
Myrrhis, Dod. pempt. 701. with a figure. Odorata, Riv. pent. 
irr, with a figure. Scandix odorata, Lin. spec. 368. Smith, 
engl. bot. t. 697. Jacq. austr. 5. append. t. 37. Blackw. t. 243. 
Plench. icon. 206. Cherophyllum odoratum, Lam. dict. 1. p. 
683. Scandix odorata of Burm. fl. cap. p. 8. is our plant. 
This was one of the old medicinal plants, but it is now disused. 
Formerly the young leaves and seeds were put into salads, and 
the roots were boiled or eaten, cold or in tarts, and in a variety 
of sauces. ‘‘ Sweet Chervil gathered while it is young,” says 
Parkinson, “ and put among other herbs in a sallet, addeth 
a marvellous good relish to all the rest.” In Germany, it is 
said to be still used in soups. It no longer appears at the table 
with us. In the north of England the seeds were formerly em- 
ployed in polishing and perfuming oak floors and furniture. 
Sweet Cicely or Great Chervil. Fl. May, June. Britain. 
Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
2 M. surca`ra (Lag. gen. et spec. p. 13.) leaves hoary from 
tomentum beneath ; leaves of involucels oblong, concave, seta- 
ceously mucronate. 2%. H. Native of Spain. Fruit deeply 
furrowed. 
Furrowed-fruited Cicely or Great Chervil. PI. 2 feet. 
Cult. These plants will grow in any common garden soil, 
and are easily increased by seed or dividing at the root. 
CXLIII. Myrruis. CXLIV. Osmorm:za. 
CXLIV. OSMORHI ZA (from osun, osme, scent, and prZa, 
rhiza, a root; roots sweet scented). Rafin. journ. phys. 1821, 
D. C. prod. 4. p. 232.—Uraspermum, Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 
192. but not of Juss. —Spermatura. Reichenb. consp. 1827. 1. 
p. 141.—Myrrhis species, Michx. Torr. Spreng. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Digy'nia. Margin of calyx obsolete. 
Petals obovate, hardly emarginate, but with a short inflexed 
point each. Fruit elongated, tapering into a tail at the base, 
solid, acutely angled: having the transverse section nearly 
terete; mericarps with the angles rather furrowed and hispid: 
having 5 acute ribs each; commissure furrowed; vitte none. 
Seed terete, involute, much shorter than the tube of the calyx. 
Carpophore semibifid.—American perennial herbs. Roots fusi- 
form, sweet-scented. Stems branched, 2 feet high. Leaves biter- 
nate ; leaflets broadly ovate-lanceolate, deeply-toothed. Involu- 
cra of 2-3 leaves ; involucels usually of 5 leaves ; leaves of both 
the involucra and involucels lanceolate, ciliated. Flowers white, 
the central ones of the umbellules male, the outer ones alone fertile. 
§ 1. Involucra and involucels of 3 or 5 leaves. 
1 O. toncistytis (D. C. prod. 4. p. 232.) styles filiform, 
somewhat diverging, equal in length to the breadth of the fruit, 
or rather longer. 2%. H. Native of North America, about 
Albany and New York, &c.ex Torrey ; in moist parts of woods 
about Boston, ex Bigel, &e. Throughout Canada, from Lake 
Huron to the Saskatchawan, and on the banks of the Columbia 
in shady places, ex Hook. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 271. t. 96. Myrrhis 
longistylis, Torr. fl. un. st. 1. p. 310, Uraspérmum Claytonii, 
Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 193. Bigel. fl. bost. ed. 2. p. 112. Scan- 
dix dúlcis, Muhl. ex spec. Nutt. Schrad. in litt. My’rrhis Clay- 
tonii, Spreng. spec. umb. 129. t. 3. f. 6. Chzerophy’llum Clay- 
tonii, Pers. There are varieties of this having the stem and 
leaves more or less villous or smooth. Umbels usually of 5 rays. 
Leaves of involucra and involucels oval-lanceolate. Root smell- 
ing of anise according to Bigelow. Fruit clavate. Involucra 
permanent. 
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