370 UMBELLIFERZ. CXLIV. Osmoruiza. 
Long-styled Osmorhiza. FI. July, Aug. Clt. 1806. Pl. 1 foot. 
2 O. Brevi'styuis (D. C. prod. 4. p. 232.) styles short, coni- 
cal, tapering at the base and apex, one-half shorter than the 
breadth of the fruit. 2%.H. Native of North America, in the 
United States and Canada, and in woody places on the west side 
of the Rocky Mountains; and from the mouth of the Columbia 
to Observatory Inlet, in lat. 55° on the north-west coast. Hook. 
fl. amer. bor. 1. p. 272. t. 97. My‘rrhis Claytonii, Torr. fl. un. 
st. 1. p. 310. exclusive of many synonymes. Uraspérmum hirsi- 
tum, Big. fl. bost. ed. 2. p. 112. Umbels usually of 3-4 rays. 
Leaves of involucra linear-lanceolate, deciduous. The root, ac- 
cording to Bigelow, has an ungrateful scent, similar to that of dra- 
lia nudicailis ; but according to Torrey it has a sweet anise scent. 
Short-styled Osmorhiza. PI. 2 feet. 
§ 2. Involucra and involucels wanting. 
3 O. Berregi (D.C. prod. 4. p. 232.) plant hairy ; leaves 
decompound ; leaflets pinnatifid ; styles very short, diverging ; 
fruit villous, especially at the base. 2. H. Native of Chili, 
near Tagua-tagua, and about Conception, in shady woods. Herb 
nearly like that of O. brevistylis. O.Chilénsis, Hook. et Arn. 
in Beech. bot. p. 26. Scandix Chilénsis, Molina, chil. p. 125. 
ed. gall. p. 331. Leaves bipinnate ; leaflets cuneate-ovate, pin- 
natifid ; segments subdivided, acute. Flowers some of them male. 
Bertero’s Osmorhiza, Pl. 2 feet. 
Cult. See My'rrhis, p. 369. for culture and propagation. 
CXLV. GRAMMOSCIA'DIUM (from ypapun, gramme, a 
line, and oxcadwoy, sciadion, an umbel ; fruit lined). D. C. coll. 
mem. v. p. 62. t. 3. f. K. prod. 4. p. 232. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Digijnia. Teeth of calyx 5, stiff, 
permanent. Petals obcordate, with an inflexed point. Styles 
short, conical, diverging, permanent, stiff. Fruit cylindrical, 
without a beak; mericarps with 5 primary flattish white ribs ; 
furrows flat, having one vitta in each; and the commissure 
having 2. Seed unknown.—Quite glabrous herbs, natives of 
the Levant. Stems branched. Leaves pinnate; leaflets multi- 
fid: lobes linear-setaceous. Umbels compound, of from 5 to 16 
rays. Leaves of involucra 5-7, multifid; of the involucels linear- 
subulate, rarely cut. Pedicels stiff, thickening after flowering. 
This is a very distinct genus, but from the structure of the seed 
being unknown, the place which it should occupy in the order is 
doubtful. 
1 G. pavcoipes (D. C. 1]. c. t. 3. f. K.) leaves of involucra 
multifid ; most of the flowers in each umbellule are fertile ; fruit 
terete, crowned by the calycine teeth, which are conical and 
elongated.—Native of Armenia, ex herb. Tourn. about Amadan 
in Persia, ex herb. Oliv. et Brug. My'rrhis Armena foliis Mei 
seu foeniculi semine brevi. Tourn. herb. Herb quite glabrous, 
erect. Root terete, nearly simple. Stem furrowed, a foot high. 
Leaves nearly like those of Daúcus setifòlius, having the petioles 
dilated at the base. “Central umbel of 15-16 rays, lateral ones 
of 10-12. 
Carrot-like Grammosciadium. PI. 1 foot. 
2 G. meoives (D.C.1. c.) leaves of involucra hardly cut ; the 
central flower in each umbellule alone fertile ; fruit rather club- 
shaped; calycine teeth small.—Native of Armenia. My’rrhis 
orientalis Mei folio semine longissimo, Tourn. cor. 22. My’rrhis 
orientalis semine unciam longo, Tourn. herb. Scandix macro- 
spérma, Willd. herb. ex Schultes, syst. 6. p. 507. Scandix cla- 
vata, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 903. Stem branched, terete. Leaves 
none in the specimen. Involucrum wanting, or of one usually 
undivided leaf. Umbels of 5-7 rays. Umbellules each contain- 
ing 7-8 sterile flowers, and one fertile one. Fruit in Tourne- 
fort's specimen shorter than in the preceding. 
Meum-like Grammosciadium. PI. 1 foot. 
CXLV. GRAMMOSCIADIUM. 
CXLVI. Lacæcia. CXLVIII. Ontventa. 
Cult. The species will grow in any common soil, and will 
be easily increased by seed. 
Tribe XVI. 
SMY’RNEZ (this tribe contains plants agreeing with the 
genus Smy’rnium in character), or Campylosperme paucijugate 
turgidæ, Koch, umb. 133. D. C. prod. 4. p. 233. Fruit turgid, 
usually compressed or contracted from the sides; mericarps 
with 5 ribs: the lateral ribs marginating, or situated in the 
front of the margin; the ribs sometimes nearly obliterated. 
Seed involute, or with a furrow inside, semilunar or complicate. 
—Hiabit of plants and inflorescence variable; the genus Ezoa- 
cdntha and Echinéphora agree in habit with Ery'ngium, in con- 
sequence of having spinose leaves; Lage‘cia agrees with Acti- 
notus in the one-seeded fruit; Pleurospérmum with Astrdatia in 
the utricular fruit. 
CXLVI. LAGŒ'CIA (from Aaywe, lagos, a hare, and owoc, 
oikos, a house; the place where a hare lies; the seeds envel- 
loped in the hairy involucrum have been likened to young 
leverets in a hare’s form). Lin. gen. no. 285. Geertn. fruct. 1. 
p- 103. t. 23. f. 3. Lag. am. nat. 2. p. 106. D. C. prod. 4. p. 
233.—Cuminoides, Tourn. inst. t. 155. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Digynia. Lobes of calyx large, 
pectinated. Petals obcordately bifid, shorter than the calyx; 
lobes awned. Ovarium bilocular, one of the cells abortive ; the 
fruit is therefore ovate, and crowned by the calyx, hence there 
is a furrow on one side indicating the place of the abortive cell. 
Seed marked with a furrow on one side, and therefore appear- 
ing involutes—An annual erect herb. Leaves pinnate; leaf- 
lets ovate, uniform, alternate, coarsely toothed : teeth awned. 
Peduncles opposite the leaves. Umbels compound, of many 
rays. Umbellules 1-flowered. Leaves of involucra 8-10, pec- 
tinated, of the involucels 4, also pectinated. Flowers pedicel- 
late, within the involucel, white. Fruit downy. _ : 
1 L. cumrnoipes (Lin. spec. 294.) ©. H. Native of Shag 
Persia, Greece, Candia, Lybia, Spain, &c. in corn fields an 
vineyards. Smith, fl. grec. t. 243. prod. 1. p. 162. Schkuhr, 
handb. 1. t. 48. Lam. ill. t. 142. Sabb. hort. 4. t. 55. Plench. 
icon. t. 153.—Mor. hist. 3. sect. 9. t. 13. umb. t, 1. f 13. 
Umbels nodding before flowering, but at length becoming pi 
globose. The seeds are mostly all abortive in the plants culti- 
vated in gardens. Clt 
Cumin-like Lagæœcia or Wild Cumin. : 
1640. Pl. 3 foot. 
Cult, The seeds should be sown in autumn, soon after they 
are ripe; otherwise if this is deferred till spring, they pes 
monly remain a year, and sometimes two or three years befor 
they grow. 
Fl. June, July. 
CXLVII. OLIVE’RIA (in honour of M. G. A. oiea 
author of a history of insects, and formerly one of the editors 0 
the Encyclopédie Methodique, and who was sent with M. poal: 
uiere by the French government into the Levant, for the pupei 
of collecting objects of natural history). Vent. hort. cels. t. 2l. 
Lag. am. nat. 2. p. 105. D. C. prod. 4. p. 234. hed 
Lin. syst. Pentandria, Digynia. Margin of calyx 5-toot e : 
Petals profoundly obcordate, nearly bipartite : lobes involute 0 
the margin at the base, and excavated on the side, undulated an 
reflexed above. Fruit obovate-ovate, hairy ; mericarps son 
terete, bluntly 5-ribbed. Carpophore bifid at the apex. sae 
marked with a furrow on the inside, therefore the albumen s 
probably involute.—A branched herb, native of the pete 
Stems erect, white. Leaves pinnate, having the scent of t hat 
when bruised; leaflets many-parted: segments trifid, acu . 
Umbels of 3-4-rays. Umbellules dense, many-flowered. Learin 
of involucrum 3-4, trifid : lobes usually tridentate. Leaves 
