UMBELLIFERAE. CXLVIII. Anrsoscrapium. 
involucels numerous, cuneiform, trifid. Flowers equal, herma- 
phrodite, white. 
1 O. ontenta‘tis (D. C. prod. 4. p. 234.) ©. H. Native 
about Bagdad, on the banks of the Euphrates, where it was 
detected by Olivier and Bruguiere. Olivéria dectimbens, Vent. 
hort. cels. t. 21, Stems white, decumbent in Ventenat’s figure, 
but stiff and erect in the spontaneous specimens. Lower and 
floral leaves clothed with soft velvety villi. 
Eastern Oliveria. FI. May, July. Cit. 1816. Pl. 1 foot. 
Cult. The seeds of this plant only require to be sown in the 
open border in spring or autumn, in a warm sheltered situation. 
CXLVIII. ANISOSCIA'DIUM (from avısoc, anisos, un- 
equal, and oxtacwoy, sciadion, an umbel; in reference to the 
lobes of the calyx and petals being unequal in the outer and 
inner flowers of the umbel). D. C. coll. mem. v. p. 63. t. 15. 
prod. 4. p. 234, 
Lin. syst. Penténdria, Digynia. Lobes of calyx in the outer 
flowers of the umbels, large, ovate, and foliaceous; in the outer 
central flowers stiff, hooked, and mucrone-formed ; in the inner 
ones all wanting or tooth-formed. Petals very unequal, outer 
ones large, obcordately bifid; inner ones small. Fruit rather 
pubescent, oblong-cylindrical, crowned by the calyx, and 2 stiff 
conical erect styles. Mericarps semi-terete, one of which is 
usually abortive; ribs 5, very blunt; vittæ one in each furrow, 
brown, but none in the commissure. Albumen involute——An 
herb, native of the Levant. Root simple. Stems diffuse, stiff, 
dichotomously branched, puberulous when examined by a lens. 
Leaves petiolate, pinnate; leaflets deeply pinnatifid: lobules 
short, hardly acute. Branches opposite the leaves. Involucra 
of 4-5 leaves, which are unequal, oblong, acute, and at length 
rather spinescent. Rays of umbel 4-5, stiff, a little longer than 
the involucrum. Leaves of involucels 4-5, oval, spreading, per- 
manent, unequal. Flowers white, 7-10, sessile, stiff. 
1 A. ortenta‘ze (D. C. 1. c.t. 15.) ©. H. Native of the 
Levant, between Bagdad and Aleppo, where it was collected by 
Olivier and Bruguiere. 
Eastern Anisosciadium. PI. spreading. 
Cult. See Oliveria above for culture and propagation. 
CXLIX. ECHINO’PHORA (from extvoe, echinos, a hedge- 
10g, and @epw, phero, to bear; in allusion to the strong stiff 
es of the involucrum). Tourn. inst. 656. t. 423. Lin. gen. 
Dp 29. Lam. ill. t. 190. Lag. am. nat. 2. p. 106. Koch, umb. 
85. D.C. coll. mem. v. p. 64. t. 16. prod. 4. p. 234. 
P Lin. syst. Penténdria, Digy‘nia. Margin of calyx 5-toothed. 
etals obovate, emarginate, with an inflexed point; or the outer 
ones are larger and bifid. Styles in the female flowers elon- 
a (£. 65. h.), filiform, 2, rarely 3. Fruit ovate, nearly terete 
(£ 65. f.), inclosed in a hollow receptacle, furnished with a short 
mersed beak. Mericarps with 5 depressed equal undulated ribs. 
a one in each furrow, covered by a cobwebbed membrane. 
bi umen deeply involute (f. 65. j.).—Perennial herbs. Leaves 
ees segments cut. Umbels terminal ; the flowers of the 
i y male, and joined together at the base before flowering, having 
iin) receptacle girding them ; the female flowers solitary and cen- 
- Involucra and involucels constantly of many leaves. 
Sa I. Leucórnora (from Aevroc, leucos, white, and gepu, 
Piero, to bear ; in reference to the white flowers of the species). 
1 prod. 4. p. 235. Flowers white. Petals obcordate, 
Shige nearly equal. Lobes of leaves pungent, terete or 
le l E. sPindsa (Lin. spec. 344.) plant glaucous, finely downy ; 
mi pinnate; leaflets subulate, trifid, stiff; leaves of involu- 
han and involucels spinose. 2%.H. Native along the Me- 
tterranean, in the sand by the sea side. Said to have been 
- CXLIX. EcCHINOPHORA. 
371 
CL. ExoACANTHA. 
found by Ray on the sea coast of Lancashire, and by Mr. 
Blackstone between Feversham and Sea Salter ; between Whit- 
stable and the Isle of Thanet, by Sandwich, and near West 
Chester by Gerarde; but it has been since searched for 
without success; it was therefore nothing but the common 
samphire that was found in the above mentioned habitats. Cav. 
FIG, 65. 
icon. 2. t. 127. Smith, fl. greee. 
t. 265. eng. bot. 2413. D.C. 
coll. mem. v. t. 16.—Mor. ox. 
sect. 9. t. 1. f. 1. Root fusi- 
form, edible. Flowers white. 
(i655) ae 
Var. B, pubéscens (Guss. prod. 
fl. sic. 1. p. 809.) stem pubes- 
cent, deeply furrowed ; leaves 
scabrous; rays of umbels pi- 
losely pubescent. 4%. H. Na- 
tive of the Levant. 
Prickly Sea-parsnip. Fl. Jul. 
PI. 2 to 3 feet. 
2 E. rraTY’LoBa (D. C. prod. 
4. p. 235.) plant smoothish or 
pubescent in the upper part; 
leaves petiolate, pinnate: leaf- 
lets 3-4-cleft : lobes lanceolate, flattish, divaricate, spinescent ; 
leaves of involucra lanceolate, spiny. 4. F. Native of Persia, 
about Teheran. Stems angular, flexuous. Umbels small, when 
young, pubescent. Flowers white. 
Broad-lobed Sea-parsnip. P1. 4 to 1 foot. 
3 S. TRICHOPHY’LLA (Smith, in Rees’ cycl. vol. 12. no. 3.) leaves 
bitriternate ; segments filiform, channelled, acute, unarmed. 2. 
F. Native of the Levant, in stony places at the foot of Mount 
Ararat; and of Persia, in the province of Aderbeidjan, where it 
was gathered by Szowits. Umbels turgidly muricated, about 
the size of those of E. spindsa, of a deep purple while young ; 
petals white. Perhaps this plant is the same as E. orientalis 
peucedanifdlio, Vaill. herb, The plant has a strong smell of 
galbanum according to Szowits. 
Hair-leaved Sea-parsnip. Fl. July. Cit. 1820. PI. 1 foot. 
Secr. II. Curysérnora (from ypvooc, chrysos, gold, and 
¢epw, phero, to bear ; in reference to the yellow flowers). D. C. 
prod. 4. p. 235. Flowers yellow. Petals ovate, barbately 
ciliated; the outer ones of the umbel rather radiant. Lobes 
of leaves flat, foliaceous, toothed at the apex. According to 
Fischer it is probably a distinct genus. 
4 E. renvuiroxia (Lin. spec. 344.) plant pubescent; leaves 
bipinnate ; leaflets pinnatifid or cut, cuneated, unarmed at 
the apex. 2%. F. Native of Apulia, Sicily, Greece, Tauria, 
and about Smyrna and Constantinople, in fields; and of 
Persia, in the province of Erivan, in dry saltish places. Sibth. 
and Smith, fl. grec. 266. prod. 1. p. 179. Stev. mem. soc. mosc. 
3. p. 249 and 258. D’Urv. enum. 29.—Moris. oxon. sect. 9. t. 
1. f. 2. Pluk. alm. t. 11. f. 1. The fruit is similar to the rest 
of the species. A much branched glaucous plant. 
Fine-leaved Sea-parsnip. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1731. Pl. 1} ft. 
Cult. These plants not producing seeds in this country are 
increased by cuttings of the roots or stems. Place them in a 
warm situation and a dry soil, or else cover them in winter, to 
prevent the frost from destroying them. 
CL. EXOACA’/NTHA (from efw, exo, without, and axar6a, 
akantha, a spine; in allusion to the leaves of the involucels 
being spinose, and situated on the outside of the umbellules). 
Labill. pl. syr. dec. 1. p. 10, t. 2. Lag. am, nat. 2. p.106. D.C. 
prod. 4, p. 235. 
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