UMBELLIFERZ. CLIII. Praneos. CLIV. 
fruit than the Asiatic ones, but they are probably hardly varie- 
ties. Flowers yellow, as in the rest of the species. 
Giant-fennel-like Prangos. Clt. 1752. P]. 1 to 2 feet. 
3 P. cyuinpra‘cea (D, C. prod.’4. p. 239.) leaves supra- 
decompound, rather hairy; segments or leaflets linear, diva- 
ricate ; leaves of involucra and involucels undivided, linear ; fruit 
cylindrical, expanded into membranous, entire, subundulated 
wings; mericarps 5 times longer than their diameter. 2. H. 
Native of Calabria. Cachrys cylindrica, Guss. in litt. 1829. 
Fruit an inch long; the section of the mericarps are not semicir- 
cular, as in P. ferulàcea, but somewhat depressed on the back. 
Cylindrical-fruited Prangos. Pl]. 1 to 2 feet. 
4 P. urórrera (D. C. prod. 4. p. 239.) leaves decompound, 
glabrous, with the petioles trichotomous; segments or leaflets 
linear ; leaves of involucra and involucels linear, spreading ; fruit 
ovate, with very curled membranous wings. 2%. H. Native of 
Persia, on rocks at Seidhodzi, in the province of Aderbeidjan, 
where it was collected by Szowits. Allied to P. feruldcea, but 
evidently distinct from it in the fruit being one-half smaller ; in 
the Wings being much more curled and white, and in the umbel- 
lules being more dense. 
Curled-minged-fruited Prangos. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
5 P. rnapstoipgs (D. C. prod. 4. p. 340.) leaves supra-de- 
compound, glabrous : leaflets or segments subulate, stiffish, shin- 
rae leaves of involucra and involucels 5-7, undivided, deflexed ; 
oa ovate : having the ribs expanded into thick wings. %. H. 
ative of Mount Atlas. Laserpitium thapsioides, Desf. fi. alt. 1. 
pe t. 68. Laserpítium Atlánticum, Poir. suppl. 3. p. 304. 
eran Laserpitii, Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 613. It dif- 
rom Laserpitium in the petals being yellow, not white, ob- 
ong, not emarginate. Ribs of fruit few. 
Thapsia-formed Prangos. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
se SA AMIBOPE TALA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 240.) plant glabrous ; 
: , ecompound: lobes or segments linear, short; stem 
early naked; leaves of involucra and involucels ovate-lanceo- 
eed acute, entire ; mericarps of fruit compressed from the back, 
tea with the ribs expanded into wings, the 3 dorsal ribs 
nuated at the base, and somewhat concrete, the 2 lateral ones 
Marginating and broader than the rest. 2%. H. Native of 
differ, See gee It is allied to Cachrys odontdlgica, but 
ein r i it bei ying 
“on leary se rous, and in the fruit being winged. Calyx 
Unequal-petalled Prangos. Pl. 2 to 8 feet. 
rei P@NIcULA‘cEA (Meyer, verz. pflanz. p. 131.) plant quite 
of ant leaves supra-decompound ; segments setaceous ; leaves 
ame ucra and involucels lanceolate ; wings of mericarps flat : 
in ows naked. Y%.H. Native of Caucasus, among rocks or 
Stony places, on the higher mountains of Talusch, at the ele- 
vation of 2000 or 3000 feet. 
Fennel-like Prangos. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
Cult. The species of Prángos are of easy culture, but grow 
38 in a dry soil. They are only to be increased by seeds, 
ich should be sown in the autumn. 
Figg oa COLLADO'NIA (dedicated in honour of F. Colla- 
240, E D. author of a monagraph of Cássia). D. C. prod. 4. p. 
but ; ut not of Spreng.— Perlébia, D. C. coll. mem. v. p. 67. 
Reema, of Mar t.—Laserpitium species, Vent.—Cachrys species, 
ea ede Pentandr ia, Digynia. Margin of calyx entire. 
ie : oval, entire, involute at the apex. Stylopodium depres- 
oval 3 ardly prominent in the fruit. Transverse section of fruit 
furnj. “ear eal ag compressed from the sides ; commissure narrow, 
me bia with 2 vittæ. Mericarps expanded into 5 vertical 
wi mbranous wings on the back, with the furrows between the 
ings broadish, and furnished with one vitta each. Albumen 
Corrapoxia. CLV. Lecoxia. CLVI. Macypanis. 375 
involute.—Perennial glabrous herbs. Stems acutely triquetrous, 
at length somewhat spirally twisted. Leaves pinnatifid ; lobes 
broadly oblong, toothed. Umbels and umbellules of many rays. 
Leaves of involucra and involucels many, undivided. Flowers 
golden yellow. This genus, according to Lagasca, in obs. apar. 
p. 26. is easily distinguished by its character and habit. Per/é- 
bia is a name given to a genus by Martius, and is therefore 
already preoccupied. Colladdnia of Sprengel is a species of 
Palicotrea. 
1 C. rriquerra (D.C. prod. 4. p. 240.) Y.H. Native in 
the neighbourhood of Constantinople, near the canal, Laserpitium 
triquetrum, Vent. cels. t. 97. Cachrys triquetra, Spreng. in 
Schultes, syst. 6. p. 443. 
Triquetrous-stemmed Colladonia. 
Pl. 3 to 4 feet. 
Cult. See Prángos above for culture and propagation. 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. 
CLV. LECO’KIA (named after Henry Lecoq, author of an 
elementary work on the natural history of Auvergne). D.C. coll. 
mem, v. p. 67. t. 2. f. L. prod. 4. p. 240.—Cachrys species, 
Tourn. Lam.—Sceandix species, Sibth. et Smith. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Digynia. Margin of calyx with 5 
very short teeth. Petals ovate, with an inflexed acumen. Stylo- 
podium 2, distinct, conical, permanent, exserted ; styles subu- 
late, diverging. Fruit ovate, didymous; commissure narrow. 
Mericarps semi-terete, with 5 obtuse fungous ribs, which are 
muricated with prickles. Seed girded by copious vittæ. Albu- 
men inyolute, with the central area empty and orbicular.—A 
perennial herb, with the appearance of a species of Angélica. 
Root a faseicle of tubers. Leaves glabrous, triternate; leaflets 
ovate, coarsely toothed. Umbels of many rays, without invo- 
lucra; rays unequal, angular. Umbellules of 10-15 flowers ; 
involucels of 5-8 subulate leaves. Flowers white, some of them 
in each umbellule sterile. 
1 L. Cre‘rica (D. C. 1. e.) YY. H. Native of Candia and 
Cyprus. Cachrys Crética Angelice folio et asphodeli radice, 
Tourn. inst. 23. Cachrys Crética, Lam. dict. 1. p. 259. Desf. 
ann. mus. 11. p. 274. t. 29. pl. cor. t. 42. Sieb. pl. exsic. cret, 
Scándix latifolia, Sibth. et Smith, fl. græc. t. 284. Smith in Rees’ 
cycl. no. 31. Plant dark green, glabrous. Stem furrowed. 
Cretan Lecokia. FI. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. Pl. 3to 4 feet. 
Cult. See Prangos above for culture and propagation. 
CLVI. MAGYDA'RIS (the Latin name of the herb Laser- 
wort). Koch, in litt. 1828. D. C. coll. diss. v. t. 68. prod. 4, p. 
241.—Eriocàchrys, D. C. in litt.—Cachrys species of authors. 
—Athamánta species, Spreng. 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Digy'nia. Margin of calyx obsolete. 
Petals obcordate, with an inflexed point. Fruit ovate, villously 
tomentose; mericarps with 5 thick, very blunt ribs, and narrow 
furrows. Seed covered all over with numerous very fine vittæ, 
convex on the outside, and with a deep involute furrow on the 
inside.—- Perennial herbs, hoary from villous tomentum in every 
part ; referrible to Hérmas or Heraclèum in habit. Leaves pin- 
nate; leaflets lobed : lobes ovate, toothed, decurrent. Umbels 
and umbellules many-flowered, involucrate. Flowers white. 
This genus is easily distinguished at once from Cachrys, in the 
petals being white and obcordate. 
1 M. romentosa (Koch, in litt. 1828. D.C. prod. 4. p. 241.) 
leaves pinnate, with 3-5 large, broadly ovate, toothed, cut leaf- 
lets: ultimate leaflets confluent; all tomentose beneath, and 
nearly glabrous above; leaves of involucra and involucels nu- 
merous, elongated, linear, undivided ; fruit ovate; mericarps 
bluntly 5-ribbed, tomentose all over. 4%. H. Native of Bar- 
bary and Sicily. Cachrys tomentdsa, Desf, atl. 1. p. 249. 
