376 
Cachrys Pastinaca, Lam. dict. 1. p. 260. C. Panax Siculum 
Ucria. C. panacifdlia, Vahl, symb. 1. p. 25.2? Guss. prod. fl. 
sic. 1. p. 327. Athamanta panacifdlia var. Spreng. umb. spec. 
140.--Boce. sic. t. 1. Moris. ox. sect. 9. t.1.f.4. Leaves like 
those of Heracléum spondy'lium. 
Tomentose Magydaris. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. Pl. 3 ft. 
2 M. amsicua (D.C. prod. 4. p. 241.) leaves pinnate, with 5 
oval-oblong crenulated leaflets, which are glabrous above, and 
scabrous on the nerves beneath, as well as on the petioles: ulti- 
mate ones distinct ; leaves of involucra and involucels numerous, 
lanceolate-linear, undivided ; fruit ovate, woolly. 2.H. Na- 
tive of Mauritania, near Tangiers. Cachrys ambigua, Salzm. 
pl. exsic. 1825. This species is intermediate between the pre- 
ceding and following; to the first in the fruit, and to the last in 
the analogy of the leaves. 
Ambiguous Magydaris. Pl. 3 feet. 
3 M. vana’cina (D.C. prod. 4. p. 241.) leaves on long petioles, 
some of them undivided, oval-oblong, and toothed: others are 
pinnate, with the ultimate segments confluent, all scabrous be- 
neath on the nerves, and on the petioles; leaves of involucra 
and involucels numerous, deflexed, undivided ; fruit oblong, be- 
set with spreading villi, hardly furrowed. 2%.H. Native of 
Spain. Cachrys panacifolia, Vahl, symb. 1. p. 25. Brot. fi. lus. 
1. p. 434, Athamanta panacifolia, Spreng. umb. spec. 1. p. 
140.—Tuero, Clus. hist. 2. p. 192. 
Panax-leaved Magydaris. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. Pl. 
3 feet. 
Cult. See Perangos, p. 375. for culture and propagation. 
CLVII. HE’RMAS (a name the meaning of which is wholly 
unknown). Lin. gen. no, 1352. Thunb. nov. act. petrop. 14. p. 
531. Geertn. fruct. 2. p. 30. t. 85. Lam, ill. t. 851. Lag. am. 
nat. 2. p. 102. D. C. prod. 4. p. 241. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Digynia. Margin of calyx 5-parted, 
foliaceous, permanent. Petals oval-oblong, acute, keeled, en- 
tire, equal. Fruit ovate ; mericarps rather inflated, compressed 
from the back, 5-ribbed, the dorsal rib exserted, the two middle 
ones larger, and the 2 marginating ones small, and placed under 
the commissure; vittee many in the furrows, which are broad. 
Seed elliptic, somewhat concave on the inside, and probably re- 
volute, not adnate to the tegument.—Cape herbs, having the 
leaves clothed with soft white tomentum. Leaves undivided, 
hardly toothed. Umbels compound, nearly globose, of many 
rays. Involucrum of many leaves; involucels of 3 leaves. 
Rays of umbellules many; outer ones bearing sterile male 
flowers: the inner one or three bearing hermaphrodite flowers ; 
the pedicels of the sterile or abortive flowers setaceous and per- 
manent after the inflorescence, forming as it were an involucel 
to the fertile flowers, Lateral umbels sterile, male. Flowers 
white or purple. 
1 H. cicanrs‘a (Lin. fii. suppl. 435.) radical leaves on long 
petioles, oval or oblong, somewhat serrated, clothed with dense 
soft tomentum on both surfaces. 4. G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Thunb. nov. act. petrop. 14. p. 529. t. 11. fl. 
cap. 249. Bupledrum gigantéum, Thunb. prod. 50. Leaves 
from the dense tomentum usually entire. The upper part of the 
plant and umbels glabrous. Petals purple, ex Thunb. The 
wool scraped from the leaves is used for tinder at the Cape of 
Good Hope, as that from Artemisia is in China and Japan. 
Gigantic Hermas. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1794. Pl. 4 feet. 
2 H. vitiosa (Thunb. nov. act. petrop. 14. p. 531. fl. cap. 
249.) leaves ovate-oblong, acute, somewhat cordate at the base, 
stem-clasping, toothed, glabrous above, and clothed with white 
tomentum beneath. 22. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
on the Table Mountain, Burm. afr. t. 71. f. 2. Bupledrum 
UMBELLIFERZ.. CLVI. Macyparis. 
CLVII. Hermas. CLVIII. Conrum. 
villssum, Lin. spec. 343. Burm. fl. cap. p. 7. H. depauperata, 
Lam. dict. 3. p. 121. ill. t. 351. f. 1. Stem tomentose between 
the leaves, and glabrous above. There is also tomentum under 
the bracteas and involucra. Stems purple. 
Var. B, depauperata (D. C. prod. 4. p. 242.) leaves on short 
petioles, velvety beneath from short rufous tomentum; invo- 
lucra and bracteas glabrous at the base. 2%. G. i Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Hérmas depauperata, Lin. mant. 299. 
Perhaps a proper species. 
Villous Hermas. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1795. Pl. 1 to 3 ft. 
3 H. carıra`ra (Lin. fil. suppl. 435.) radical leaves petiolate, 
ovate-cordate, obtuse, crenately toothed, glabrous above, but 
clothed with white tomentum beneath; stem glabrous at the 
apex. 2%. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on the 
Table Mountain. Thunb. nov. act. petrop. 14. p. 532. t. 12. 
fl. cap. 248. Lam. dict. 3. p. 122. ill. 851. f. 2. Leaves of in- 
volucra $-nerved. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from the follow- 
ing. Umbels capitate. Scape biumbellate. 
Capitate-flowered Hermas. PI. 14 foot. 
4 H. quixquepenta’ra (Lin, fil. suppl. p. 436.) leaves almost 
radical, petiolate, ovate, cuneated at the base, few-toothed, naked 
above, but clothed with white tomentum beneath ; stem sub- 
tomentose even to the apex. 2%.G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope, on the Table Mountain. Bupletrum quinqueden- 
tatum, Thunb. prod. p. 50. H. quinquedentata, Thunb. nov. 
act. petrop. 14. p. 533. t. 12. fl. cap. 249. Leaves of involucra 
striated with 3 longitudinal nerves. Corolla white. Stem fili- 
form. Umbels nearly globose. 
Five-toothed-leaved Hermas. PI. 1 foot. 3 
5 H. citia‘ra (Lin. fil. suppl. 4. p. 436.) leaves radical, pe- 
tiolate, ovate or obovate, obtuse, ciliated, naked above, and 
clothed with white tomentum beneath; umbels few, densely 
capitate; male flowers on long peduncles, exserted. %- 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on the Mountains. 
Burm. afr. t. 72. f. 1. Bupledrum ciliatum, Thunb. prod. 50. 
H. ciliata, Thunb. nov. act. petrop. 14. p. 531. fl. cap. 248. 
Stem glabrous, leafless. Petioles length of the limbs. Corolla 
white. 
Ciliated-leaved Hermas. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. Pi. 
14 foot. Sf 
Cult. A mixture of peat, sand, and loam is the best soil > 
the species of Hérmas, and they may be either increased by see 
or cuttings. 
CLVIII. CO‘NIUM (said by Linnzus to be from Kort, “a 
kovia, konis, or konia, dust or powder ; but the application of the 
term is not evident). Lin. gen. no. 469. Hoffm. umb. p. f 
t. 1. f. 3. Lag. am. nat. 2. p. 103. Koch, umb. p- ioo 
40.—Cicita, Tourn. inst. t. 160. Gærtn. fruct. 1. t. 22. Lam. 
dict. 2. p- 3. Jete 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Digy'nia. Margin of calyx obsolete 
Petals obcordate, somewhat emarginate, with a short inflex 
point. Fruit ovate, compressed from the sides; mericarps ye 
5 prominent equal undulately-crenulated ribs : lateral ones mar 
ginating ; furrows with many striæ, but without vitte. Carpe 
phore bifid at the apex. Seed with a deep narrow furrow, of 
as if it were complicate.— Biennial poisonous herbs, natives 3 
Europe. Root fusiform. Stem terete, branched. Leaves, Fé 
compound. Involucra of 3-5 leaves; involucels dimidiate- 
Flowers white, all fertile. i Js Jan- 
1 C. macuta‘tum (Lin. spec. 349.) leaves of involucels ™" 
ceolate, shorter than the umbellules. &. H. Native peat 
out the whole of Europe, in cultivated ground, among eor 4 
and on dung hills; also of the eastern parts of Asia, ‘fal in 
America, and Chili, where it has been introduced ; plent! gt 
some parts of Britain. Schkuhr, handb. t. 62. Bull. herb. t. 
