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UMBELLIFERZE. CLXV. Evtoruus, 
Perfoliate-leaved Alexanders. Fl. May, June. Clt. 14 foot. 
5 S. Heoropiorpes (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 
16.) leaves somewhat biternate; leaflets oblong, sharply ser- 
rated; umbels of 10-12 rays; involucra and involucels of one 
leaf. g.H. Native of Mexico, near Moran, at the height of 
about 4000 feet; and on the Cordilleras de Quahilapa. Sison 
egopodioides, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 886. Flowers yellow. Fruit 
didymous, hardly compressed; vittæ small; ribs filiform; 
furrows broad, reticulated ; albumen involute. 
Gout-weed-like Alexanders. PJ. 1 foot. 
+ A doubtful species. 
6 S.? rarera'Le (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 206.) leaves pinnate 
and ternate ; leaflets obovate, deeply lobed, mucronately toothed ; 
umbels lateral, nearly sessile ; involucels few-leaved. &. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Petals white, inflexed. 
Fruit globose, pubescent. This plant evidently does not belong 
to the present genus, but to what genus it belongs is unknown. 
Lateral-umbelled Alexanders. PI. 1 foot. 
Cult. The species will grow in any kind of soil in which the 
seeds may be sown. 
CLXV. EU’LOPHUS (from ev, eu, well, and dogoc, lophos, 
à crest; in reference to the stripes as well as the ribs of the 
fruit being rather prominent). Nutt. in litt. 1825. D.C. coll. 
mem. v. p. 69. t. 2. f. M. prod. 4. p. 248. 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Digýnia. Margin of calyx 5-toothed, 
at last falling off after flowering. Petals unknown. Fruit 
somewhat contracted from the sides, rather didymous; meri- 
carps ovate, with 5 hardly prominent ribs: the furrows between 
the ribs furnished with 3 convex stripes each, which are more 
Prominent than the ribs, they are hollow inside, and replete with 
oil, from sustaining oleiferous canals; commissure bearing 4 
similar stripes or vittæ. Seed semilunar, filling the meri- 
carp; carpophore bipartite—Glabrous herbs. Leaves multifid ; 
obes linear, elongated. Terminal umbels large, of 10 rays, 
fertile ; the lateral ones opposite, and sterile. Involucra and 
Mvolucels of many linear acute leaves. Flowers many, abortive, 
This genus is very nearly allied to Physospérmum, but differs 
1n the fruit being covered with many vittæ, as in Smyrnium. 
_ 1 E. Americanos (Nutt. in litt.) —Native of North America, 
m the Arkansa territory. Root composed of fascicles of oblong 
tubers. Stem terete, fistular. 
American Eulophus. PI. 
Cult. See Smýrnium above for culture and propagation. 
CLXVI. SCALIGERIA (in honour of J. C. Scaliger, com- 
Mentator on Theophrastus). D. C. coll. mem. v. p. 70. t. 1. 
f. B. prod. 4. p. 248. 
IN. syst. Pentdndria, Digynia. Margin of calyx entire. 
Petals obcordate, with a short, inflexed, obtuse point. Sty- 
podium thick, conically cylindrical, parallel; styles fili- 
orm, bent outwards. Fruit somewhat didymous ;_ mericarps 
Ovate, contracted at the raphe, scarcely compressed from the 
Sides, with 5 filiform ribs, and flattish-convex furrows, each 
urrow containing 2-3 vittæ. Commissure flattish, containing 
4-6 vite, Albumen furnished with a furrow inside.—Herb 
Slabrous, Radical leaves on long petioles, which are hardly 
lilated at the base, ternate ; leaflets pinnate: segments pinna- 
tfid: lobes diverging, lanceolate, acute. Stem branched, rather 
ĉichotomous, terete. Upper leaves reduced to quite entire, or 
inidentate, elongated ligula. Umbels terminal, without invo- 
uera, of 9-10 rays; umbellules 12-15-flowered ; involucels of 
à lew small, linear leaves. Flowers white.—This genus is allied 
to Eúlophus and Physospérmum from habit and character, but 
Hers from both in the calyx being toothless, in the form of 
the stylopodtum, and in the want of involucra, From habit 
CLXVI. Scaticerra, 
CLXVIi. Brora. CLXVIII. Astroma. 381 
and the somewhat didymous fruit it comes also very near 
A’ stoma, 
1 S. mrcroca’rpa (D. C. 1. c). 
Seyde, at the foot of Mount Lebanon. 
Small-fruited Scaligeria. Pl. 1 foot? 
Cult. Sow the seeds in autumn, in the open ground ; they 
will grow in any common soil. : 
Native of the Levant, near 
Fruit small, blackish. 
Susorper III. COELOSPE’/RMZ (from ko:doc, koilos, 
hollow, and oreppa, sperma, a seed; from the seeds being invo- 
lutely curved from the base to the apex, and therefore forming 
a hollow on the inner side). D. C. prod. 4. p. 249. Albumen 
involutely curved from the base to the apex, excavated in front. 
Tribe XVII 
CORIA’NDREA& (this tribe contains plants agreeing with 
Coridndrum in important characters). Koch, umb. p- 82. D.C. 
prod. 4. p. 249. Fruit globose or didymous, with 2 subglobose 
mericarps. Mericarps with 5 primary, depressed, or flexuous 
ribs; the lateral ribs placed before the accessory margin; the 
4 secondary ribs are more prominent than the primary ones; 
all wingless. Seeds involute, or curved from the base to the 
apex, hence they are excavated in front. 
CLXVII. BI/FORA (bis, twice, and foris, a door; in refer- 
ence to the commissure being furnished with 2 holes). Hoffm. 
umb. 191. f. 2. in tit. Koch, umb. 83. D.C. prod. 4. p. 249, 
—Biforis, Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 38. and p. 448,— 
Corion, Hoff. et Link, fi. port. 2. p. 457.—Coriándrum spe- 
cies, C. Bauh. Tourn. Lin.—Anidrum, Neck. elem. no. 319. 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Digynia. Margin of calyx obsolete. 
Petals obovate, emarginate, with an inflexed point ; outer petals 
nearly equal, or radiating and bifid. Fruit didymous: meri- 
carps somewhat globosely ventricose, granularly wrinkled, 
marked with 5 impressed obsolete stripes: the 2 lateral stripes 
semicircular, and placed before the accessory margin. Vitte 
none. Commissure furnished with 2 holes. Seed involute from 
the base to the apex. Carpophore bipartite, adnate on both 
sides.—Fetid hcrbs, with sulcately angular stems; and decom- 
pound leaves ; having five segments. Umbels of 2-3 rays. Invo- 
lucra and involucels wanting, or of one leaf. Flowers white. 
1 B. resticuza’ra (Spreng. l. c.) umbels of 2-3 rays ; invo- 
lucra and involucelsof one leaf; flowers nearly equal; styles 
very short. @.H. Native of Europe, especially in the south 
of France, Italy, Greece, Spain, and of Barbary. Coriandram 
testiculatum, Lin. spec. p. 367. fl. fr. 4. p. 293. Bifora 
dicécea. Hoffm. umb. 192. Bifora flosculosa, Bieb. suppl. 232. 
—Lob. icon. t. 706. f. 1.—Pluk. alm. t. 196, f. 2.—Riv. pent. 
72. Bauh. hist. 91-92. f. 1, Herb fetid when bruised, Petals 
white ; anthers red. 
Twin-fruited Bifora. Fl. June, Jul. Cit. 1640. Pl. 1 to 2 ft. 
2 B. ra‘pians (Bieb. suppl. 233.) umbels of 5 rays ; invo- 
lucra and involucels of 1-2 leaves; outer flowers radiant ; styles 
elongated after flowering. ©. H. Native of Tauria, frequent 
among corn. Coridndrum testiculatum, Bieb. fl. taur, l. p: 
228. exclusive of the synonymes, Coriándrum orientàle, cha- 
mæmeli folio, Tourn. cor. 22.? Herb fetid. Petals white ; 
anthers red. 
Radiant Bifora. Fl. Ju. Jual. Clt. 1817. Pl. 1} foot. 
Cult. The seeds only require to be sown in the open border. 
CLXVIII. A’STOMA (from a priv. and oropa, stoma, a 
mouth; this genus differs from Bifora in the want of the 2 
holes in the commissure; hence the gen D. C. coll. mem. v. 
. 71. t. 17. prod. 4. p. 249. but not of Gray. 
F Lin. see Penténria, Digynia. Allas in Bifora, but the 
