272 ARALTACE^. [Adoxa, 



Tab. XCVI. O. lon^istylis. Fig. 1, Fruit; Jig. 2, Fruit with the mericarps soparatino^j Jig. 3, Section of 

 ail entire fruit; — magnified, 



2. O, hrevistylis ; plerumque pubescens, stylis brevissimis rectis conico-uttenuatis fructu 

 basi (pi'fficipiie) apiceque attenuatis, involucris deciduis, pedunculis pedicellisque tenuissimis 

 elongatis. (Tab. XCVII.) — Dc Cand, Prodr, v. 4. p, 232.— Myrrhis Claytoni. MlcL Am, 

 V. I. p. 70? Torrey, FL of Un. St. v, 1. />. 309. — Chseropliyllum Claytoni. Pursh^ FL 

 Am. V. \. p. 195. — Uraspermum liii'sutuni. Bigel. Fl. Bost. ed. 2. p. 112. 



Habitus fere omnino prEecedentis. Folia simiUima sed minora, magis memhranacea, nitida, utrinque 

 pubescentia. Umbellce lonnriores. Pedunctdi pedicellique elonn^ati, gracillirai. Involucra involucellaque 

 decidua. Fructus supeme augustatus subrostratus, infeme insigniter attenuatus, stylis brevissimis basi 

 dilatatii> rectis coronatus. Semen minus profunde sulcatum. 



Hab. Canada. Lady Dalhousie. Mrs. Sheppard, Woody places on the West side of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains. Drummond. From the mouth of the Coliunbia to Observatory Inlet, in lat. 55°, North-West America. 

 Dr. Scolder. Douglas. — The more hairy leaves, the long slender peduncles and pedicels, the short styles 

 and differently shaped fruit distinguish this plant from the preceding. 



Tab. XCVII. O. hrevistylis. Fig, 1, Fruit ; Jig, 2, Frujt with the mericarps separating from the carpo- 

 podiumj Jig. 3, Section of the entire fruit. 



Trib. X. Smyrne^. Fructus tiirgidus a latere compressus vel contractus. DC, 



27. CONIUM. Linn. 



Calycis margo obsoletus. Petala obcordata subemarginata cum lacinula brevissima 

 inflexa. Fructus a latere compressus ovatus. Mericarpia ]\\g\s 5 prominulis tmdulato-crenu- 

 latis sequalibus lateralibus margin an tibus. Valleculm multistriatse evittatse. Carpophorum 

 apice bifidum. Semen sulco profundo angusto incisum eoque complicatum. — Herbse 

 Europefs hiennes venenatcB. Radix fusiformis. Caulis teres ramosus. Folia decomposita, 

 Involucrum utrinque 3^ phyllum, partiale dimidiatum. Flores alhij omnes fer tiles. DC. 



1. C. macidatum ; involucelli foliolis lanceolatls umbellula brevioribus. DC. — Linn. Sp. 

 PL p. 349. Fngl. BoL t. 1191. Pursk, Fl. Am. v.l.p. 195. BigeL FL Bost. ed. 2. p. 110. 

 Torrey, FL of Un. St. v. 1. j^. 312. 



Hab. Canada. About Quebec : introduced. Mrs. Percival. Mrs. Sheppard. 



Ord. XLIV. ARALIACE^. Juss. 



1. ADOXA. Linn. 



Calycis tubus adnatus, lobi 4-5 ovales, Petala 0. Stam. 8-10, nempe sepalis alia alterna 



(an petala transmutata ?) et alia opposita. Styli 4-5 crassi distinct! ex apice ovarii calycem 



superantes. Bacca 4-locul. 4-sperma. Semina margine membranaceo cincta. — Herbae 



tenera moschum redolens. Radix ad collum squamata. Folia radicalia petiolata, petiolo 



trifido segmentis tripartitis obtuse lobatis. Scapus apice gerens capitulum b-florum. Flores 



sessiles virescentes. — Genus diu cum Saxifrageis confnsum^ huc^ suadente CL Jussieu, pertinet, 



ex cmhryone inverso, fructu baccato indehiscente, stylis 4-5, et hahitu ad Panaces herbaceas 

 accedit. DC, 



