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NlGELLA HISPANICA. SPANISH FeNNEL- 



Flower. 



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Clafs and Order* 



PoLYANDRIA PeNTAGYNIA* 



Generic Cbaracler. — Fid. No. 1264. 



Specific Cbaracler and Synonyms. 



MGELLA hifpanica; piftillis fubdenis corollam aequantibus, 



fru£lu turbinato angulato : roftris radiatis apice 



contortis. 

 NlGELLA hifpanica ; piftillis denis corollam aequantibus. 



Hort. Up/. 154. Sp. PL 753. Reich. 2. 622. 



PVilld. 2. 1249. S&te. Monfp. 253. Mariyn Mill. 



Ditl. n. 4. 

 NlGELLA hifpanica t ' piftillis fuboflonis ; caule angulato, 



foliis multifariam decompofitis ; capfulis fuperne 



intus membranaceis. Desf. Fl. Ail. 1. p. 430. 



/. 12. 



NlGELLA latifolia. Mill. Dic7. 6. 



MGELLA latifolia flore majore fimplici caeruleo. Batih. Pin. 

 145. Prod. 75. Tournef. Inft. 258. Setter FL 

 Hifp. 5. p. 492. 

 NlGELLA hifpanica flore amplo. Ger. Emac. 1085. /. 6. 

 Raj. Hijl. 1071. Morif. Hijl. 3. />. 516. {. 12. 

 t. iB.f. 9. 

 NlGELLA hifpanica flore fimplici. Park. Par ad. 287. t. 285. 

 /. 9. pro fynonymo N. damafcen£> No. 22. hujus 

 operis errore citatum. 

 MELANTHIUM hifpanicum majus. Hort.Eyjl.Ord.Mft. 2. 

 . p. 10. /. ii. 



vanat petalis pallide caeruleis et purpurafcentibus. 



Nigella hifpanica is at once diftinguifhed from N. dama- 

 Jcena (!\ T , 22) by the want of the leafy involucre, with which 



the 



