Caan (4 ; 
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534 : UMBELLIFER (Sond.) [A piwm. 
vitte, but having 5 filiform or elevated-obtuse, inflated ribs, Carpo- 
phore united to the mericarps, but at length free, undivided. Seed semi- 
terete. Hndl. Gen. n. 4385, 
Herbaceous, glabrous plants, with the habit of some Eryngium. Stems nearly 
naked or leafy, branched, umbellate at the apex. Leaves not lobed, oblong, ciliately- 
toothed with spinescent bristles. Universal umbels irregular, surrounded by variable 
involucra ; partial umbels regular like those of Astrantia, but the flowers are sessile 
and surrounded by an involucel of about 10 unequal leaves, which are connate 
at the base, coriaceous and coloured inwards, Name from a, privitive, and Aems, a 
scale ; these plants are glabrous. 
ANALYSIS OF THE 8S. AFRICAN SPECIES, 
Fruit densely muricate ; leaves 2-3 inches long... ... ... (1) ciliaris. 
Fruit quite or nearly smooth; leaves 7-1 5 inches long ... (2) amatymbica. 
1, A. ciliaris (L. Roche, Eryng. p. 19. t. 1); radical leaves petiolate, 
oblong, obtuse ; cauline leaves smaller, stem—clasping ; fruit densely 
muricate-tuberculate. Astrantia ciliaris, Linn, fil. Suppl.177. Thunb. Fl. 
Cap. 196. Jasione Capensis, Berg. Act. Ups. 3. p. 187. t, Io. 
Var. a, leaves oblong, truncate, or unequal-si or subcordate atthe base. 4. 
serrata. E. § Z.! 2188. A. ciliaris, Drege, coll. Zeyh. 2669. 
Van. 8. leaves oblong or elliptic-oblong, more or less cordate at the base. A, 
ciliaris et var. latifolia, E. § Z.1 2187. A. cordata, E. Mey. in Herb. Drege, Zey. 2669. 
Has. Hills and mountains (1-8000 ft.) in the districts of Uitenhage, Albany and 
George, on Katberg, Witbergen and Zuurebergen. Oct.Feb. (Herb. Th. Hk. D. Sd.) 
Root fibrous. Stem 1-14 foot, erect, striate, somewhat branched. Petioles of 
the radical leaves 1-2 inches long, carinate, its leaves 14-3 inches long, 3-1 inch 
broad, coriaceous, toothed and ciliate ; stem-leaves gradually smaller. Universal 
umbel of few rays. Involucel 4-6 lines in diame , usually consisting of 5 ovate, 
mucronate, and § smaller, ovate-lanceolate leaflets. Flowers aggregate on a flat 
cima wae Fruit subcompressed, 1 line long, crowned with the Pogue 
yx-lobes and the erect styles. Stylopodium depressed, Mericarps wi often 
obsolete, obtuse ribs. Albumen flat in front. 4 
2. A. Amatymbica (EZ. & Z./ 2 189) ; radical leaves oblong, or linear- 
oblong, cuneate, petiolate ; cauline leaves smaller, stem-clasping ; fruit 
ral Be giaee quite smooth, or at the apex tuberculated. A. longifolia, 
. Mey. 
Van. 8, cordata ; radical leaves long—petiolate, cordate at the base. 
Has. Top of Mount Winterberg, Ceded Territory, Z. § Z.! between Buffelriver 
and Key, Drege; Port Natal, Gueinzius, Plant. 
_ B. Bestar , near Sandriver, Zey. 728... (Herb. Hk. Sd. D.) 
_ Stem 2-4 eet high, fistular, sulcate. Radical lea. -1§ inches long, 14-2 
inches broad, toothed and ciliate ; stem-leaves nimwoneds | Arora one oo the 
lower ones pomesnies a as large as the radical, but not cuneate. Umbels 
numerous, forming a large panicle. Involucel as in the preceding, but a little 
larger, the leaflets unequal, lanceolate, pale or reddish inwards, Fruit when ripe 2 
lines long and broad, contracted on the Meri i 
. Sted 0 tes. Mericarps broad-ovate, with 5 obtuse, 
pees ‘ine ribs. A. peduncalaris, -1 im Rich, Tent. fl. Abyss, ; seems not to be 
TY. APIUM, Linn. 
Margin of the calyx obsolete. Petals roundish, entire, S¢ lopodium 
depressed, Fruit roundish, laterally contracted, didymous. a 
with equal, filiform ridges, the lateral on the margins. Furrows 1- 
