PLANTS OF MADEIKA. 295 



Ord, Umbellifer^. 



SuBORD. 0RTH0SFER3IE^. 



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Umbellis compositu sen perfeclis ; viitis in fructu variis, rarissime nullis 



DC. Prodr. iv. 57. 



ft MuLTiJUGAT^, nempe jugis primariis et secundariis notafce, — lb. 58, 199. 



Trib, THAPSIEiE, lb, 58, 202. 



Gen. MoNiziA, Lowe. — Mores . . , Fructus a dorso plano-compressus, 

 14-costatus5 costis (prsesertim 4 lateralibus margin alibus) crassis 

 fungoso-suberosis obtusis rotundatis inermibus, 10 dorsalibus (inter- 

 mediis) minoribus, 4 lateralibus (raarginantibus) magnis. Mericarpia 

 jugis pnmanis 5, 3 intermediis crassiusculis sub fungoso-suberosis 

 dorso, 2 lateralibus v. potius ventralibus tenuibus (vix filiformibus) 

 simplicibus nee fungosis piano commissurali impositis ; secundariis 

 4 fungoso-suberosis crassis obtusis, 2 interioribus minoribus tenuius- 

 culis, 2 exterioribus marginantibus maximis latis obtusissimis ; vittis 

 sub jugis secundariis 4 dorsalibus, 2 commissuralibus latissimis ; 

 carpophoro bipartito. Semen complanatum.- — Herha basi frutescens, 

 caudice simplici abbreviato obeso crasso lignoso subarboreo, caule 

 florifero annuo terminali erecto-ramoso, foliis sequaliter et concinne 

 decomposito-pinnatisectis, segraentis rigidiusculis lucidis glabris, pe- 

 tiolis late vaginantibus velutinis. Umbellee compositae multiradiatse, 



bracteis bracteolisque (involucris involucellisque) polyphyllis iutegris. 



Mores albi. 



Named after Senhor J. M. Moniz, an ardent botanist and successful 

 investigator of the native Flora of Madeira, and a no less zealous hor- 

 ticulturist, always actively engaged in introducing new or rare plants 

 into the island, and in promoting the spread of agricultural and hor- 

 ticultural knowledge amongst his countrymen. 



11. Monizia edulis, Lowe. 



Hab. In rupibus excelsis maritimis Insulae Desertae Magnse. 



This fine Umbelliferous plant, remarkable for its large and elegant, 

 varnished, fern-like foliage, approaches nearest to Melanoselmum deci- 

 piens, Hoffm., of Madeira, both in botanical characters and habit. The 

 woody stem is however much shorter, thicker, and obese, instead of 

 tall and cylindric, and the finely-divided foliage is very different and 

 peculiar, the broadly-triangular leaves resembling fronds of Balantimi 

 Culcita (Sw.), Klfs. The long, curved, horn-like subdivisions of the 



