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almost setaceous on one of the specimens from Mr. Garnons, but 

 linear-lanceolate on the other ; and in both cases shorter than the 

 outer barren pedicels. On the Toulouse specimen of (E. pimpi- 

 nelloides, gathered and named by M. Serre, and already referred 

 to by Mr. Ball and myself (Man. 130), the involucels have linear- 

 subulate leaflets which are shorter than the outer pedicels j whilst 

 on another from Dr. Noe, found near Fiume (Reich. Fl. Germ, 

 exsic. 1359), those organs are very narrow and extend beyond 

 the barren florets. I think therefore that the character drawn 

 from the involucels can hardly be depended upon, and that the 

 differences between this plant and (E. Lachenalii must be founded 

 upon their very different roots, the remarkable callosity at the 

 base of the diachenium, and the mucronate pinnules of all its 

 leaves. Owing to the absence of the radical leaves and of ripe 

 fruit, I cannot absolutely say that the Weymouth plant is (E.pim- 

 pinelloides, although I have great reason to believe it to belong 

 to that species. Its root consists of long fibres abruptly enlarged 

 at about two-thirds of their length into nearly spherical knobs. 

 Although these specimens must remain slightly doubtful, those 

 which are referred to by Mr. Ball seem to admit of no ambiguity, 

 and will therefore add the true (E. pimpinelloides to the flora of 

 Britain. 



(E. peucedanifolia of Smith presents much more difficulty than 

 we have met with in the consideration of the preceding plant, 

 owing to the probability that more than one species is included 

 under the name of (E. silaifolia; for its root keeps it distinct 

 from the (E. peucedanifolia. If we examine the works of authors 

 of authority who have described plants under the name of (E. si- 

 laifolia, we find the following differing descriptions, viz. "napulis 

 radicalibus fasciculatis oblongis," Bertoloni (Fl. Ital. iii. 241) ; 

 " radice fasciculata fibris oblongo- vel elongato -clavatis," and 

 "fructibus cylindricis basi callo cinctis," Koch (Syn. Fl. Germ, 

 ed. 2. 322) ; " radicis fibris oblongo-fusiformibus tuberosis cylin- 

 dricisve n and " fructibus ovatis," DeCandolle (Prodr. iv. 137) ; 

 (t radicis fibris cylindrico-fusiformibus," Reichenbach (Fl. excurs. 

 463); " radicis fibris cylindraceo-fusiformibus," Bluff and Finger- 

 huth (Comp. Fl. Germ. ed. 2. i. 495) ; " tuberibus fusiformibus," 

 Bieberstein (Fl. Tauro-Cauc. iii. 232). Taking the last as the 

 plant to which this name correctly belongs, we find the descrip- 

 tions by DeCandolle, Reichenbach, and Bluff and Fingerhuth, 

 and the figure in ' Eng. Bot/ (tab. 348), to agree with it in the 

 form of the thickened fibres of the root ; but none of these authors 

 give any useful description of the fruit except DeCandolle, who 

 calls it " ovate ;" and as in other species he speaks of the callous 

 ring at the base, it is clear that he does not understand it to be 

 present in this plant. It seems then that Smith's (E. peuceda- 



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