the same; 353. 
UMBELLALS, 25 6 UMBELLIFERS, 
2. F. orientalis Linneus. 
Stem branched ; leaves supradecompound ; leaflets setaceous, minutely 
downy ; upper petioles much inflated. 
a oo e Habitat. Asia Minor, Greece. 
Uses. Said to furnish African Ammoniacum ; but if 
that drug is yielded by the Fashook of the 
Moors, then it is certain that its source is the next 
species. 
3. F. tingitana Linneus.—(Arrican AmMo- 
niacuM.) Fig. 352. 
Stem branched; leaves supradecompound, 
shining ; segments oblong -lanceolate, 
_much cut; upper petioles large and 
dilated ; terminal umbel on a short stalk. 
Habitat. Various places in the North of Africa. 
i Quality. The fetid gum-resin is analogous in its effects 
352 to common Ammoniacum. 
= Heracteum. Linneus. 
= Umbels compound. Involucres obsolete. Calyx 5- 
toothed. Fruit compressed from the back, thin, 
with a broad border. Ridges 5, filiform, the 3 
dorsal near each other, the lateral distant. Vitte 
\\ eg each furrow, short, clavate. Albwmen thin, 
' t. 
| 1. H. Sphondylium Linneus.—(Cow Parsner. Hoe- 
as WEED.) Fig. 353. 
_// Leaflets lobed or pinnatifid, cut and serrated ; fruit 
ee smooth, emarginate ; 2 vittz on the commissure. 
Habitat. Hedges and dry ditches ; very common. 
Quality. Acrid, vesicant, Rind of the root ulcerates the skin, if applied in a fresh state. 
Tuapsia. Linnceus. 
- Umbels compound. Involucres variable. Calyx 5-toothed. Fruit com- 
pressed from the back. Ridges: 5 primary 
dorsal, filiform, 2 secondary lateral winged. 
Vitte 1 beneath each of the 2 intermediate 
ridges, and 2 on the commissure. Albumen 
nearly flat. de 
1. T. garganica Linneus.—(Asa Dutcis.) Fig. 
354. ee 
Stem smooth; leaflets linear, acute, decurrent; 
fruit widely cordate. : 
Habitat. South of Europe and Barbary. 
Uses. This, or a nearly allied species, called T. Silphium, 
yielded the Laser cyrenaicum or Asa dulcis, a drug — 
enjoying the highest —— among the ancients 
as an antispasmodic, deol t, and diuretic. 
_ Fig. 352.—Fruit of Ferula natural size; b, the magnified ; transverse suction of 
Bare iy Pare magnified ; 354. a, Fruit of Thapsia garganica, 
Fruit of Hi 
6, its transverse section. 
