84 PENTANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Meuni. 



pitium aquilegifolium of VVilldenow ; Sison sylvaticum of Brotero, 

 Phyt. Liisit. 35 ; and 2nd Smyrniuin nudkaule, Marsch. Tnur. 

 Caucus. V. 1, 238. The first has rough-edged leaves, and is much 

 stouter in every part than the second. Our Cornish plant has 

 been improperly confounded with these two, and, as far as its 

 fruit is known, answers best to Ligustkum. 



161. MEUM. Spignel, or Fennel. 



Toiirn.Inst.^\2.t.\Qb. Fl.Br. 308. Sprang. Prodr.32. Gcertn. t.23. 

 Foeniculum. Tourn. t. IQA. Gartn. t. 23. 



Fl. all uniform, perfect, and prolific. Cal. none. Pet. 5, 

 equal, obovate, with an inflexed point. Filam. about the 

 length of the petals, spreading, incurved. Antli. roundish. 

 Germ, inferior, ovate, striated, abrupt, a little compressed. 

 Styles tumid at the base, very short in the flower, after- 

 wards a little elongated and recurved. Stigmas simple. 

 Fl. Recept. none. Fruit elliptic-oblong, very slightly com- 

 pressed, contracted at the summit, and crowned with the 

 permanent styles. Seeds convex, with 3 dorsal and 2 

 marginal, equidistant prominent ribs, the interstices nearly 

 flat and even. Juncture nearly as broad as the seeds. 



Herbaceous, aromatic, with finely divided leaves. Umbels 

 compound. Bracteas various. Fl. cream-coloured, or 

 yellow. 



1 . M. athamanticum. Spignel, Men, or Bald-money. 



Leaflets all in numerous, deep, bristle-like, segments. Brac- 

 teas both general and partial. 



M. athamanticum. Jacq. Austr. v. 4. 2. t. 303. Spreng. Prodr. 32. 



R Br. 308. Engl. Bot. v. 32. t. 2249. Gcertn. u. 1 . 1 05. 

 Meum. RaiiSyn.207. Ger. Em. \0o2.f. Dod. Pempt. 30."). f. 



Matth. Valgr. v. 1. 22./. Camer. Epit. 7./. R'w. Pentap. Irr. 



t.63. 

 M. foliis anethi. Bauh. Pin. 148. 



M. vulgare tenuifolium. Moris, v. 3. 270. sect. 9. t. 2./. 2. 

 Athamanta Meum. Linn. Sp. PL 353. Huds.llG. Dicks. H. Sice. 



fuse. 11.7. 

 A. n. 761. Hall. Hist. v. 1. 334. 

 iEthusa Meum. Linn. Syst. Veg. ed. 13. 237. ed. 14. 287. fVilld. 



Sp.Pl.v.\.l447. With. 305. 

 Ligusticum Meum. Crantz Austr. fasc. 3. 82. Sm. in Rees's Cycl. 



v.2\. Comp. 46. Hook. Scot. 89. 

 Daucus creticus. Trag. Hist. 445. /. Fuchs. Hist. 23 1 . /. 



In mountainous pastures in the North. 



