U IM B E L L T F E R \ E 2(r, 



l)cii , iiitcnliim vcro cj^TCf^ic conipiesso-dilalati ct in alani amplam ad basiin 

 connati ( Imcfjnc pcrlincnl spccimina nonnulla a^Ti bononiensis, ]5ononiac 

 mihi ab amicissinio ]5krtoi.onio impcrlila ). Li eadem unibclla Dauci ma- 

 rjtiini, viaximi ct gummifcri alios obscrvarc nonnnmqnam csi fiiiclus acu- 

 lcis loni;iusculis cjus diamclrum Irausversam subac(|iiantibus, alios, ad um- 

 Lcllulas pracscrlim ccntralcs spcctanles,- aculeis omnibus Ijrcvissimis. Spe- 

 cimina Dauci gummifeii ([uac habco e pyrenaeis a clariss. Dynasic Cesati 

 acidcos fruclus rcfcruiit cjus diamcirum Iransvcrsam aequanles aul ca vix 

 breviores , l^asi libcros aul vix cohacrcntes, patenlcs: specimlna ab ag;ro 

 massilicnsi diamctro fructus quadrnplo circiter l:)rcviorcs, asccndcntcs basi- 

 quc valdc cohacrcntcs : spcciininuin liqvisticorum, e mocniis projic ^(< Cacrt, 

 ab eximio prof. De-Notaris, aliud profcrt aculeos fructus diametro trans- 

 vcrsa paullo brcviorcs, aliud quadruplo breviores, basi vcro oinncs plus 

 niinusve inter se liberos. Similes variationes alias ejusdcra generis species 

 pracbcre credibile cst. I])soruin dcinum aculcorum numcrus in quos juiia 

 aJjciint varius quoquc dcprcbcnditur: quarc infidus ipsc est characler qni 

 a fructus aculcis cruatur. Umbcllarum pclala cxlima cacteris plus minusvc 

 majora charactcrcm offerunt alicujus momenti , ita vcro ut cl ipsa suas va- 

 riandi rationes habcant: in Dauco ilentato pctala extima , nunc cacteris vix, 

 ut iii Dauco maritinio, nunc pauUo conspicuius inajora vidcre est. Floreln aut 

 florcs ccnlralcs aborlivos, fungosos ct alro-purpurcos in hactenus inspectis 

 spccicbus omnibus modo adesse , modo non anlmadverli: alquc Carpophorum, 

 in eadem et variis ejusdcm spccici umbcllis, indivisum et bifidnm biparti- 

 tunivc plerumque occurrit. 



CLXXXIX. ORLAYA 



Orlaya Hoffm. Umbcll. i. p. 58. Koch Umljcll. 1. c. p. "^S. ic. 12. i3. DC. 

 Prod. 4- P- 2og. Endmch. Gen. n." 449^- Caucalidis sp. Linn. L.mck. III. 

 tab. 192. ic. 2. 



Calicis niargo 5-deiitatus. Petala obovata, eiiiarginata, cum laci- 

 nula inflexa, extima radiantia et profunde bifida. Fructus facies 

 dorsales lenticiilari-compressus. Mericarpia jtigis primariis 5, lili- 

 formibus, setifcris, intermediis 3 dorso, lateralibus 2 faciei com- 

 missurall Impositis; jngis secundariis J[, bi-trifiuiam aculeatis, ex- 

 terioriljus magis prominidis; vallccidis stib jugis secundariis i-vit- 

 talisj facie commissurali 2-viltata. AlJjumen complanatttm, poslice 



