384 PENTANDRIA-DIGYNIA . 



Panax Asclepium Dioscoridls Colwnn. Ecphr. \. p. %1. 



P. Asclepium Apulum Coluinn. l. c. p. 86. fig. bona, 



P.Asclepias semine folioso Bocc. Rech.et obsesv. p. o.o'^. 



P. Asclepium vernum , folio ampliori , crispiori , nigro , 

 glabro Cup. Hort. Cath. p. i6r. 



P. Asclepium semine folioso C. B. P. p. i58. n.6. 



Tbapsia Apula foliis MillefoHi s. polytrichopbylla Moris. 

 Ox. sect. 9. tah. i^.fig. 9. bona. 

 Ital. Panace Asclepio . 



Perenn. Habui ex collibus siccis Principatus ultra in 

 Galabria, et Siculis ab Eq. Gussonio, ex insula Caprea- 

 rum a Prof. Giraldio . Floret Junio, Julio . 

 Radix fusiformis , crassa , longa , extus albo-flavida , et 

 annulis circularibus rugosa , intus alba , turgens lacte 

 viscoso , albo , aeris attactu cito concrescente, amaro, 

 aromatico , collo vestita fibris petiolorum spbacelato- 

 rum. Gaulis teres , farctus , tenuiter striatus , erectus , 

 glaber , subnudus , glauco-virens, subinde rubens, sim- 

 plex,vel superne parce, alterne, aut opposite ramosus, 

 sesqui-tripedalis. Folia radicalia,et caulina ima petio- 

 lata , tripinnata , costis pnmariis digitato-quinis , pin- 

 nulis alternis, vel oppositis , foliolis setaceo-multifidis , 

 aristulatis , brevibus, decussatis , glabris, supra Iste , 

 aut saturate viridibus, nitidulis, subtus pallidioribus , 

 radicalia ad terram in orbem strata . Eorum petioli 

 teretes, tenuiter striati , breves , plerumque hispiduli , 

 sed et glabri occurrunt , interdum rubentes , basi ex- 

 pansi in vaginam angustam , longam , margine albo- 

 -membranaceam . In reliquo caule pro foliis stant va- 

 ginae petiolares angustae , canaliculatse , apbyllse , aut 

 ramentulo foliaceo setaceo-miiltifido termiuatss , qua- 

 rum inferiores longs , superiores successive breviores. 

 Umbellie solitariae , terminales, pedunculatae, prirnaria 

 grandiuscula , altior . Involucrum nuUnm , rarins oly- 

 gophyllum , foliolis lineari-setaceis , brevissimis . Um- 

 bellaj radii tenuiter striati , glabri . Involucella nulla, 

 aut olygophylla, foliolis iit in involucro . Margo caly- 

 cinalis liber e lacinulis quinque lanceolatis , patenti- 

 bus . Petala parva , luteo-aurea , obovata , aat obcor- 

 data,liguia apicillari obtusa , inflexa . Stamina corolla 

 longiora , lutea , antheris subrotundis . Receptaculum 

 floris expansum , convexulum , luteum , ora subrepan- 

 da.Stili in antbesi brevissimi, in fructu stilopodio co- 

 itico ffiquales, aut sublongiores , recurvati . Stigmata 

 capitellata . Diachenium sjepe tetrapterum , subinde 



