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Seseli tomentosum: caule supcrne ramuloso, erecto', foliis pin- 

 nato-lernatis, foliolis filiformilms, longissimis, simplicibus; 

 involuccllis connalo-sculellatis, margine dentatis; diacheniis 

 oblongis, quinquecostalis, villosis. 

 S. lomentosum Fis. Stirp, Dahn. speciin, p. 6, tab. 3. 



^fig. 1.* Dc Cand. Prodr. 4- p. i44' '^- 2. 

 Ferula communis Sp. pi. 355. herb. Linn. Sibth. et Smith 

 Prodr. Fl. Grace, i. p. 190. herb. Sibth. 



Perenn. Nascilur in saxosis niarilimis Dalmatiae prope Sibe- 

 nicum, VisiAMns^ in insula Cvpro, Sibthorpius. Colitur in 

 bono botanico Bononiensi. Floret Seplembri, Octobri. v. v. 



Caulis eliara cubilalis, teres, strialus, ereclus, subinde fle- 

 xuosus, superne ramulosus, ramis brevibus, alternis, re- 

 molis, inlerduni iterum ramulosis. Folia ima praelonga, 

 Iriternata, longe peliolata, cauliua alterna, brevius pelio- 

 lata , vel vaginae petiolari insidentia , superiora ternala, 

 sumraa siraplicissima j omnium foliola lineari-filiformia , 

 striata, mucronulata, longissima, simplicissima, supra le- 

 viter canaliculata. Petioli semiteretcs, striati, basi expansi 

 in vaginam longam, angustam, striatam, margine vix mem- 

 branaceo-scariosam . Vagina foliorum floralium arefactio- 

 ue lutescit. Umbella universalis admodum pan'a, pauci- 

 radiata , conglobata , et fere capitata, terminalis cauli, el 

 ramulis, subinde cum lateralibus aliis in ramulo, alternis, 

 brevissime pedunculatis, folio florali axillaribus. Involucrum 

 universale nullum. Radii crassiusculi , striati. Involucella 

 connata, efficientia sub umbellula scutellam planiusculam, 

 membranaccam, albam, ambitu acute dentatam, cxtus stria- 

 lam. Corolla alba cum aliquo rubore. Petala obovata, cum 

 acuininulo inflexo in medio. Styli in anthesi erecto-patuH , 

 in fructu recurvati. Stigmata capitellata. Diachenium breve, 

 oblongum , obtusum, utrinque quinquecoslatum, vallecu- 

 lis interjectis angustis, initio tomentosum, seuio villosum . 

 Pedunculi apice , radii umbellae, involucella, et diache- 

 nium immaturum toniento albo scatent. Reliqua planta gla- 

 berrima. 



Boianici haclenus frustra insudarunt, ut, quaenam esset Fa~ 



