92 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



slightly tinged with white, and reticulated with dark green, the 

 edges towards the apex serrate, with the serratures ciliate, as in 

 the leaves ; involucel or involucre of the simple umbels or umbel- 

 lules petaloid, white or tinged with dull pink, f to l^; inch across, 

 with very numerous strapshaped-oblanceolate, acuminate and aris- 

 tate leaves, with prominent reticulated veins, wiiich are green 

 towards the apex, where there are often a few bristle-tipped teeth. 

 Plowers ^ inch across, white or pale pink, very numerous, on long 

 stalks. Calyx-segments j^ inch long, abruptly acuminated into an 

 awn-like point; petals with a shallow notch and a long inflexed 

 lobe from the notch. Stamens much longer than the petals and 

 sepals, incurved. Styles elongate, recurved. Cremocarp J inch long, 

 slightly clavate, with the ridges entirely covered with white semi- 

 transparent crimped scales. Plant glabrous, dark green. 



Greater Astrantia. 



French, Aatrance ct Grcmdes Feuilles. German, Grosse Strenze or Astrdnze. 



GENUS IIL—S A N 1 U L A. Linn. 



Calyx-limb of 5 lanceolate teeth. Petals connivent, oblong- 

 obovate, notched, with a long inflexed lobe. Cremocarp roundish- 

 ovoid, covered with bristles which are hooked at the apex, crowned 

 by the lanceolate calyx-teeth ; mericarps without ridges ; vittse 

 numerous. 



Herbs with simple palmately- or pinnately-lobed or cut leaves. 

 Umbels simple, compact, almost reduced to heads, arranged in a 

 very irregular compound umbel. Plowers pinkish-white, perfect 

 ones few, the exterior male without the abortive ovary. 



The origin of the name of this genus is the Latin -word sano, I heal or cure, in 

 reference to the supposed virtues of one of the species. 



SPECIES I— SANICULA EUROP^A. 



Plate DLXVIIL 



Jieich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XXI. Tab. 1847. 

 Mlot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 25. 



Eadical leaves pentagonal, palmately partite; lobes 3 to 5, 

 rhomboidal, often 3-cleft, serrate with the serratures mucronate. 

 Stem-leaves few or none. General umbel very irregular, the rays 

 often hi- or tri-furcate ; the umbellules forming hemispherical heads. 

 Perfect flowers few, sessile ; male flowers exterior, shortly pedicel- 

 late. - Calyx-teeth lanceolate, aristate. Cremocarp closely covered 

 with ascending bristly spines, hooked inwards at the apex. 



