542 Mb LOWE, ON MADERAN BOTANY. 



Umbellifer^. 



40. Daucus neglectus, nob. 



D. caule superne aspero : foliis bi-tri-pinnatisectis, hirsutiusculis : 

 foliolis (segmentis) omnibus ovatis, incisis ; laciniis (segmentis ultimis) 

 lanceolatis, acutis, cyispidatis : bracteis bipinnatifidis, urnbella brevioribus ; 

 bracteolis pinnatifidis, umbellulas tequantibus: umbellffi ampls radii.s 

 valde insequalibus ; umbellularum floribus externis radiantibus: fructns 

 ovalis aculeis ejus latitudinem aequantibus, ad basin distinctis, apice 

 glochidiatis. — 

 a. asperocaulon : hispidus ; caule toto aspero, inferne pricsertim retrorsum 



strigoso : foliis hirsutis. 

 1,-i. leiocaulon : glabriusculus ; caule fere nudo. 



Hab. in saxosis apricis rupestribus regionis inferioris Madera. 



Obs. Dauco hispido Desf. Fl. Atl. 1. 243. t. 63, prajsertim folioruni 

 liabitu affinis. Laciniis vero foliorum acutis, imo cuspidatis, nee " obtusis ;" 

 bracteis (involucri foliolis) bipinnatifidis, uinbella? ainplte radiis exteri- 

 oribus longe productis, floribusque albidis, anisopetalis s. exterioruui 

 petalis extimis magnis, dilatatis, nee omnibus '• minutis, sub-«qualibus, 

 pallide flavis," mericarpiisque duplo majoribus, ovalibus, planiusculis nee 

 " semiteretibus," satis differre videtur. Foliolis fsegmentis) foliorum 

 omnium conformibus a D. maximo Uesf. distincta. 



Planta annua; caule 1 — 2-pedali, erecto, parum ramoso. Flos urn- 

 bella; centralis magnus, carnosus, atropurpureus, abortivus. TJmbellas 

 multiradiatae ; radiis defloratis incurvis. 



41. Melanoselinum decipiens, (HofFm.) U. C. 



Hab. in convallibus umbrosis orae septentrionalis xMaderae, ad alti- 

 tudinem 2 — 3000 pedum. 



The native country of this fine umbelliferous plant was unknown, 

 till I discovered it, in the Autumn of the year 1829, growing plentifully 

 high up the main, or central branch, of the Ribeira de Sao Jorge; 

 both among the rocks and stones, forming the bed of the ravine, and 

 up the steep shady banks on each side. It has since occurred in 

 others of the shady ravines of the North. 



