30 Hermann Wolff. - Umbelliferae-Saniculoideae. 



2 — 3-furcatus, ramis strictis, 4 — 6 cm longis, simplicibus vel semel (bis) dichasialiler ramu- 

 losis. Folia in vivo, ut videlur, carnosa, ± palmato-nervosa, graciliter reticulalo-venosa, 

 (inferiora) peliolo quam lamina ca. 2 — 4-plo longiore fulta, basalia lale cordala vel rarius 

 oblonga, apice obtusissiraa, indivisa vel juniora bi- vel triloba, margine subintegra vel ztz 

 manifeste obtuse crenata, 4 — 10 cm longa, 3 — 4 Y2 <^"^ '^^^^ > f-fulcrans petiolo brevi sed 

 late vaginante fultum, profunde 3-parlila. Prophylla primaria sessilia, subindivisa vel 3- 

 partita, 3 — 4 cm longa, cetera (si adsunt) minora, denlalo-serrata. Bracteae involucralcs 

 submimerosae, basi breviter connatae, lanceolatae, aculiusculae, ^/^ mm longae. Umbellac 

 multiflorae; flores flavidi, rf numerosi ad 3 mm longe pedicellati; sepala usque ad medium 

 vel minus connala, quoad libera lanceolala, obtusiuscula, ca. \ mm longa; petala late 

 cordato-obovata, cervice late emarginata, prominenter nervosa, lobulo inflexo triangulari 

 quam petalum vix minore, ca. \^j2mm longa; fl, ferliles subsessiles; sepala late ovata, 

 subobtusa, breviter mucronulata; petala (et filamenta) ut in fl. (^; stjli longi, demum 

 reflexi. Fructus junior subturbinalus, ad commissuram constrictus, inferne obsolete tuber- 

 culatus, superne aculeolis uncinatis subadpressis, summis sepala vix superantibus obsitus, ad 

 4 mm longus; mericarpia a latere valde compressa, ad commissuram* anguslissima; vittae 

 subnumerosae, mediocres; endospermium subteres, facie media prominenter carinatum. 

 Pazifisches Nordamerika: Californien: Um die Bai von S. Francisco, auf 

 nassen, an die Salzwiesen angrenzenden Niederungen; blüht im April und Mai. 



Species excludendae. 



S. brasiliensis D. Dietr. Synops. pl. 11. (1840) 935 = Klotxschia hrasi- 

 liensis Cham. 



S. crithmifolia Willd. in Ges. Naturf. Freunde, Neue Schrift. lil. (1801) 4<9 = 

 Trinia cnthmifolia (Willd.) Wolff. 



3. Astrantia l. 



Ästrantia*)\l om-n. Inst. ed. K. I. (HOO) 3U, H. t. 4 66; L. Syst. pl. ed. \. 

 (1735); Gen. pl. ed. \. (1737) 70, n. 202]; L. Spec. pl. ed. \. (1753) 235; Koch, 

 PI. IJmb. disp. (1824) 138; DC. Prodr. IV. (1830) 86; Endl. Gen. pl. X.? (1839) 

 767, n. 4383; Stur in Sitzungsb. math.-naturw. Gl. Acad. Wien. XL. (I86O) 481; 

 Benlh. in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. pl. 1. 2. (1867) 879; Boiss. Fl. Orient. II. (187i) 

 830; Baill. Hist. pl. VII. (1880) 241 [Euastrantia]] Drude in Engl, et Prantl, Pflzfam. 

 III. 8. (1898) 138; Galest. in Webbia I. (1905) 127; Grinlz. in Ann. Cons. et Jard. 

 bot. Genfcve ann. XIII. et XIV. (1910) 128, Sep. pg. 63. 



Flores polygami, numerosi vel numerosissimi, (^ longe pedicellati cum ^ (vel Q) 

 brevius pedicellatis in eandem umbellam sine ordine dispositi vel rarius <^ dr mani- 

 feste peripherici. Calycis dentes majusculi, rigiduli, =ir lanceolali, obtusiusculi vel acu- 

 minali, mucronati aut acutissimo-subulati, pelalis saepius longiores. Petala in aestivalione 

 leviter iinbricala, ob costam superne impressam cervice emarginata, lobulo inflexo longo, 

 acuminalo instructa. Filamenta longe exserta. Stjlopodium in fl. (j^ obsoletum, styli 

 subnulli; in fl. ferlilibus parvuni, applanatum, centro infundibuliformc; styli tenues, 

 longi, Stigmalibus capilalis. Fruclus oblongo-cylindricus vel ovoideo-oblongus^ a doi"so 

 leviter compressus; carpophorum nullum; mericarpia semiterelia, ad commissuram plana; 

 juga (primaria) 5 aequalia vel Interalia minora, utriculoso-inllata, squamis vesiculifor- 

 inibus transversim uni- vel biseriatis, acuminatis, sursum spectanlibus instructa; secun- 

 daria nulla; vittae inlrajugales singulae, magnao; endospermium ad faciem planum, 

 dorso convexum; crystalli sec. cl. Drude numerosi in pericarpio obvii. — Ilerbae 

 perennes, erectae, foliis trisectis vel palmato-partitis vel lobatis, margine seloso-serratis, 

 umbellis simplicibus in cymam depauperatam dispositis, bracteis involucralibus conspicuis, 

 saepius coloralis, eximie vel obsolete reticulato-venosis, floralibus niiUis. 



Species 9 Europae niediae et Asiae maxime occidentalis cives. 



'*') Nomine Astrantia scc. cl. Ascherson et Gracbner primo a bcato Clusio genus 

 Imperatoria designalum est. Derivatuw est e MagistratUia nomine illius generis antiquo. 



