Opopanax. umbellifer^. 1059 



plano-coinprcssus margine dilalato iiitus hyalino extus tumido laevi 

 cinclus. lAIericarpia jugis tenuibus, intcrmediis aiquidistanlibus, late- 

 ralibus rcmoliusculis. VallecuUr 2-3-rarius univittatse vittis latis. — 

 Herbfe pcrernies flaviflorse. — (Jcnus MalabaiUn valde ainne ab eo ba- 

 bitu, yalleculis et commissura piurivittatis tantum discrepans. 



1. O. Orientale (Hoiss. Ann. Sc. Nat. 1844, p. 330) caule pro- 

 cero tcreli striato superne vcrliciliatim corymboso ramosissimo, Ib- 

 liis pctioiisquc pilis papillaribus apice stellatis scabridis interdum 

 glabrcsccntibus, radicalibus bipinuatisectis segmentis oblongis calca- 

 reo-sCrrulalis basi scssili obliqua subcordatis terminali s.Tpc cun^ato 

 tripartito, foliis caulinis ad vaginas brcves reductis, involucro ct invo- 

 lucellis submonophyllis dcciduis, stylis dcflexis stylopodio sublongio- 

 ribus, mericarpiis obovatis rctusis margine dilatato intus latiuscule 

 hyalino valleculis latiorc cinctis, vittis crassis in valleculis intcrme- 

 diis solilariis in lateralibus sicpius binis. commissura 6-8-vittata "^^. 

 Pastiuaca Opopanax L. Sp. 376. FI. Grsec. tab. 288. — Ferida Opo- 

 panax Sprcng. — Pastinaca hispida Fenzl Flora 1843, p. 462. — 

 Opop. hispidas Griseb. Spic. I, 378. 



Hab. in coUibus Gryeciae, in Peloponneso (Bory), Laconia ad radices Malevo 

 (Orph!), Attica (Sprunl HeldrO, ThraciafFrivI), Anatolia in Lydia (lioissl), 

 Phrygia (Bai !), Bhodo (Bourg I), Cypro (Kyl), Mesopotaniiu (Kyl Haussk!). 



Planta G-10-pedalis similis 0. Chironio Koch = Laserpitio Chironio Koch. in 

 regione Mediterranea Africai borealis et Europae ab Hispania ad Dalmatiam 

 frequenti et segmentis foliorum plerumque majoribus paucioribus, petalis lu- 

 teis nec aurantiacis, fructus margine valieculis trivittatis angustiore. commis- 

 sura 12-14-vittata distincto. 



2. O. Persicum (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. II, 10, ]). 36) caulc procero 

 tercti striato superne verticillatim corymboso ramosissimo, foliis ra- 

 dicalibus bipinnatiscctis ad pctiolos pilis papillaribus stcllatis sparsim 

 obsitis ad limbum glabris, scgmcntis ovato-oblongis cl oblongis acute 

 crenulatis basi obliquis sessilibus latere exteriori dccurrcntibus, cau- 

 linis ad vaginas breves foliola pauca minuta gercnles reduclis, invo- 

 lucclli phyllis 3-5 lanccolatis dcciduis, stylis deflexis slylopodio aequi- 

 longis, mericarpiis cllipticis marginc dilatato vallcculis angustiore in- 

 tus vix Iiyalino cinctis, vittis in valleculis intermediis solitariis in la- 

 teralibus intcrdum interrupte binis, commissura 8-viltata "^ . 



Hab. in nionte Elbrus Persiae borealis prope Passgala (Ky. exs. 305!), in mon- 

 til)us calcareis districtus Kuh Kilouyeh Persiae austro-occid. (Susiana;) alt. 

 10000' (Haussk !). 



Folia fere O. Oncnialis sed segmenta E;Iabra; ab eo fructu minore angustiore 

 (4 lin, longo 2 lato) cujus margo non latus sed angustissiraus et latere inte- 

 riori non vel vix hyalinius est abunde distinctum. 



