66 ADONIS. 



longer oblong obtuse, capsule 6 seeded — Rocks 

 of Mt. Gallo near Palermo, and in Spain. Seen 

 alive in 1812, described 1817. 



ADONIS. Decandole has reformed this ge- 

 nus, the two linnean sp. being the type of two 

 sections, the annual having 6 to 8 petals con- 

 cave, style strait : the perennnial {Consiligo) 

 8 to 15 spreading flat petals, style hooked. 



A. RiPARiA Raf. {A, autumnalis of N. A- 

 merica, wrongly deemed exotic) stem ramose 

 striate, leaves glaucous crowded tripinnate mul- 

 tifid, pinnules crowded linear, end trifid acute 

 flowers terminal, solitary sessile, petals 6 to 8 

 concave round. — Margins of streams. West 

 Kentucky to Louisiana, pedal, annual, flower 

 scarlet, base darker spotted. Real native. Au- 

 tikon. 



A. autumnalis of Europe has stem slender, 

 leaves short, remote, flower pedicellate, petals 

 obcordate, and grows in fields. 



ADORIUM Raf. fl. Miss. Marathrum Raf. 

 1819, N. G. 22, this name was very good ; but 

 Dec. having a Hipomarathrum which must 

 become Marathrum^ I have changed it for 

 greater accuracy. Both were Greek names of 

 umbelliferous. Humboldt has also another 

 Marathrum. 



It differs from Seseli by involucres, involucels 

 5 leaves unilateral membranous, calix 5toothed, 

 petals ovate acuminate involute, fruit oblong, 

 angular striate. Leaves opposite, many sterile 

 flowers. 



1. A. crassifolium Raf. Seseli divaricatum 

 Pursh, Nuttal. Branches divaricate, leaves thick 

 pinnatifid, peduncles rigid. — On the R. Mis- 

 souri. Well described by Nuttal, fl. yellow ver- 

 nal. Seen dry. Figure in my Autikon rar. 



