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UMBELLIFER^E. LII. BUNIUM. 



Divion. Slum virescens, Spreng. umb. spec. 94. syst. 1. p. 906. 

 and in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 542. Peucedanum Tauricum, hort. 

 par. 1821. Lor et Dur. cat. pi. c6te-d'or, p. 37. Peucedanum 

 alpestre, Stev. in litt. 1819. Bunium peucedanoides, Bieb. ex 

 Stev. Siilm Cordienii and Siuni vireseens, Lois. fl. gall. ed. 2. p. 

 1 94. Petals greenish, nearly entire, at the apex involute ; section 

 of fruit nearly terete. Vittse in the outer furrows of the fruit 3 ; 

 2 of these are incomplete ; and 2 or 4 in the commissure. 



Greenish -flowered Earth-nut. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



3 B. LU'TEUM (Hoffm. umb. p. 108.) root nearly globose; 

 stem terete, branched ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets decussate, pin- 

 nntifid : lobes linear, very fine ; leaves of involucra and invo- 

 lucels very short, with membranous margins ; fruit linear-cylin- 

 drical, i]. . H. Native of Siberia, in deserts, at the river Don, 

 near the colony of Sarepta. Bunium luteum, Bieb. suppl. p. 207. 

 Sium luteum, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 906. There are 3 vittae in each 

 furrow of the fruit, according to Koch. Petals yellow. 



Yellon-Rovfered Earth-nut. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



SECT. II. CAROI'DES (from Carum, the caraway, and idea, 

 form ; plants with the habit of CSrum,) D. C. coll. mem. 5. p. 

 41. prod. 4. p. 116. Involucra usually of many leaves, rarely 

 absent. Flowers white. Stylopodium depressed : styles diverg- 

 ing. This section is intermediate between the genera Carum and 

 Conopbdium. 



4. B. CARVIFOLIUM (D. C. prod. 4. p. 116.) root fusiform, 

 terete, elongated ; leaves bipinnate ; leaflets divided into many 

 linear acute lobes ; stem flexuous, erect, furnished with a few 

 leaves ; leaves of involucrum and involucels linear acute. I/ . 

 H. Native of Abruzzo, and on Mount Fiori among the Appen- 

 ines ; but not of Sicily, ex Guss. prod. 1. p. 339. Sison flex- 

 uosum, Ten. prod. fl. neap. p. 67. Sison carvifolium, Bert, in 

 herb. Moric. Sison prolifer, Brochi and Jan. Petals of a 

 greenish white colour when dried. The furrows of the fruit, 

 when immature, are furnished each with 2 or 3 vittae. 



Caraway-leaved Earth-nut. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



5 B. GLAUCE'SCENS (D. C. prod. 4. p. 117.) bulb ovate-ob- 

 long ; stem erect, straight, terete ; branches alternate ; leaves 

 glaucous : radical ones bi-tripinnate, with multifid leaflets, and 

 linear short lobes ; cauline leaves distant, small, multifid ; leaves 

 of involucra as well as of involucels, C-7 in number, linear-ob- 

 long, acute, white. I/ . H. Native of Persia, in grassy valleys 

 among the mountains about Seidkhodzi. Stem 1-j- foot high. 

 Umbels 10-11-rayed. Flowers white. 



Glaucescent Earth-nut. PI. \\ foot. 



6 B. PAUCIFOLIUM (D. C. prod. 4. p. 117.) bulb globose; 

 stem erect, straight, terete ; branches alternate ; superior leaves 

 tripartite, having the lobes linear and entire ; upper leaves un- 

 divided, linear ; involucrum of 3-4-leaves, and the involucel of 

 5-C linear white leaves, y.. H. Native of Persia, in grassy 

 valleys of the mountains about Seidkhodzi. Herb 2 feet high. 

 Lower leaves unknown. Flowers white. Umbels of 4-5 rays. 

 Fruit unknown. 



Few-leaved Earth-nut. PI. 2 feet. 



7 B. APHY'LLUM (Jan. herb, ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 117.) root 

 nearly globose, thick ; stem terete, erect, nearly simple : cauline 

 leaves striated at the sheaths, reduced to a short limb : both the 

 involucrum and involucel are composed of 4-5 acuminated 

 leaves, y.. H. Native of Sicily, on the Nebrodes. Herb 

 4 to 5 inches high. 



Leafless Earth-nut. PI. i foot. 



8 B. ALPi'mjM (Waldst. et Kit. pi. rar. hung. 2. p. 199. t. 

 182.) root nearly globose, thick; stem terete, flexuous, hardly 

 longer than the radical leaves ; segments of leaves linear- oblong, 

 fleshy; involucra of 5 linear-subulate leaves, i;. H. Native 

 of Croatia, on chalky mountains ; and of Persia, in the province 



of Aderbijan. Wallrothia tuberosa. Spreng. pug. 2. p. 52. and 

 in Schultes, syst. C. p. 556. Flowers white. There are 3 vittae 

 in each furrow of the fruit. 



Far. ft, petrceum (D. C. prod. 3. p. 117.) plant rather glau- 

 cous ; leaves of involucrum oblong-linear, ij. . H. Native of 

 the kingdom of Naples, on mountains about Magella. Bunium 

 petrae'um, Ten. prod. fl. neap. p. 60. Perhaps Wallrothia diva- 

 ricata, Presl, dd. p. 134. Tuber large, pushing out many fibres 

 like the tuber of a Cyclamen. Fruit not seen. 



Alpine Earth-nut. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1823. PI. ^ foot. 



9 B. FERULJEFOLIUM (Desf. ann. mus. 11. p. 275. t. SO. cor. 

 Tourn. 55. t. 43.) root nearly globose ; stem terete, dichoto- 

 mous ; leaves all somewhat triternate : leaflets linear ; leaves 

 of involucrum 1-5, of the involucel 4-5, very short; fruit nar- 

 row, cylindrical. If. . H. Native of the islands of Cyprus, 

 Candia, and Scio. Sium ferulaefolium, Spreng. in Schultes, 

 syst. 6. p. 539. B. ferulaceum, Smith. Tuber about the size 

 of a filbert, rufous on the outside, and white on the inside. 

 Flowers white. Fruit not sufficiently known. The involucrum 

 is very variable in the number of leaves. 



Ferula-leaved Earth-nut. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1824. PI. 1 ft. 



10 B. CORYDA'LINUM (D. C. prod. 4. p. 117.) root globose; 

 stem flexuous ; segments of leaves linear-oblong ; involucrum 

 almost wanting; involucels of few leaves. If. H. Native of 

 Corsica, on the mountains. B. petrse'um, Lois. fl.,gall. ed. 2. 

 vol. 1. p. 195. Tuber hardly so large as a pea. Stem 4-5 

 inches high, sparingly branched. Umbels of 3-5 rays ; and the 

 umbellules of 8-10 flowers; involucels of 5-6 leaves. Fruit 

 oblong : having the furrows furnished with 2-3 vittae each. 



Coryda/is-like Earth-nut. PI. ^ foot. 



11 B. CRE'TICUM (D'Urv. enum. p. 31.) root turnip-formed; 

 stem dichotomous, nearly naked ; leaflets of radical leaves 

 ovate and cut : of the cauline ones linear ; involucrum none ; 

 involucels of few leaves. I/. H. Native of the Island of Cos, 

 among rocks. Bulbocastanum Creticum, radice napiformi, 

 Tourn. cor. 21. and therefore Sium napiforme, Spreng. and 

 Bunium napiforme, Willd. rel. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 539. 

 Flowers white. Fruit unknown. 



Cretan Earth-nut. PI. 1 foot. 





SECT. III. CONOPODIUM (from Kovof, konos, a cone, and 

 iroSof, pous, podos, a foot ; in allusion to the stalk or foot of the 

 style, called the stylopodium, being conical). D. C. coll. mem. 

 5. p. 41. prod. 4. p. 117. Conopodium, sect. 1. Koch, umb. 

 p. 118. Involucrum wanting, or of few leaves. Stylopodium 

 conical, exserted. Styles straight. Perhaps a proper genus. 



12 B. DENUDA'TUM (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 525.) root globose ; 

 cauline leaves nearly sessile, with short sheaths and toothed or 

 cut leaflets ; involucels unilateral, few-leaved. l/.H. Native 

 of the west and south of Europe, and Caucasus, in mountain mea- 

 dows and grassy pastures and among bushes, especially on a 

 gravelly soil ; plentiful in Britain. Myrrhis capillif dlia, Guss. 

 prod. fl. sic. 1. p. 351. Myrrhis Bunium, Spreng. umb. spec. 

 1. p. 131. syst. 1. p. 903. exclusive of numerous synonymes. 

 Bunium flexuosum, With. 291. Smith, fl. brit. 1301. engl. hot. 

 988. Bunium bulbocastanum, Hucls. angl. 122. Curt. lond. 

 fasc. 4. t. 24. Bunium majus, Gouan. ill. p. 10. This species 

 varies much in height. Styles long, pale, short, and reddish. 

 Fruit ovate and oblong. Involucrum wanting, or 1-3-leaved. 

 Segments of the leaves linear and lanceolate, more or less 

 toothed. Sprengel refers Bunium ammoides, Link, or Myrrhis 

 ammoides, Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 517. to the present 

 plant; and probably Myrrhis tenerrima, Presl, del. prag. 131. is 

 also referrible to it. Flowers white. There are probably nu- 

 merous species confused under this name. The plant has several 

 names in England, as earth-nut, pig-nul, ar-nut, kipper-nut, hank- 



