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UMBELLIFERjE. LIV. PIMPINELLA. 



Round-leaved Burnet-saxifrage. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. 

 PI. 2 feet. 



2 P. MA'GNA (Lin. mant. 217.) radical leaves pinnate ; leaflets 

 serrated and somewhat cut, ovate or oblong : the terminal one 

 3-lobed. If.. H. Native throughout the whole of Europe, 

 Caucasus, and the Levant, in mountain meadows, pastures, and 

 woods. In Britain it grows chiefly in woods and hedges, in a 

 calcareous soil. Smith, engl. hot. t. 408. Fl. dan. 1155. 

 Hayn. arz. gew. 7. t. 21. Jacq. aust. 4. t. 396. P. major, 

 Mill. diet. no. 1. Gouan. ill. p. 21. P. saxifraga, Spreng. syn. 

 213. Tragoselhium majus, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 448. Tragose- 

 llnum magnum, Mcench, meth. 99. Barrel, icon. t. 248. P. 

 saxifraga, Ray. syn. 213. Petiv. brit. t. 26. f. 5. Saxifraga 

 magna, Dod. pempt. 315. f. 1. This and the following species 

 partake nearly of the same qualities. The root is very acrid, 

 burning the mouth like pepper. It affords a blue oil. Its acri- 

 mony has occasioned it to be used to cure tooth-ache, and to 

 clear the skin from freckles. It is chewed to promote the se- 

 cretion of saliva, and is used in gargles to dissolve viscid mucous 

 in the throat. In Germany it is prescribed in the asthma and 

 dropsy. Flowers either white or reddish. 



Far. ft, rubens (D. C. prod. 4. p. 120.) flowers reddish. P. 

 rubra, Hoppe. exsic. 



Var. y, orientalis (D. C. 1. c.) leaflets all pinnatifid ; lobes 

 lanceolate, acute; flowers white. P. orientalis, Gouan. ill. t. 

 15. Jacq. aust. t. 397. Plenck, icon. t. 224. P. media, Hoffm. 

 ex Spreng. 



Var. S, rosea (Stev. in lift, ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 120.) leaf- 

 lets acutely and deeply pinnatifid ; flowers rose-coloured. Na- 

 tive of Caucasus, at Nartzana. P. dissecta, Bieb. fl. taur. 1 . 

 p. 241. 



Var. e, disaecla (D. C. prod. 4. p. 1 20.) leaflets of the superior 

 leaves bipinnatifid : having the segments linear-lanceolate. P. 

 dissecta, Retz. obs. 3. t. 2. P. pratensis, Thuill. P. laciniata, 

 Thor. land. p. 108. Horn. hort. hafn. suppl. p. 36. Nees. off. 

 pflz. 10. t. 19. P. peregrina, Lejeune, fl. spa. 1. p. 145. 

 Flowers white. 



Large Burnet-saxifrage. Fl. Ju. Aug. Brit. PI. 3 to 4 ft. 



3 P. SAXI'FRAGA (Lin. spec. 378.) radical leaves pinnate ; 

 leaflets of the radical leaves toothed or cut, roundish : of the 

 uppermost in various linear segments. If. . H. Native through- 

 out the whole of Europe, Tauria, Caucasus, and Persia, in dry 

 sandy, gravelly, or chalky pastures, on banks, and on rocks ; 

 plentiful in some parts of Britain. Smith, engl. bot. t. 407. 

 Hayne, arzn. gew. 7. t. 20. Schkuhr, handb. t. 78. Hoffm. 

 umb. p. 90. Martyn. fl. rust. t. 127. Woodv. med. bot. t. 

 179. Jacq. austr. t. 395. Fl. dan. t. 699. Tragoselinum 

 minus, Lam. fl. fr. Tragoselinum saxifragum, Mcench, meth. 

 99. P. cnspa, Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 289. Flowers white. A 

 very variable plant. 



Var. ft, riigra (D. C. prod. 4. p. 120.) plant pubescent; leaf- 

 lets of lower leaves ovate, serrated, somewhat lobed, rather 

 cordate at the base ; the upp^r leaves bipinnate ; root black. 

 P. nigra, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1471. J. Bauh. hist. 3. p. 111. f. 2. 



Var. y, hirclna (D. C. 1. c.) plant rather pubescent ; leaflets 

 of nearly all the leaves pinnatifid or jagged. P. hirclna, Mcench, 

 hass. no. 255. P. Genevensis, Vill. dauph. 2. p. 604. 



Var. S, dissecta; leaflets all bipinnatifid, with narrow seg- 

 ments. 



Common Burnet-saxifrage. Fl. Ju. Aug. Brit. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



4 P. LU'TEA (Desf. atl. 1. p. 255. t. 76.) radical leaves pin- 

 nate, pubescent ; leaflets cordate, toothed, cut in front ; superior 

 leaves entire, small, and linear. !(.. H. Native of Mount 

 Adas. Tragoselinum altissimum Africknum, Tourn. inst. p. 

 309. P. maxima Africana, Magn. bot. monsp. app. ex herb. 

 Vaill. Terminal leaflet of radical leaves somewhat 3-lobed. 



Stem erect, branched, dichotomous ; branches filiform, twiggy, 

 almost leafless. Flowers yellow, with an aromatic odour. 



Yel/ow-fiowered Burnet-saxifrage. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1823. 

 PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



5 P. AU'REA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 120.) lower leaves pinnate, 

 glabrous ; leaflets cuneated, 2-3-lobed at the apex : teeth large, 

 few, mucronate ; cauline leaves trifid or undivided and linear, 

 few; petals ciliated, hardly emarginate. Tf.. H. Native of 

 Persia, in gravelly places at Khoi, in the province of Ader- 

 beidjan. A very distinct species, with yellow flowers, differing 

 from P. lutea in the plant being glabrous, in the form of the 

 leaflets, and in the petals being ciliated. Fruit subglobose, di- 

 dymous, compressed, furnished with many vittae in the furrows. 

 There is a variety with smaller bipinnate leaves, also a native of 

 Persia. 



GoWen-flowered Burnet-saxifrage. PI. 2 to 3 feet ? 



6 P. RAMOSI'SSIMA (D. C. 1. c.) plant glabrous ; lower leaves 

 bipinnate ; leaflets ovate-rhomboid, rather trifid, acuminated, 

 quite entire at the base, deeply toothed at the apex, some of 

 them crossed in a decussate manner ; stem much branched ; the 

 leaves under the branches reduced to short ligulae ; umbels 5- 

 rayed ; fruit glabrous, ovate, not contracted at the commissure. 

 If. . ? H. Native of Persia. Flowers unknown. ^Transverse 

 section of fruit terete, as in the genus Seseli, but without either 

 involucrum or involucel, but with the habit of Pimpinella. 

 Leaves like those of Peucedanum cervdria. Perhaps a proper 

 genus. 



Much-branched Burnet-saxifrage. PI. 



7 P. ANISOIDES (Brign. act. acad. neap. 1819. vol. 1. p. 1. 

 t. 1.) plant glabrous ; radical leaves bipinnate ; leaflets roundish- 

 ovate, serrated ; umbels numerous ; styles erect ; fruit glabrous. 

 If.. H. Native of the kingdom of Naples. It differs from P. 

 bubonoides, ex Guss. prod. 1. p. 331., in the fruit being gla- 

 brous, in the styles not being divaricate, and in the stigmas not 

 being globose. 



Anise-like Burnet-saxifrage. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



SECT. II. TRA'GIUM (from rpayoj, tragos, a goat ; odour of 

 plants). Spreng. umb. prod. p. 26. Schultes, syst. 6. p. 35. 

 Hoffm. umb. gen. p. 91. t. A. f. 22. D. C. prod. 4. p. 120. 

 Bubon species, Lag. obs. apar. 26. Fruit villous. Roots peren- 

 nial, rarely biennial. Radical leaves pinnate or bipinnate ; 

 leaflets ovate. 



8 P. DEPRE'SSA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 120.) stem pubescent; 

 radical leaves pinnate ; leaflets cuneated, pinnatifid, smoothish, 

 ciliated : lobes lanceolate, obtuse ; cauline leaves pinnatifid, 1 

 under each branch ; fruit rather puberulous from small, ad- 

 pressed bristles. 1 . H. Native of Candia, on the Sphaciotic 

 mountains. Tragium depressum, Sieb. cret. exsic. Spreng. in 

 Schultes, syst. 6. p. 392. Herb 1-2 inches high. Stem terete. 

 Root woody. Flowers white. 



Depressed Burnet-saxifrage. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1822. 

 PI. | to ^ foot. 



9 P. NODOSA (D'Urv. enum. or. p. 33.) plant glabrous ; stem 

 branched, dichotomous ; leaves many-parted, with linear seg- 

 ments ; umbels numerous ; petals glabrous ; fruit small, ovate, 

 with a few adpressed hairs. I/ . H. Native of the Island of 

 Samos, among stones, frequent, and on the old walls of cities. In 

 the place of the stem where the involucrum ought to be, there 

 is a thick turbinate knot, probably caused by insects. 



Nodose Burnet-saxifrage. PI. 1 foot. 



10 P. TRA'GIVJM (Vill. dauph. 2. p. 606.) stem canescent; 

 radical leaves pinnate, smoothish ; leaflets cuneate-obovate, 

 deeply serrated, usually variously cut; cauline leaves very few ; 

 petals pilose on the outside ; fruit clothed with canescent tomen- 

 tum. %. H. Native of the south of France, Italy, Sicily, 



