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rib being filiform, and the intermediate 2 and marginal 2 being 

 winged ; vittse 1 in each furrow, and 2 in the commissure, which 

 is flat. Carpophore bipartite. An herb, native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Root fusiform. Stem erect. Cauline leaves 

 scale-formed. Umbels of 12-15 rays. Involucra and involucels 

 of many leaves, having hyaline margins. 



1 A. CAPE'NSIS (Cham, et Schlecht. 1. c.). Ij. . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope, on the sides of mountains. The 

 root smells of anise, hence the name of the herb at the Cape, 

 Anyswortel. 



Cape Anise-root. PI. 1 to 2 feet? 



Cult. Any soil will suit this plant ; and it will be easily in- 

 creased by cuttings or by seeds. 



LXII. SCLEROSCIA'DIUM (from ^poe, skleros, hard, 

 and aKiaSiov, skiadion, an umbel ; in reference to the solid fruit). 

 Koch, diss. ined. in litt. 1828. D. C. coll. mem. 5. p. 43. t. 2. 

 f. F. prod. 4. p. 140. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Digynia. Teeth of calyx 5, coni- 

 cal, permanent. Petals obcordate, with an inflexed point, which 

 is bidentate or tridentate at the apex. Stylopodium conical ; 

 styles filiform, at length diverging. Fruit ovate-globose, solid ; 

 mericarps with 5 thick, elevated, blunt, equal ribs ; vittffi 1 in 

 each furrow, which are narrow, and 2 in the commissure. Car- 

 pophore distinct, undivided. Seed terete, flatfish on inside. 

 Herb glabrous. Root fibry. Leaves divided into linear-oblong 

 lobes or leaflets. Umbels axillary, sessile, almost without any 

 involucrum ; rays very unequal, that is, some of the umbellules 

 are sessile, and some are on long peduncles in the same umbel. 

 Involucels of 5-7 leaves, having membranous margins. This 

 genus is allied to CEndnthe, from which it differs in the carpo- 

 phore being free, in the Stylopodium being conical, and in the 

 ribs of the fruit being prominent, &c. (f. 56. F.) 



I S. HU'MILE (Koch, 1. c. D. C. 1. c.). O- H. Native of 

 fields, about Mogodor, and probably of Teneriffe. CEnanthe 

 nodiflora, Schousb. mar. p. 120. Conium rigidum, Mert. herb, 

 and perhaps the same as Bunium rigens, Spreng. but neither 

 the description nor the country agrees with the presentplant. 



Humble Sclerosciadium. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1820. PL 1 ft. 



Cult. The seeds only require to be sown in the open ground 

 in a warm sheltered situation. 



. LXIII. DASYLO'MA (from 3aaE, dasys, thick, and \wjua, 

 loma, a fringe ; in reference to the ribs of the fruit). D. C. 

 prod. 4. p. 140. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Digynia. Margin of calyx obso- 

 lete. Petals unknown. Stylopodium depressed ; styles short. 

 Fruit ovate, with the transverse section terete ; mericarps semi- 

 ovate, not separating at maturity, with 5 corky, cellular ribs: 

 the 3 dorsal ones small, and the 2 lateral ones large and blunt ; 

 vittse 1 in each furrow, which are narrow, and 2 in the middle 

 of the commissure, which is flat. Carpophore indistinct. Seed 

 triangular, that is, convex on the back and angular at the com- 

 missure. Herbs with the habit of CEndnthe. Stems fistular. 

 Leaves bipinnate ; leaflets cuneated, few-toothed at the apex. 

 Umbels opposite the leaves, 5-6-rayed. Umbellules crowded, 

 many-flowered. Involucra and involucels none. 



1 D. BENOALE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 4. p. 140.) umbels sessile. 

 Q. H. Native of the east of Bengal, in the province of Silhet. 

 Seseli Bengalensis, Roxb. Biforis Bengalensis, Wall. Herb 

 greenish, many-stemmed. 



Bengal Dasyloma. PI. 1 foot. 



2 D. GLAU'CUM (D. C. 1. c.) umbels pedunculate. . H. 

 Native of Bengal. Biforis ? glauca, Wall. Differs from the 

 preceding in the umbels being distinctly pedunculate, in the leaves 



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FIG. 63. 



being larger and glaucous, in the dorsal ribs of the fruit being 

 more acute, and the lateral ones smaller. 



Glaucous Dasyloma. PI. 1 foot? 



Cult. The seeds only require to be sown in the open ground. 



LXIV. CYNOSCIADIUM (from KVUV, KVVOS, kyon, kynos, 

 a dog, and <nc<a<W, skiadion, an umbel). D. C. coll. mem. 5. 

 p. 44. t. 11. prod. 4. p. 140. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Digynia. Teeth of calyx 5, subu- 

 late, permanent (f. 63. c.). Petals obovate, nearly elliptic, ob- 

 tuse, entire, flat, with an inflexed point. Stylopodium conical, 

 permanent ; styles very short, reflexed. Fruit oval-oblong or 

 ovate (f. 63. 6.), attenuated at the apex; mericarps with 5 

 thick, corky ribs (f. 63. a.), 2 lateral ribs marginating ; vittae 

 nearly straight, 1 in each furrow, and 2 in the commissure. 

 Seed sub-setniterete. Carpophore bipartite. American gla- 

 brous herbs. Stems angular, fistular, branched a foot high 

 and more, with very few leaves. Leaves pinnate or palmate ; 

 leaflets linear, elongated, entire, articulated near the base, at 

 which places the leaflets fall off: lower and upper ones un- 

 divided, linear, and elongated. Involucra and involucels of 

 many leaves. Flowers white. This is an intermediate genus 

 between CEndnthe and Mthusa, but it differs from both, and 

 from all its allies in the petals being flat and entire ; it differs 

 particularly from SEthusa in the calyx being 5-toothed, in the 

 vittae of the commissure being straightisb, and in the involucra 

 and involucels being of many leaves ; from Seseli in the stylo- 

 podium being conical ; and from CEndnthe in the carpophore 

 being distinct. 



1 C. DIGITA TUM (D. C. 1. C. t. 



1 1. f. A.) leaves palmate ; leaflets 

 3, linear, quite entire ; fruit ovate 

 at the base, but attenuated at the 

 neck. Native of North America, 

 on plains of the Arkansa River. 

 CEnanthe digitata, Nutt. mss. 

 Umbels few-flowered. Involu- 

 crum of a few unequal leaves : 

 leaves of involucel subulate, very 

 short. Rays of umbel very 

 long. 



Digitate-leaved Cynosciadium. 

 PI. 1 to 1| foot. 



2 C. PINNA'TUM (D. C. 1. c. 

 t. 11. f. B.) leaves pinnate ; leaf- 

 lets distant, few pairs, linear, 



quite entire : terminal one very long ; fruit oval-oblong. Na- 

 tive of North America, along with the preceding species. 

 .^Ethusa pinnata, Nutt. mss. Pedicels a little longer than the 

 leaves of the involucel. Leaves of involucrum 7-8, nearly 

 equal, linear-subulate. 



Pinnate-leaved Cynosciadium. PI. 1 foot. 



Cult. Sow the seeds in the open ground, and the plants will 

 rise and flower and seed freely. 



LXV. ^ETHU'SA (from m0w, aitho, to burn ; acrid taste). 

 Lin. gen. no. 141. exclusive of some species. Hoffin. umb. 

 p. 95. t. 1. f. 5. Spreng. prod. Lag. am. nat. 2. p. 96. Koch, 

 umb. p. 111. D. C. prod. 4. p. 141. Wepferia, Heist. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Digynia. Margin of calyx obsolete. 

 Petals obovate, emarginate, with an inflexed point : outer ones 

 radiating. Fruit ovate-globose ; mericarps with 5 elevated, 

 thick, acutely keeled ribs : lateral ribs marginal, and a little 

 broader than the rest, girded by a somewhat winged keel ; vittse 

 1 in each furrow, and with 2 arched ones in the commissure. 

 Seed semi-globose. Carpophore bipartite. Erect, annual, poi- 

 sonous herbs. Leaves uniform, multifid. Involucrum wanting 

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