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3 F. PIPERI'TUM (D. C. prod. 4. p. 142.) stem terete ; leaflets 

 subulate, very short, stiff, thick; umbels 8-10-rayed. I/. H. 

 Native of the south of Europe, especially in Sicily, Sardinia, 

 Portugal, &c. Anethum Fceniculum /3, piperitum, D. C. cat. 

 hort. monsp. p. 79. Meum piperitum, Schultes, syst. 6. p. 435. 

 Guss. prod. fl. sic. 1. p. 345. Foeniculum asininum, Cup. hort. 

 cath. 79. ex Bert. The plant is called Finocchio d'asino, or 

 Asses' finocchio, by the Sicilians ; it has a hot biting taste, hence 

 the specific name. 



Pepper Fennel. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. PI. 4 to 6 ft. 



4 F. PANMO'RIUM (D.C. prod. 4. p. 142.) stem erect, branched ; 

 leaves supra-decompound ; umbels of 10-12 unequal rays ; fruit 

 oblong, deeply furrowed, destitute of wings. O- H. Native 

 of the East Indies, where it is cultivated under the name of 

 Panmuhooree or Mudhoorika. Anethum Panmorium, Roxb. 

 hort. beng. p. 22. journ. hot. 1814. vol. 2. p. 188. Said to be 

 very like common fennel. 



Panmuhoree Fennel. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



5 F. CAPE'NSE (D. C. 1. c.) root fleshy ; radical leaves tri- 

 pinnate ; leaflets filiform, setaceously acuminated, fastigiate. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in the interior of the country. 

 Anethum Fceniculum, Thunb. prod. p. 51. Anethum Capense, 

 Thunb. fl. cap. 262. Root esculent. Flowers unknown. Cha- 

 misso and Schlechtendal refer to this the A v pium radice crassa 

 aromatica of Burm. afr. p. 197. t. 72. f. 1. 



Cape Fennel. PL 2 to 3 feet ? 



Cult. See the first species for the culture and propagation of 

 the rest. 



LXVII. KUNDMA'NNI A (Kundmann, a botanist known to 

 Scopoli). Scop. intr. (1777.) p. 116. no. 332. D. C. prod. 4. 

 p. 143. Brignolia, Bertol. in Desv. journ. 4. (1815.) p. 76. 

 amcen. ital. 97. Koch, umb. p. 107. Campderia, Lag. am. nat. 

 2. p. 99. (1821.) 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Digynia. Margin of calyx 5-toothed, 

 increased a little after flowering. Petals roundish, entire, invo- 

 lute, with a broad retuse segment : stylopodium conical ; styles 

 short, somewhat reflexed. Fruit terete, 10-furrowed; mericarps 

 with 5 filiform, obtuse, equal ribs : lateral ribs marginal ; vittae 

 many, both in the furrows and commissure. Carpophore undi- 

 vided. A glabrous perennial herb. Root fusiform. Radical 

 leaves rarely undivided, but usually pinnate, or bipinnate ; leaf- 

 lets ovate or lanceolate, serrated ; upper leaves ternate, and jagged. 

 Umbels compound, terminal, of many rays. Involucra and invo- 

 lucels of many filiform reflexed leaves. Flowers yellow. This 

 genus is very nearly allied to Fceniculum, but differs in the calyx 

 being 5-toothed and permanent. 



1 K. SicutA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 143.). 7.H. Nativeofthe 

 Balearic Islands, Spain, Mauritania, Corsica, Sicily ; and in Italy 

 in waste fields about Rome, and on hills about Genoa ; and the 

 islands of the Archipelago, as in Melos, Samos, &c. SiumSiculum, 

 Lin. spec. 362. Jacq. hort. vind. t. 133. D. C. fl. fr. 6. p. 507. 

 Ligusticum Balearicum, Lin. mant. 218. Brignolia pastinacae- 

 folia, Bert, in Desv. journ. 4. p. 76. amcen. 97. Mauri, fasc. 

 rom. alt. p. 8. t. 2. Presl. delic. p. 132. Guss. prod. fl. sic. 

 1. p. 387. Campderia Sicula, Lag. 1. c. Myrrhis Sicula pastina- 

 cifolia et pastinacae foliis late virentibus, Tourn. herb. Athaman- 

 ta Sicula Ucria, hort. panorm. p. 137. p. 542. Sium Grae'cum, 

 Lin. hort. cliff. 98. ? Sieb. pi. exsic. Schultes, syst. 6. p. 542. 

 Zan. hist. ed. Mont. 171. t. 128. There are varieties of this 

 plant, having the leaves of the involucels either the length of 

 the umbellules, or one half shorter than them. 



Sicilian Kundmannia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1686. PL 2 feet. 



Cult. The plant will grow in any soil, and is easily increased 

 by dividing at the root, or by seed. 



LXVIII. DEVE'RR A (a goddess worshipped by the ancients 

 for encouraging housewifery, or rather the goddess of brooms ; 

 the plant having much the appearance of a broom,) D. C. coll. 

 mem. 5. p. 45. prod. 4. p. 143. Bubon species of authors. 



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

 lete. Petals ovate, acuminated, with an inflexed point. Styles 

 short, at length divaricate. Fruit ovate, or roundish, rather com- 

 pressed from the sides, rough from scales or spreading pili ; meri- 

 carps semi-terete, with obsolete ribs ; vittae 1 in each furrow, and 

 2 in the commissure. Carpophore bipartite. Aromatic, leafless, 

 glaucous, stiff, broom-like subshrubs, natives of Africa. Pe- 

 tioles sheathing, permanent ; limbs of leaves wanting in the adult 

 plants, or nearly so ; but in young plants they are small and 

 many-parted, with setaceously linear leaves. Umbels of few 

 rays. Involucra of 4-6 small deciduous leaves ; involucels of 

 4-6 ovate-lanceolate, deciduous leaves, with membranous mar- 

 gins. Flowers white. 



SECT. I. DIVERRA V KIA (an alteration from the generic name). 

 D. C. prod. 4. p. 143. Fruit villous or hispid. 



1 D. APHY'LLA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 143.) stems twiggy ; sheaths 

 all bereft of the limbs ; fruit very hispid. fj . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope, at Warmwaterberg. Bubon aphyllus, 

 Cham, et Schlecht. 1. p. 389. 



Var. jj. Burchellii (D. C. prod. 4. p. 1 43.) young fruit beset 

 with short, tubercular villi. fy . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Very like the species, but the fruit is much less 

 villous, and is therefore perhaps distinct. 



Leafless Diverra. Shrub. 



2 D. TORTUOSA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 143.) stem much branched, 

 twisted, divaricate ; lower sheaths furnished with divided limbs, 

 bearing subulate leaflets ; fruit sparingly villous. fj . F. Native 

 of the north of Africa. 



Var. a, virgata (D. C. prod. 4. p. 143.) stem twiggy, bent a 

 little. \i . F. Native of the kingdom of Tunis, near Kerouan. 

 Bubon tortuosus, Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 357. t. 73. Poir. suppl. 1. 

 p. 733. 



Var. ft, rigidior (D. C. prod. 4. p. 144.) stem much branched, 

 stiff. fy . F. Native of Egypt, at the Pyramids. Bubon tor- 

 tuosus, Sieb. herb, egypt. Crithmum Pyrenaicum, Forsk. ex 

 Delile, ill. fl. eg. p. 10. Athamantha tortuosa, Spreng. syst. 1. 

 p. 900. 



Twisted Diverra. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1826. Shrub 1 foot. 



SECT. II. PITURA'NTHOS (from irirvpov, pituron, scurf, and 

 av0oc, anthos, a flower ; in allusion to the fruit bearing scurf- 

 like scales). D. C. prod. 4. p. 144. Fruit covered with scales. 



3 D. PITURA'NTHOS (D. C. 1. c.) stem twiggy; branches elon- 

 gated, leafless, but furnished with sheaths ; involucra, involucels, 

 and fruit covered with scurf-like scales. Tj . F. Native of Ly- 

 bia, in the north of Africa. Pithuranthos denudatus, Viv. fl. 

 lib. p. 15. t. 7. f. 1-2. Bunium pituranthos, Spreng. syst. 1. 

 p. 901. Habit nearly of D. tortuosa. 



Scurfy-flowered Diverra. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 

 Cult. A mixture of loam, peat, and sand will suit the species 

 of Diverra ; and they can only be increased by seeds. 



LXIX. SORA'NTHUS (from trtopog, soros, aheap, and avBoe, 

 anthos, a flower ; in reference to the close capitate umbels of 

 flowers). Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 82. fl. alt. 1. p. 344. D. C. 

 prod. 4. p. 669. 



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

 letely toothed. Petals broad-oval, permanent, with an inflexed 

 point. Fruit a little compressed from the back, crowned by the 

 divaricate styles : the transverse section elliptic ; mericarps with 

 5 hardly prominent, equal ribs : lateral ribs marginating ; vittae 

 1 in each furrow, and 4 in the commissure. Carpophore bipar- 

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