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UMBELLIFER.S. LXX. SESELI. 



flowered, y., H. Native of Greece. Perhaps sufficiently dis- 

 tinct from S. montanum. 



Rushy Meadow-saxifrage. PI. 1 foot. 



18 S. MONTA'NUM(D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 285. and suppl. p. 505.) 

 stem striated ; leaves glaucous, bipinnate, with entire sheaths, 

 and narrow-linear mucronulate leaflets ; involucra of 1-3 leaves, 

 and the involucels of many linear-subulate leaves ; fruit elliptic, 

 glaucous, glabrous, or clothed with fine pubescence. If. . H. 

 Native from France to Tauria, in open mountainous places. 



Var. a, laxiusculum (D. C. prod. 4. p. 1 46.) leaflets flat ; um- 

 bels rather loose ; ribs of fruit triangular, rather prominent. 

 y.. H. S. mont&num, Lin. spec. p. 372. Schultes, syst. 6. p. 

 397. Koch, umb. p. 110. Lob. icon. t. 77. 



Var. ft, glaucum (D. C. 1. c.) leaflets with an elevated nerve ; 

 umbellules crowded ; ribs of fruit filiform. S. glaucum, Lin. 

 spec. p. 372. Schultes et Koch, 1. c. Jacq. austr. 1. t. 45. S. 

 osseum, Crantz. austr. p. 207. 



Var. y, mullicaule(D. C. prod. 4. p. 147.) stem multiple at the 

 base; leaves strictly adpressed. 1. H. S. multicaule, Retz. 

 obs. 3. p. 27. Jacq. hort. vind. 2. t. 129. 



Var. S, peucedanifolium (D. C. prod. 4. p. 147.) leaflets elon- 

 gated. Tf.. H. S. peucedanifolium, Merat, fl.par. p. 115. S. 

 elatum, Thuill. par. p. 118. 



Mountain Meadow-saxifrage. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1659. 

 PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



19 S. PALLA'SII (Bess. cat. hort. crem. 1816. p. 130.) stem 

 terete, branched at the top ; leaves bipinnate or tripinnate ; 

 leaflets trifid ; segments linear, flat, acutish, glabrous, glaucous ; 

 upper leaves trifid or undivided ; involucra wanting ; leaves of 

 involucels subulate, very short ; fruit ovate, glabrous, crowned 

 by the short 5-toothed calyx. If. . H. Native of Russia. D. C. 

 mem. soc. gen. vol. 4. S. crassifolium, Schrad. and Hort. Um- 

 bels lOrrayed. Fruit elegantly striated with fuscous vittae. 

 Petiolar sheaths narrow, elongated. Allied to S. eldtum, but 

 the fruit is not tubercled when young ; to S. leucospermum, but 

 the fruit is glabrous. According to Koch, it is a variety of S. 

 glaucum. 



Pallas s Meadow-saxifrage. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1818. PI. 1 ft. 



20 S. TKNUIFOLIUM (Ledeb. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 97. fl. alt. 1. p. 

 333.) stem branched, flexuous ; leaves bipinnate ; leaflets linear, 

 stiffish ; involucrum almost wanting; involucels short; fruit 

 prismatic, tubercularly warted, rather shorter than the pedicels ; 

 receptacle with a membranous margin. If. . H. Native of Al- 

 taia, in dry open sterile places near Ustkamenogorsk, and in the 

 Kirghisean steppe, between the first mentioned place and Ab- 

 laikit. Plant glaucescent. Stems many. Leaves with 5 oppo- 

 site pinnae, and each pinna bearing 3 or 5, usually entire leaf- 

 lets. Umbels 6-8-rayed. Involucrum usually wanting, rarely 

 of one setaceous leaf; involucels of 7-8 small lanceolate mem- 

 branous acuminated reflexed leaves. Styles and teeth of calyx 

 reflexed on the fruit. 



Fine-leaved Meadow-saxifrage. PI. 1 foot. 



21 S. CORONA TDM (Ledeb. fl. ross. alt. ill. 169. fl. alt. 1. p. 

 336.) stem branched ; leaves bipinnate ; leaflets linear-oblong, 

 decurrent, entire or tripartite ; involucrum of 2 deciduous 

 leaves ; involucels of many lanceolate acute membranous re- 

 flexed leaves ; fruit at length rather prismatic, wrinkled, crowned 

 by the conical stylopodium. It. H. Native of Siberia, in the 

 Soongarian desert. Plant glaucous. Radical leaves 8-10 inches 

 long. Petioles dilated, and rather violaceous at the base, with 

 white membranous margins. Umbels 6-8-rayed. Leaves of 

 involucels inflexed at the points. Calyx obsoletely 5-toothed. 

 Styles reflexed. 



Crowned Meadow-saxifrage. Fl. July, Aug. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



22 S. VAGINA'TUM (Ledeb. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 171. fl. alt. 1. p. 

 336.) plant glaucescent ; stem very simple ; radical leaves pin- 



nate ; leaflets entire or trifid, nearly linear, acuminated ; invo- 

 lucra and involucels of many broad linear leaves, with membra- 

 nous margins : one of the leaves of the involucrum larger than 

 the rest : those of the involucels equal in length to the umbel- 

 lules. If.. H. Native of Dahuria, near Nertschinsk. Stem 

 nearly leafless, beset with sheaths, which have membranous mar- 

 gins, and truncate at the apex. Umbels 10-12-rayed, equal in 

 length. Flowers rather large. Fruit with prominent ribs. 

 Sheathed Meadow-saxifrage. PI. 1 to 1 j- foot. 



23 S. GILLIE'SII (Hook, et Arn. in bot. misc. 3. p. 354.) plant 

 clothed with hoary pubescence ; stem angular ; branches few, 

 erect ; leaves pinnate : leaflets of the lower leaves cuneated, and 

 deeply toothed : of the superior ones linear and entire, or bipar- 

 tite ; involucra of few leaves or wanting ; leaves of involucels 

 linear, exceeding the pedicels ; young fruit ovate, pubescent ; 

 styles elongated : stigmas globose, capitate. 1. H. Native of 

 Chili, in Valle de la Punta des Vacas, Andes of Mendoza. Pe- 

 troselinum satlvum, Hook, et Gill. I. c. p. 335. Flowers white. 

 The ribs of the young fruit are hardly visible. 



Gillies's Meadow-saxifrage. PL 1 foot. 



24 S. POLYPHY'LLUM (Ten. ind. sem. 1825. p. 12. append. 5. 

 fl. neap. p. 10.) stems declinate, tufted, having a few short 

 branches ; leaves supra-decompound ; leaflets trifid, linear, 

 nearly terete, fleshy, rather mucronate ; upper leaves reduced to 

 the sheaths; umbels 15-20-rayed ; leaves of involucel setace- 

 ous, shorter than the umbellules ; fruit glabrous. 1{.H. Native 

 of Goat's Island and elsewhere, in the kingdom of Naples. Per- 

 haps sufficiently distinct from S. montanum. 



Many-leaved Meadow-saxifrage. PI. 1 foot. 



25 S. CCESPITOSCM (Sibth, et Smith, fl. graec. prod. 1. p. 200.) 

 stem simple, nearly naked ; radical leaves tufted, flat, pinnate ; 

 leaflets deeply trifid: ultimate ones decurrent; involucrum of 3-5 

 very short leaves ; fruit cylindrical, smooth, obscurely striated. 

 If. . H. Native of the top of Mount Olympus. Smith, in Rees' 

 cycl. vol. 32. Spreng. umb. spec. 121. Radical leaves 3 lines 

 long. 



Tufted Meadow-saxifrage. PI. 1 foot. 



26 S. COLORA'TUM (Ehrh. herb. p. 113.) stem striated, nearly 

 simple ; petioles straight, sheathing ; leaves decompound, erect ; 

 leaflets or segments crowded, linear-cuspidate, having the mar- 

 gins and keel, as well as the rays of the umbel, rather puberu- 

 lous ; involucrum almost wanting ; leaves of involucels with 

 membranous edges, about equal in length to the umbellules ; 

 fruit glabrous, acutely ribbed. ^.orl/.H. Native of France, 

 Germany, Tauria, and Siberia, on mountains and hills. S. 

 anniunn, Lin. spec. p. 373. Schultes, syst. 6. p. 398. Jacq. fl. 

 austr. t. 55. hort. vind. t. 225. S. bienne, Crantz. austr. p. 204. 

 Slum annuum, Roth, fl. germ. 1. p. 128. Selinum dimidiatum, 

 D. C. fl. fr. no. 3492. and suppl. p. 503. S. carvifolium, Vill. 

 dauph. 2. p. 586. Carum simplex, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1410 

 Vaill. par. p. 54. t. 9. f. 4. S. alpinum, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 236. ? 

 but which is perhaps referrible to Cnidium venosum. Flowers 

 white, but often reddish when young. The plant not being an- 

 nual, the name given by Linnaeus is therefore not admissable. 

 It differs from all the other species in the leaves of the involucel 

 being equal in length or exceeding the umbellules. 



Far. fi, minus (Wallr. sched. crit. p. 124.) stem very humble. 

 In dry situations. 



Var. y,ferulaceum (D. C. prod. 4. p. 14 7.) leaves of involucels 

 exceeding the flowers, usually reflexed. 



Coloured-flowered Meadow-saxifrage. Fl. June, July. Clt. 

 1817. PI. 1 foot. 



27 S. STRICTUM (Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 174. fl. alt. 1. p. 

 338.) stem branched, straight ; leaves tripinnate : leaflets linear, 

 elongated, straight ; petioles sheathing ; involucra wanting ; in- 

 volucels of many setaceous leaves, which are shorter than the 



