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UMBELLIFER.E. LXXIX. LIOUSTICUM. 



Tjvo-coloured-\eave& Lovage. PI. 4 to 5 feet. 



10 L. CA'NDICANS (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 348. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 

 142.) leaves supra-decompound ; leaflets cuneiform, cut, gla- 

 brous ; involucra of 2 rather foliaceous leaves ; ribs of fruit 

 membranous, glabrous. If.. H. Native country and the rest 

 unknown. 



Whitish Lovage. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1 780. PI. 3 to 4 ft. 



'J. Margin of calyx obsolete. Involucra wanting, or of 

 fens leaves. Silaus species, Koch, in litt. 1828. 



11 L. PYRENJE'UM (Gouan. ill. 14. t. 7. f. 2. exclusive of the 

 syn. of Seguier) stem branched, striated ; leaves supra-decom- 

 pound, shining ; leaflets pinnatifid : segments linear, mucronate, 

 short, divaricate ; involucrum of a few caducous leaves. 1. H. 

 Native of the Pyrenees, in open places. D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 309. 

 Cnidium Pyrenae urn, Spreng. umb. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 416. 

 L. Pyrenaicum, Koch, umb. p. 105. Seseli aristatum, Ait. 

 hort. kew. 1. p. 359. This plant is generally confused with L. 

 ferulaceum, but it is perfectly distinct. It is hardly to be dis- 

 tinguished from L. Seguieri, unless in the furrows of the fruit 

 being furnished with many vittae, and the commissure with 6-8 

 vittffi. 



Pyrenean Lovage. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1804. PI. 3 to 4 ft. 



12 L. SEGUIE'EI (Koch, umb. p. 105.) stem terete, striated; 

 leaves decompound ; leaflets pinnatifid : segments remote, linear, 

 rather falcate, cuspidate ; involucra wanting or of 1 leaf. y.. 

 H. Native of the Apennines, Appuanos, Mounts Baldo and 

 Generoso, Corsica, Carniola, &c. Selinum Seguieri, Lin. fil. 

 suppl. p. 179. Jacq. hort. vind. 1. t. 61. Imperatoria- Se- 

 guieri, Spreng. umb. spec. p. 65. Schultes, syst. 6. p. 618. 

 Melanoselinum Seguieri, Sweet, hort. brit. 190. Ligust. Se- 

 guieri, Gaudin, fl. helv. 2. p. 398. Seguier. pi. veron. 2. p. 41. 

 t. 13. Axillary branches somewhat verticillate. Styles elon- 

 gated, much divaricate. Vittae 3-4 in each furrow of the fruit, 

 and 4-6 in the commissure. 



Seguicr's Lovage. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1774. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



13 L. CO'RSICUM (Gay, in ann. sc. nat. 26. p. 222.) stem 

 nearly simple, few-leaved, striated; leaves tripinnate ; leaflets 

 palmate-parted : lobules small, linear, cuspidate ; involucra 

 wanting, or of 1 leaf; rays of umbel muricated ; involucels of 

 many linear-subulate, serrulated leaves, which are about equal in 

 length to the umbellules ; teeth of calyx obsolete ; ribs of fruit 

 scabrous from denticulations. Tf.. H. Native of Corsica, on 

 the mountains, at the elevation of 5000 or 6000 feet. Vittae 

 in the lateral furrows 3, in the dorsal 4, also 4 in the commis- 

 sure. Habit of Meum mutellinum, from which it differs in the 

 petals being emarginate, not entire. 



Corsican Lovage. PI. -j to 1 foot. 



14 L. PEUCEDANOI'DES (Presl, in herb. Hsenke, exD. C. prod. 

 4. p. 158.) stem branched, furrowed ; leaves decompound ; leaf- 

 lets linear; umbels opposite the leaves ; rays angularly winged ; 

 involucra wanting, or of few leaves, which are multifid at the 

 apex; involucels wanting, or of few leaves. 1. H. Native 

 of Chili. The specimen is very like the rest, but varies in the 

 involucra and involucels being sometimes wanting. Calyx obso- 

 lete. Petals entire. 



Var. ft, tenuifolium (Presl. 1. c.) stem and branches thicker ; 

 leaves of involucra multifid ; of the involucels linear, and longer 

 than the umbellules ; fruit ovate ; mericarps with 5 ribs, fur- 

 nished with many vittae. 



Var. y, longifolium (Presl, 1. c.) segments of leaves very 

 long. y.. H. Native of Peru. Fruit wanting in the specimen, 

 and therefore it is probably a proper species. 

 Peucedanum-like Lovage. PI. ? 



15 L. PA'NSIL (Bert. herb, ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 669.) plant 

 glabrous, erect, branched ; leaves pinnate : leaflets multifid ; 



125.) stem terete, 



lobes linear, acute ; umbels terminal, or rising from the forks of 

 the branches ; involucra wanting, or of 1 many-parted leaf; 

 involucels nearly wanting. !(.. H. Native of Chili, in woods 

 and hedges, at Rancagua and Valparaiso, where it is called Pan- 

 sil. Limb of calyx obsolete. Petals white, emarginate, with 

 an inflexed point. Fruit with winged ribs. Perhaps a species 

 of Pleurospermum. 



Pansil Lovage. PI. 1 to 2 feet ? 



t Species not sufficiently known. 



16 L. MULTI'FIDUM (Smith, in Rees' cycl. bot. 21. no. 8.) stem 

 branched, fistular ; leaves triplicately pinnate ; leaflets linear, 

 channelled, acute, decurrent ; leaves of involucrum 7-8, lanceo- 

 late, with membranous margins ; fruit ovate-roundish, with 

 winged, curled ribs. 1J. . H. Native of Siberia. Perhaps a 

 species of Cnidium. 



Multifid-]ea\eA Lovage. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



17 L. DIVARICA'TUM (Led. sem. hort. dorp. 1824. p. 5.) leaves 

 4-times pinnate ; terminal leaflets 3-parted : lateral ones simple, 

 or bipartite ; segments linear, cuspidate ; involucra of 1 leaf. 

 I/ . H. Native of Altaia. Said to be allied to L. Fischeri, Link. 

 Perhaps a species of Cenolophium. 



Divaricate Lovage. PI. ? 



18 L. CY'PRIUM (Spreng. umb. spec. p. 



much branched, panicled ; leaves tripinnate ; leaflets cut, blunt- 

 ish, glabrous ; involucra of few leaves. I/ . H. Native of the 

 Island of Cyprus. Athamanta multiflora, Smith, fl. graec. t. 276. 

 prod. 1 . p. 1 88. The vittae being unknown, the species is there- 

 fore still obscure. It is probably a species of Cnidium. 

 Cyprus Lovage. PI. 1 foot. 



19 L. OBTUSIFOLIUM (Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 270.) stem un- 

 known ; leaves bipinnate ; leaflets cordate, orbicular, sharply 

 toothed ; involucra and involucels of many leaves. Native of 

 Tangiers. Willd. enum. p. 312. Fruit unknown. 



JBlunt-leqflelted Lovage. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1824. PL 2 ft. 



20 L. ? NEPALE'NSE (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 185.) stem 

 terete, striated, glabrous, erect, very simple ; leaves septinately 

 pinnate ; leaflets ovate, acute, deeply serrated, nerved, cuneated 

 at the base : lower ones tripartite ; involucels of many leaves, 

 one half shorter than the umbellules. H.. H. Native of Ni- 

 paul, in Gosaingsthan. Umbels terminal, solitary, of many rays. 

 Calyx 5-toothed. Petals oval-oblong, cuspidate at the apex. 

 Fruit undescribed. Probably a species of Hymenolce"na. 



Nipaul Lovage. PI. -| foot. 



21 L. GINGI'DIUM (Forst. fl. aust. p. 140.) stem striated 

 petioles sheathing, loose ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets rather ob- 

 liquely cordate, oblong-ovate, obtuse, crenated, nerved. " If.. H. 

 Native of New Zealand, on the mountains. Gingidium mon- 

 tanum, Forst. gen. p. 42. t. 21. Involucra and involucels of 6 

 lanceolate-subulate leaves. Calyx 5-toothed, permanent. Petals 

 emarginate, with an inflexed point. Fruit ovate, roundish, with 

 8 stripes. 



Chervil Lovage. PI. 1 to 2 feet ? 



22 -L. ACIPHY'LLA (Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 554.) stem 

 sheathed ; leaves fan-shaped, multifid ; leaflets linear, stiff, quite 

 entire, nerved, pungent ; mericarps with 3 ribs. Tf.. H. Na- 

 tive of New Zealand. Aciphylla squarr6sa, Forst. gen. p. 1 36. 

 t. 68. Laserpitium aciphylla, Lin. fil. suppl. 181. Probably a 

 species of Cnidium, or a proper genus. 



Pointed-leaved Lovage. PI. 1 foot. 



23 L. ? DU'BIUM (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p.. 19.) 

 stem branched, terete, striated, fistular ; leaves ternately decom- 

 pound, rather hairy beneath ; leaflets sessile, ovate-oblong, acute, 

 sharply crenate-serrated, cuneated at the base. I/ . H. Native 

 of New Spain, in humid places. Flowers white. Fruit un- 



