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UMBELLIFER.E. LXXXI. WALLROTHIA. LXXX1I. MEUM. LXXXIII. GAYA. 



15. Peucedanum junceum, Willd. mss. in Schultes, syst. C. 

 p. 576. From the yellow entire petals, it comes nearer Silaus 

 than Cnidium, but the involucel is wanting. 



Sulphur-nort-like Pepper-saxifrage. PI. 2 feet ? 



Cult. See Athamanta, p. 116. for culture and propagation. 



LXXXI. WALLROTHIA (in honour of F. Wallroth, M. D. 

 a German botanist). Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 45. exclu- 

 sive of some species. D. C. coll. diss. 5. p. 49. t. 1. f. A. prod. 

 4. p. 162. Ligusticum species, Roem. D. C. and Lapeyr. 

 Meum species of Duby. 



LIN. SYST. Pcntdndria, Monogynia. Teeth of calyx 5, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute (f. 56. A. 6.). Petals entire, elliptic, acute at 

 the base and apex (f. 56. A. d.). Transverse section of fruit 

 nearly terete ; mericarps with 5 prominent, equal ribs : la- 

 teral ribs marginating. Vittse 1 in each furrow, and 2 in the 

 commissure. A smooth perennial herb. Radical leaves decom- 

 pound ; leaflets linear-lanceolate. Involucra of 1-3 unequal 

 leaves ; involucels of 5-8 linear-lanceolate leaves. Flowers 

 white. This genus is intermediate between Meum and Ligus- 

 ticum ; it differs from the first in the calyx being evidently 5- 

 tootlied, and from the last in the petals being entire. 



1 W. TENUIFO'LIA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 162.). y.. H. Native 

 of the central Pyrenees, among rocks, but rare, as at Port 

 d'Aulus, Estive de Luz, L'hieris, Eaux-bonnes, &c. Ligusti- 

 cum tenuifolium, Roem. in D. C. fl. fr. 4. (1805.) p. 309. 

 Spreng. prod. 41. Ligust. splendens, Lapeyr. abr. (1813.) p. 

 156. Wallrothia splendens, Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 557. 

 Meum tenuifolium, Duby, in D. C. bot. gall. p. 230. Daucus 

 Pyrenaicus tenuifolius lucidus, and Ligusticum Pyrenaicum fce- 

 niculi folio lucidum, Tourn. herb. 



Fine-leaved Wallrothia. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1825. PI. 1 ft. 



Cult. See Athamanta, p. 116. for culture and propagation. 



LXXXII. ME'UM (from puwv, melon, smaller ; in reference 

 to the delicacy of the leaves). Tourn. inst. p. 312. t. 165. 

 Jacq. Pers. Gsertn. Lag. am. nat. p. 100. Koch, umb. 

 p. 103. D. C. coll. mem. 5. p. 49. Ligusticum species, D. C. 

 fl. fr. jEthusa, Athamanta, Ligusticum, and Phellandrium of 

 authors. 



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

 Petals entire, elliptic, acute at the base and apex. Transverse 

 section of fruit nearly terete. Mericarps with 5 prominent, 

 acutely keeled, equal ribs : lateral ribs marginating ; vittae many 

 in the furrows, and 6-8 in the commissure. Seed nearly semi- 

 terete. Glabrous, perennial herbs. Stems nearly simple, terete, 

 striated. Leaves supra-decompound, or pinnate ; leaflets mul- 

 tifid : segments slender, linear, acute. Involucra almost want- 

 ing ; involucels of many leaves. Flowers white or purple. 

 This genus is distinguished from Ligusticum in the calyx being 

 without teeth and in the petals being entire. 



1 M. ATHAMA'NTICUM (Jacq. fl. austr. t. 303.) leaves supra- 

 decompound, divided into numerous, fine, setaceous leaflets or 

 segments ; stems leafy, not much branched ; involucra of a few 

 linear leaves, which are often 3-cleft at the apex, but often 

 wanting altogether ; involucels of more numerous, entire, or cut 

 leaves, somewhat dimidiate. ^. H. Native of Europe, in 

 mountain pastures ; plentiful on the mountains in the north of 

 England ; and abundant in the Highlands of Scotland. Smith, 

 engl. bot. 2249. Meum, Raii syn. 207. Dod. pempt. 305. 

 f. 1. Math, valgr. 1. p. 22. f. 1. Cam. epit. 7. f. 1. Riv. 

 pent. irr. t. 63. Dalech. lugd. 769. f. 1-2. Athamanta Meum, 

 Lin. spec. 353. Ligusticum capillaceum, Lam. fl. fr. 3. p. 454. 

 Ligusticum Meum, D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 310. Crantz, aust. fasc. 3. 

 p. 82. Hayne arz. gew. 7. t. 12. Jithusa Meum, Lin. syst. 

 vcg. 287. Daucus Creticus, Trag. hist. 445. f. 1. Moris, hist. 



3. p. 270. sect. 9. t. 2. f. 2. Roots tapering. Stems hollow. 

 Petals sometimes slightly obcordate. The whole plant, but 

 especially the root, is highly aromatic, with a hot biting flavour 

 like lovage, which it communicates to milk and butter, from the 

 cows feeding upon its herbage in spring. A strong infusion of 

 this herb is said to give cheese the taste and odour of the Swiss 

 chapziegar. The seeds, as well as the roots are recommended 

 as carminatives and stomachics. The plant is called Spignel, 

 Men or Bald-money in England, and Highland-miken in Scotland. 



Athamanta-like or Common Bald-money. Fl. May, June. 

 Britain. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



2 M. MUTELLINA (Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 106. t. 23.) leaves 

 bipinnate or tripinnate ; leaflets lanceolate-linear, cut, acute ; stem 

 nearly naked, simple ; involucra wanting : leaves of involucel 

 lanceolate. If. . H. Native of middle Europe, in high sub- 

 alpine pastures. Mutellina, J. Bauh. hist. 3. p. 2. p. 66. Phel- 

 landrium mutellina, Lin. spec. p. 366. Jacq. austr. t. 56. hort. 

 vind. t. 223. Ligusticum mutellina, All. pedem. t. 60. f. 1. 

 D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 310. ^Ethusa mutellina, Lam. fl. fr. p. 1025. 

 CEnanthe purpurea, Lam. diet. 4. p. 530. Cam. epit. p. 8. 

 with a figure. Park, theat. 889. f. 5. Herb and root aro- 

 matic. In Switzerland, Haller says, the goodness of the pas- 

 tures are estimated by the abundance of this plant. The flowers 

 are probably always purple while young. 



Mutellina or Swiss Bald-money. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1 774. 

 PI. .| to 1 foot. 



Cult. See Athamanta, p. 116. for culture and propagation. 



LXXXIII. GA'YA (in honour of M. Gay, a distinguished 

 French botanist). Gaud, feuill. vaud. 1825. no. 157. p. 28. fl. 

 helv. 2. p. 389. D. C. coll. diss. 5. p. 49. prod. 4. p. 163. but 

 not of Kunth. Laserpitium, spec. Lin. Hall, and Lam. Li- 

 gusticum spec. All. Spreng. Koch. Arpitium. Neck. elem. 

 no. 278. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Digynia. Margin of calyx obsc/lete. 

 Petals obovate, more or less emarginate, with a broad inflexecl' 

 point. Fruit oval, rather compressed ; mericarps with 5 ele- 

 vated, wing-formed ribs, which are contiguous at the base, ob- 

 tuse : outer ones marginal. Vittae none. Carpophore bipar- 

 tite. Seed nearly semi-terete, easily separated from the covering. 

 -^Perennial mountain herbs. Leaves all radical, pinnate ; 

 leaflets bipinnatifid : lobes linear. Stems naked, simple. Um- 

 bels compound. Involucra of few leaves. Flowers equal, 

 fertile, white. This genus differs from Meum in the petals 

 being emarginate, not entire ; in the furrows of the fruit being 

 without vittae, and in the fruit being rather bladdery. 



1 G. SI'MPLEX (Gaudin, 1. c.) leaves of involucra few (7-10), 

 somewhat trifid. If. . H. Native of the higher Alps, from 

 Dauphiny to Carinthia. Laserpitium simplex, Lin. iiiant. p. 

 56. Jacq. misc. 2. t. 2. Ligusticum simplex, All. pedem. no. 

 1324. Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 553. Vill. dauph. 2. 

 t. 14. Laserpitium lucidum, Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. J. p. 

 345. ex Spreng. Root branched. Flowers reddish. 



^rap/e-stemmed Gaya. Fl.Jul. Clt. 1775. PI. | foot. 



2 G. PYRENA V ICA (Gaudin, 1. c. in a note) leaves of involucra 

 1-5, undivided. l/.H. Native of the higher Pyrenees. Pim- 

 pinella dioica /3, Lapeyr. abr. p. 166. Seseli nanum, L. Dufour, 

 in litt. Seseli montanum, var. Benth. cat. It differs from the 

 first in its more stiff", branched habit, in its glaucous colour, in 

 its 1 -leaved stem, in the leaflets and segments being lanceolate, 

 in the ribs of the mericarps being less elevated. Plant small, 

 glabrous. Root thick. 



Pyrenean Gaya. PI. ^ foot. 



Cult. These plants should be grown in pots, in a mixture of 

 peat and loam, and placed among other alpine plants. They 

 are increased by seeds. 



