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UMBELLIFERiE. XCV. PALIMBIA. XCVI. PEUCEDANUU. 



parted : segments linear, somewhat verticillate ; umbels panicled ; 

 involucra and involucels of 3-5 leaves ; fruit oblong. I/. H. 

 Native of Bessarabia, Tauria, east of Russia in the region of the 

 Volga, in arid salt fields. Peuc6danum redivivum, Pall. act. 

 petrop. 1779. p. 252. t. 8. Sison salsum, Lin. fil. suppl. p. 181. 

 Bieb. fl. taur. et suppl. no. 564. Sison verticillatus, Pall. itin. 

 ex Bieb. Slum nudicaule, Lam. diet. 1. p. 407. Agasy'llis salsa, 

 Spreng. prod.umb. p. 22. Siler salsum, Spreng. umb. spec. 90. 

 Schultes, syst. 6. p. 451. According to Ledebour, fl. alt. 1. p. 

 344. the furrows of the fruit contain 4 vittse each, and the com- 

 missure many. 



Salt-field Palimbia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1804. PI. 1 foot. 



2 P. RAMOSI'SSIMA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 176.) stem terete, much 

 branched, sparingly leafy ; leaves biternate : leaflets few, ob- 

 long, acutely cut ; involucrum wanting ; involucels of few leaves ; 

 fruit oblong. 1. F. Native of the East Indies, on the Pandua 

 mountains on the confines of the province of Silhet. Selinum ? 

 ramosissimum, Wall. mss. Root long, cylindrical, simple. Stem 

 2 feet high. Upper leaves reduced to the petioles. Fruit much 

 flattened from the back ; furrows furnished each with 2-3 ob- 

 scure vittse ; commissure covered with a pellicle, and therefore 

 appearing without vittae at first sight. 



Much-branched Palimbia. PI. 2 to 3 feet ? 



3 P. CHABR/E V I (D. C. prod. 4. p. 176.) stem striated, leafy ; 

 leaves pinnate ; leaflets decussate, 3-5-parted : segments linear, 

 acute ; involucrum wanting ; rays of umbel unequal ; involucels 



of 3-4 linear-subulate leaves; fruit oval. I/. H. Native of 

 France, particularly in the eastern parts, Switzerland, Austria, 

 Iberia, Sicily, &c. in shady bushy places. Selinum Chabrae i, 

 Jacq. austr. t. 72. Selinum carvifolia, Crantz, austr. p. 162. t. 

 3. f. 2. Peucedanum carvifolium, Vill. dauph. 2. p 630. Im- 

 peratoria Chabrae'i, Spreng. umb. spec. 64. exclusive of the 

 synonymes. Oreoselinum Chabrse'i, Bieb. fl. taur. p. 209. Se- 

 linum palustre, Thuil. fl. par. p. 139. Selinum lactescens, Lam. 

 fl. fr. 3. p. 418. Ligusticum decussatum, Mcench, meth. p. 81. 

 Peuced. minus, All. ex Balb. Peuced. Chabrse*!, Gaud. fl. helv. 

 2. p. 330. Palimbia carvifolia, Koch, in litt. Chabr. sciagr. p. 

 389. f. 2. Flowers greenish-yellow. Vittaa 2-3 in each furrow, 

 and 4-6 in the commissure Fruit nearly like that of Ferula. 

 Habit of Peucedanum, but the vittae is that of the present genus, 

 ex Koch, in litt. and umb. p. 93. no. 5. but according to Besser, 

 in litt. the vittae vary from 1-3 in the furrows, and therefore this 

 plant comes near to Peucedanum. 



Var. ft, Podolica (D. C. prod. 4. p. 176.) stem angularly fur- 

 rowed ; sheaths elongated, loose ; leaves broader, y.. H. Na- 

 tive of Podolia. Oreoselinum Podolicum, Bess. enum. p. 12. 

 no. 330. fl. gall. 2- p- 392. Bieb. suppl. p. 210. 



Chabrceus's Palimbia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1791. PI. 2 feet. 



Cult. See Peucedanum, p. 335. for culture and propagation. 



XCVI. PEUCE'DANUM ( K tZa VO v of Theophrastus and 

 Dioscorides ; said to be from TTEUKIJ, peitke, a pine, and Savot, 

 danos, parched ; the plant was so called on account of its strong 

 smell, which resembles resin). Koch, umb. 92. f. 28. and f. 29. 

 D. C. prod. 4. p. 176 Peucedanum, Selinum, and Ferula, &c. 

 of authors. Oreoselinum and Thyssellnum, Hoffm. umb. p. 153. 

 and 154. Oreoselinum and Peucedanum, Lag. am. nat. 2. p. 90. 



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

 Petals obovate, emarginate or entire, with an inflexed point. 

 Fruit flattened from the back or lenticularly compressed, girded 

 by a dilated complanate margin. Mericarps having the ribs at 

 equal distances, the 3 intermediate ones filiform, but the 2 lateral 

 ones are more obsolete, and contiguous to the dilated margin, or 

 lost in it. Vittae one in each furrow, but sometimes 2, and 

 usually 2 in the commissure. Carpophore bipartite. Seed flat 



in front. Usually glabrous perennial herbs. Leaves simply 

 pinnate, or many times pinnate, or ternately divided. Umbels 

 compound, terminal. Involucra variable ; involucels of many 

 leaves. Flowers white or yellow or greenish yellow. Accord- 

 ing to Besser, the species with obcordate petals narrowed at the 

 base are distinguished from the species with ovate petals, which 

 are broadest at the base, and entire or a little emarginate at the 

 apex. The first constitutes Oreoselinum, and the second the true 

 species of Peucedanum. 



SECT. I. ECPEUCE'DANUM (from e.u, well, and Peucedanum ; 

 this section is supposed to contain the true species of the genus). 

 D. C. prod. 4. p. 176. Peucedana legitima, Koch, 1. c. 

 Peucedanum, Gaertn. fr. 1. t. 21. Spreng. syst. 1. p. 1082. 

 Margin of mericarps narrow. Vittae 2-4 in the commissure. 

 Dorsal ribs of mericarps 5, the outer 2 more remote than the 

 rest. Involucra usually wanting or of few leaves, rarely of 5-8 

 leaves. 



* Flowers yellow. 



1 P. PANICULA'TUM (Lois. fl. gall. p. 722.) stem terete, 

 striated, branched at the top ; leaves 5 times ternate or tricho- 

 tomous : segments linear; leaves of involucra 1-2, setaceous, 

 caducous; involucels of many leaves. I/ . H. Native of Cor- 

 sica. D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 513. Schultes, syst. 6. p. 565. Um- 

 bels numerous, disposed in a panicle. Flowers yellow. Fruit 

 unknown. This is a different plant from the Selinum panicula- 

 tum of Spreng. 



Panicled Sulphur-wort. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1818. PI. 3 

 to 4 feet. 



2 P. OFFICINA V I,E (Lin. spec. p. 353.) stem terete', branched ; 

 leaves 5 times tripartite: segments linear, acute, flaccid; invo- 

 lucrum of 3 setaceous leaves, deciduous ; pedicels much longer 

 than the fruit. If,. H. Native of Europe, in humid meadows 

 and shady places. In Britain in salt marshes, very rare ; as in 

 ditches near Shoreham, Sussex ; and at Walton near Harwich, 

 Essex. About a quarter of a mile below Faversham, by the 

 river side. Smith, engl. bot. t. 1767. Hayne, arz. gew. 7. t. 4. 

 P. altissimum, Desf. cat. hort. par. p. 119. P. Alsaticum, Poir. 

 diet. 5. p. 227. Selinum Peucedanum, Sowerby, engl. bot. t. 

 1767. P. majus Italicum, Bauh. pin. 149. Moris, oxon. sect. 

 9. t. 15. f. 1. Bauh. hist. 3. p. 2. 36. f. 1. Trag. hist. p. 880. 

 p. 881. Hog's-fennel, Petiv. herb. brit. t. 24. f. 7. Herb 

 smooth, with a resinous juice, and a strong sulphureous smell. 

 In England, Gerarde says, it is called Horestrange and Hore- 

 strong (or Harestrang, from the German Haarstrang), Son- 

 fennel or Hog's-fennel, Sulphur-wort, and Brimstone-wort. The 



root wounded in spring yields a considerable quantity of a yel- 

 low juice, which dries into a gummy resin, and retains the strong 

 scent of the root. Many stimulating qualities have been attri- 

 buted to the root, but it should seem to be rather dangerous for 

 internal use. 



Var. ft, Italicum (Mill. diet. no. 2.) segments of leaves or 

 leaflets very narrow, filiform. I/ . H. Native of the south of 

 Europe. Lob. icon. t. 781. Leaves of involucra 3-4, as in the 

 species. Leaves almost like those of P. longifolium. Perhaps 

 a proper species or a variety of P. longifolium or P. Af orison i, 

 but very distinct from P. Parisiense. It grows on low moun- 

 tains, and also in valleys by the sides of rivers in Italy. It is 

 altogether a larger plant than the species. 



Officinal or Sea Sulphur-wort. Fl. July, Sept. Britain. PI. 

 3 to 4 feet. 



3 P. LEDEBOU'RI ; stem terete, branched ; leaves 5 times tri- 

 partite ; segments linear, with roughish cartilaginously serrated 

 margins ; involucra of few leaves, caducous ; pedicels exceeding 

 the fruit. 7 . H. Native of Siberia, every where in open situ- 



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