UMBELLIFERjE. XCVI. PEUCEDANUM. 



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25 P. SYLVE'STRE (D. C. prod. 4. p. 179.) stem terete, fur- 

 rowed ; leaves bipinnate or tripinnate : leaflets pinnatifid : seg- 

 ments linear-lanceolate, bluntish ; involucra and involucels of 

 many leaves ; fruit lanceolate-elliptic. !{.. H. Native of the 

 north and east of Europe, in marshes and meadows. Selinum 

 sylvestre, Lin. hort. ups. p. 59. Oed. fl. dan. t. 412. D. C. fl. 

 fr. 4. p. 319. Thysselinum, Riv. pent. irr. t. 19 and 20. Thys- 

 selinum palustre, Hoffm.umb. p. 154. Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 

 6. p. 463. exclusive of the synonyme of Lin. Peucedanum 

 palustre, Mcench, meth. 82. Koch, umb. p. 94. Athamantha 

 flexuosa, Juss. hort. par. Athamantha Pisana, Savi, in Ust. 

 ann. 21, p. 7. Selinum Cantabrigiense, Fisch. Selinum Schi- 

 wereckii and Selinum intermedium, Bess. prim. fl. gall. 1. p. 

 205. Thysselinum palustre and Thyss. Plinii, Spreng. syst. 2. 

 p. 895. most probably appertains to this plant. Fruit brownish 

 purple, 2 lines long. Root with many necks. Flowers white. 



mid Sulphur-wort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1800. PI. 2 to 

 3 feet. 



26 P. BAICALE'NSE (Koch, umb. p. 94.) stem furrowed at the 

 top, much branched ; leaves bipinnate ; leaflets pinnatifid : seg- 

 ments linear, acute ; leaves of involucra many, rather toothed ; 

 leaves of involucels cohering at the base, exceeding the umbel- 

 lules. If.. H. Native of Siberia, about Lake Baical ; and of 

 Hungary. P. terebinthinaceum, Fisch. in litt. Selinum tere- 

 binthinaceum, Trev. nov. act. soc. nat. cur. 13. p. 166. S. col- 

 linum, Kit. in Willd. herb. The Hungarian plant is the same as 

 the Siberian one. 



Baical Sulphur-wort. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 2 to 

 S feet. 



SECT. III. CERVA'RIA (from cervus, a stag ; the P. cervaria is 

 said to be much sought after by stags). D. C. in Dub. hot. gall, 

 prod. 4. p. 179. Cervaria, Gsertn. fr. t. 21. f. 10. Gaudin. fl. 

 helv. 2. p. 324. Margin of mericarps narrow. Commissural 

 vittae 2, superficial. Dorsal ribs 5, approximate. Vittae soli- 

 tary in the furrows. Involucra of many leaves. 



27 P. ALSA'TICUM (Lin. spec. 354. but not of Poir.) stem an- 

 gularly furrowed, branched ; leaves tripinnate ; leaflets pinna- 

 tifid : segments oblong, mucronate, with serrulately scabrous 

 margins ; involucra and involucels of many lanceolate-linear 

 leaves, which are subulate at the apex ; fruit elliptic-oblong. 

 y.. H. Native of the Pyrenees, Provence, Alsatia, Switzerland, 

 Austria, Transylvania, Tauria, and Siberia, in wo<ids and mea- 

 dows. Jacq. fl. aust. t. 70. D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 337. Led. fl. 

 alt. 1. p. 312. Daucus Alsaticus, C. Bauh. prod. p. 77. Se- 

 linum Alsaticum, Crantz. austr. p. 59. Cnidium Alsaticum, 

 Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 417. Cervaria Alsatica, Gaudin. 

 fl. helv. 2. p. 327. Petals pale yellow. 



Var. ft, albiflorum (D. C. prod. 4. p. 1 79.) stem more angu- 

 lar ; flowers white. I/ . H. Native of Italy, Austria, and 

 Vallais. Selinum Venetum, Spreng. umb. spec. 73. Schultes, 

 syst. 6. p. 561. Selinum Austrlacum, Bertol. Selinum Alsa- 

 ticum, Crantz. 



Alsatian Sulphur-wort. Fl. July. Clt. 1774. PI. 3 to 5 ft. 



28 P. CERVA'RIA (Cusson, ex Lapeyr. abr. p. 149. Koch, 

 umb. 94.) stem terete, nearly simple ; leaves bipinnate, glau- 

 cous ; leaflets ovate, auriculated on the outside at the base, 

 toothed : teeth mucronate ; involucra of many leaves ; fruit 

 oval. 7. H. Native of middle Europe, from the Pyrenees to 

 Austria. Clus. hist. t. 193. f. 2. Athamantha Cervaria, Lin. 

 spec. p. 352. Jacq. austr. 69. Bertol. amoen. p. 139. Seli- 

 num Cervaria, Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 1194. Crantz, austr. t. 3. 

 f. 1. Selinum glaucum, Lam. fl. fr. 3. p. 419. Cervaria rigida, 

 Mcench, meth. 98. Cervaria Rivini, Gsertn. fr. t. 21. f. 10. 

 Cervaria glauca, Gaudin, fl. helv. 2. p. 324. Ligusticum Cer- 

 varia, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 907. Plench. icon. t. 185. Corolla 



white, with a purplish outside. The plant is recommended in 

 the gout ; and in Styria they use it in intermittent fevers. 



Var. fl, latifblium (Viv. ital. fragm. 1. p. 18. t. 22.) leaves 

 broader and less glaucous. If.. H. Native in rather boggy 

 places. 



Var. y ? dissectum (D. C. prod. 4. p. 180.) leaflets pinnatifid ; 

 lobes 3-5-cleft. If.. H. Cervaria lae'vis, Gaudin, 1. c. in a 

 note. Perhaps P. oreoselinum, var. 



Stag's Sulphur-wort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1597. ' PI. 4 

 to 5 feet. 



29 P. CERVARLEFOLIUM (Meyer, verz. pflanz. p. 126.) plant 

 glabrous, glaucescent ; stem fistular, terete ; leaves bipinnate and 

 tripinnate ; leaflets membranous, ovate, or a little cordate, 

 cut, mucronately toothed ; petioles nearly terete, fistular ; sheaths 

 narrow ; leaves of both involucra and involucels setaceous ; 

 mericarps puberulous, with narrow margins ; the 3 dorsal ribs 

 sharp. I/ . H. Native of Caucasus, on the Talusch mountains. 

 Allied to P. Alsaticum, P. cervaria, and Imperatoria Caucdsica, 

 but sufficiently distinct from all. Flowers greenish or dirty red. 



Cervaiia-leaved Sulphur-wort. PI. 3 to 5 feet. 



30 P. OREOSELI" NUM (Cusson, ex Lapeyr. abr. p. 149.) stem 

 terete, striated ; leaves tripinnate ; petioles bent back ; leaflets 

 remote, ovate, deeply pinnatifid, divaricate, shining : teeth rather 

 mutic ; fruit oval-orbicular. 1.H. Native of middle Europe 

 and Caucasus, in open exposed places of hills. Athamantha 

 oreoselinum, Lin. spec. 352. Jacq. aust. 1. t. 68. Hayn. arz. 

 gew. 7. t. 3. Selinum oreoselinum, Scop. earn. no. 330. Oreo- 

 selinum nigrum, Delarb. auv. 1. p. 428. Oreoselinum legiti- 

 mum, Bieb. suppl. 210. Cervaria oreoselinum, Gaudin, fl. helv. 

 2. p. 324. Fenced, oreoselinum, Mcench, meth. 82. Koch, 

 umb. 94. Dod. pempt. 696. with a figure. The plant is grate- 

 fully aromatic, and deserves to be better known. Flowers white, 

 with a tinge of blush. 



Var. ft, angulatum (D. C. prod. 4. p. 1 80.) stem angularly 

 furrowed, pubescent. 1. H. Native of the Central Pyrenees. 

 Selinum oreoselinum ft, D. C. fl. fr. suppl. no. 3485. p. 511. 

 Perhaps a proper species. 



Mountain-parsley. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1810. PI. 3-J feet. 



SECT. IV. SELINOI'DES (containing plants having the habit of 

 Selinum). D. C. prod. 4. p. 180. Peucedanum, sect. 4. a. 

 Koch, umb. 94. Oreoselinum species, Hoffm. Bieb. Selinum 

 species, Gaudin, fl. helv. 2. p. 333. Margin of mericarps dia- 

 phanous, very broad. Commissural vittae 2, rarely 4, super- 

 ficial. Dorsal ribs of mericarps 5, and with 1 vittse in each 

 furrow between the ribs. Involucra and involucels of many 

 leaves. 



31 P. AUSTRLACUM (Koch, umb. p. 94.) stem sulcately 

 striated ; leaves tripinnate ; leaflets ovate, cuneated at the base, 

 coarsely toothed, pinnatifid : teeth bluntish, mucronate ; leaves 

 of involucra linear. 3. H. Native of Austria, Pannonia, 

 Upper Italy, and probably of France. Selinum Austriacum, 

 Jacq. aust. t. 71. vind. 49. Selinum argenteum, Crantz, austr. 

 174. t. 4. f. 2. Selinum nigrum, Lam. fl. fr. 3. p. 420. Oreo- 

 selinum Austriacum, Hoffm. umb. p. 155. Vittae usually 4 in 

 the commissure, and often 2 in the outer furrows, ex Koch, in 

 litt. P. montanum, involucratum, and Rablense, are probably 

 only varieties of this species. Besser makes P. Austriacum and 

 montanum one species and P. involucratum and Jtablense ano- 

 ther. The petioles of the radical leaves are divided into 3 

 branches. 



Austrian Sulphur-wort. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1804. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



32 P. MONTA'NUM (Koch, umb. 94.) stem deeply furrowed, 

 branched, and corymbose in the upper part, smooth, hollow ; 

 leaves thrice pinnate ; leaflets pinnatifid, with elliptic-lanceolate 

 segments ; leaves of involucrum lanceolate, pointed, dependent, 



