352 UMBELLIFERjE. CXXVI. LASERPITIUM. CXXVII. LOPHOSCIADIUM. CXXVIII. MELANOSELINUM. 



CIus. hist. 2. p. 195. Lob. icon. 701. Petioles .large, saccate, 

 very villous. Stem 5 feet high, furrowed. Flowers white, pur- 

 plish when young. Fruit glabrous, or clothed with adpressed 

 pubescence according to Koch. 



Archangel Laserwort. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1800. PI. 4 to 5 ft. 



* * Primary ribs of fruit hispid from spreading bristles. 



15 L. HI'SPIUUM (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 221. suppl. p. 222.) 

 leaves ternately bipinnate ; petioles, nerves on the under sides 

 of the leaves, stem and umbels hispid ; leaflets cuneiform- 

 ovate, deeply serrated ; stem terete, furrowed : leaves of invo- 

 lucra and involucels oblong, acuminated at the apex, or cut ; 

 wings of fruit unequal : 2 lateral ones the largest. If. . H. 

 Native of Tauria and Caucasus, in gravelly places. L. pilo- 

 sum, Willd. enum. p. 310. L. Archangelica, Hortul. but not of 

 Jacq. Caucalis hispida, Desf. hort. par. Petals white. 



Hispid Laserwort. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1817. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



16 L. PRUTE'NICUM (Lin. spec. p. 357.) leaves decompound, 

 rather hairy on the nerves and petioles ; leaflets ovate-lanceo- 

 late, pinnatifid : lobes lanceolate, cuspidate : outer ones con- 

 fluent ; stem angular, beset with retrograde bristles ; leaves of 

 involucra and involucels linear, with entire hyaline margins; 

 wings of fruit unequal : 2 lateral ones the largest. $ . H. 

 Native of Hungary, Carniola, Germany, Switzerland, east of 

 France, on hills. Jacq. fl. aust. t. 153. L. selinoides, Crantz, 

 aust. 182. L. Gallicutn, Scop. earn. 321. Jacq. vind. 48. 

 Breyn. cent. t. 84 Riv. pent. irr. 23. Flowers white. 



Var. ft, glabratum (D. C. prod. 4. p. 206.) leaves and stems 

 glabrous. $ . H. Native of Piedmont, Pyrenees, &c. L. 

 daucoides, Dufour, in litt. L. Prutenicum, Lapeyr. suppl. p. 

 48. Balb. fl. taur. 49. Fruit pilose on the primary ribs, as in 

 var. a. The wings of the fruit are very unequal : the 2 lateral 

 ones are large : and the 2 dorsal ones very small, or nearly want- 

 ing, hence this species falls in almost to Thapsia, but differs in 

 the petals being emarginate. 



Prussian Laserwort. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1759. PI. 3 to 4 ft. 



17 L. ATHAMA'NM: (Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 624.) 

 plant hispid ; stem furrowed, much branched ; leaves ternately 

 decompound, rough on both surfaces, stifHsh ; leaflets oblong, 

 pinnatifid ; segments broadly lanceolate, mucronate ; leaves of 

 involucra and involucels oblong, reflexed. $ . H. Native of 

 Siberia. Perhaps the same as L. liispidum or a variety of L. 

 Prutenicum. 



Athamanla-like Laserpitium. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. 

 PI. 3 feet. 



f Species not sufficiently known. 



18 L. CAPE'NSE (Thunb. prod. p. 50. fl. cap. 2. p. 201.) 

 stem terete, glabrous ; leaves bipinnate ; leaflets oval, mucro- 

 nate, margined, quite entire ; sheaths large, petiolar. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Fruit ovate, striated, and therefore 

 the genus is doubtful. 



Cape Laserwort. PI. 1 to 1^ foot. 



19 L. AU'REUM (Willd. spec. 1416.) stem terete, nearly sim- 

 ple ; leaves ternately decompound ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 

 pinnatifid : segments lanceolate, bluntish, mucronate ; leaves of 

 involucra and involucels filiform. If.. H. Native of the Le- 

 vant. Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 626. Buxb. cent. 1. t. 

 43. ex Spreng. but the description hardly agrees with it. L. 

 elegans, Clark, in Spreng. neue. entd. 3. p. 160. is related to it 

 according to Spreng. syst. 1. p. 918. Flowers golden yellow. 

 Fruit unknown. Perhaps a species of Thapsia. 



GoWen-flowered Laserwort. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PI. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



20 L. FERULA'CEUM (Lapeyr. abr. pyr. p. 152. but not of 

 Lin.) stem naked, simple, furrowed ; leaves decompound : leaf- 



lets capillary, simple in the lower part, and more decompound 

 at the apex ; mericarps of fruit 4-winged. If. . H. Native of 

 the Pyrenees, in a place called Pic du Gard. This is a very 

 obscure species. 



Fennel-like Laserwort. PI. 2 to 3 feet ? 



Cult. All the species grow well in common soil, but it must 

 be rather dry. They are only to be increased by seed, which 

 should be sown in the autumn or spring. 



CXXVII. LOPHOSCIADIUM (XoAoe, laphos, a crest ; and 

 trKiaZtov, sciadion, an umbel ; in reference to the crested wings 

 of the mericarps). D. C. coll. mem. 5. p. 57. t. 3. f. 6. prod. 4. 

 p. 207. 



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

 Petals elliptic, entire, acuminated, somewhat involute at the 

 apex. Fruit compressed from the back. The primary ribs of 

 the mericarps are unknown : but the 4 secondary ones are 

 winged : the 2 lateral of which are expanded into a somewhat 

 serrated wing each : and the 2 dorsal ones are expanded into in- 

 terrupted wings, which at first sight appear like retrograde scales. 

 Seed unknown. Herb glabrous. Stem terete, erect. Lower 

 leaves like those of Achillea millefblia, pinnate; leaflets short, 

 innumerable, divided into linear-subulate lobes ; upper leaves 

 sessile, pinnate from the base, usually rising from the axils 

 of the sheaths. Umbels compound, sometimes proliferous. 

 Leaves of involucra 5-7, ovate-lanceolate, cuspidate ; of the 

 involucels 5-7, but narrower, and about equal in length to the 

 umbellules. Flowers yellow. Allied to Thapsia, but differs in 

 the ribs of the fruit being scaly ; but the fruit examined being 

 immature and incomplete, it is therefore doubtful in what part 

 of the order the genus should be placed. Perhaps it should have 

 been placed near Cachrys. 



1 L. MEIFO'LIUM (D. C. 1. c.) I/ . H. Native of the Levant. 

 Ferula meoides, Lin. spec. 356. Lam. diet. 2. p. 455. Laser- 

 pitium orientale folio mei, Tourn. cor. p. 23. L. Ponticum 

 meifolio flore luteo, Tourn. herb, without fruit. Laserpitium 

 meifolium, Vent, in herb. mus. par. Radical leaves long, pin- 

 nate ; leaflets dense, opposite, pinnate-parted ; partitions mul- 

 tifid : lobes short, setaceous. 



Meum- leaved Lophosciadium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1810. 

 PI. 3 feet. 



Cult. See Laserpitium above for culture and propagation. 



CXXVIII. MELANOSELI'NUM (from ^ \c 

 melas melanos, black, and tr\ivov, selinon, parsley ; black pars- 

 ley). Hoffm. umb. ed. 2. vol. 1. p. 156. Koch, umb. p. 75. 

 f. 6-8. D. C. prod. 4. p. 208. Selinutn species, Wendl. and 

 Spreng. 



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

 Petals obovate, emarginate, with an inflexed point. Fruit flatly 

 compressed from the back. Mericarps with 5 filiform, primary 

 ribs : the 3 intermediate ones on the back : and the 2 lateral 

 ones placed in the commissure, which is flat ; and 4 secondary 

 ones : the inner ones of these filiform and very slender, but the 

 outer 2 are expanded into membranous serrated wings ; under 

 all the ribs there are oleiferous canals. Carpophore bipartite. 

 Seed flat. A shrub with a terete simple stem, which is naked 

 below. Leaves tripinnate ; leaflets ovate, acuminated, serrated : 

 ultimate ones usually confluent; petioles sheathing. Umbels 

 composed of many rays. Involucra of many cut leaves ; and 

 the involucels of many entire leaves. Flowers white. 



1 M. DECI'PIENS (Hoffm. umb. 1. c.). Tj . G. Native of 

 Madeira? Selinum decipiens, Schrad. and Wendl. sert. hann. 

 3. p. 23. t. 13. Willd. spec. 1. p. 1400. enum. 1. p. 307. 

 Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 274. Schultes, syst. 6. p. 562. This 



