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UMBELLIFERjE. CLVI. MAGYDARIS. CLVII. HBRMAS. CLVIII. CONIUM. 



Cachrys Pastinaca, Lam. diet. 1. p. 260. C. Panax Siculum 

 Ucria. C. panacifolia, Vahl, symb. 1. p. 25. ? Guss. prod. fl. 

 sic. 1. p. 327. Athamanta panacifolia var. Spreng. umb. spec. 

 140. Bocc. sic. t. 1. Moris, ox. sect. 9. t. 1. f. 4. Leaves like 

 those of Heracleum spondy Hum. 



Tomentose Magydaris. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. PI. 3 ft. 



2 M. AMsiauA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 241.) leaves pinnate, with 5 

 oval-oblong crenulated leaflets, which are glabrous above, and 

 scabrous on the nerves beneath, as well as on the petioles : ulti- 

 mate ones distinct ; leaves of involucra and involucels numerous, 

 lanceolate-linear, undivided ; fruit ovate, woolly. If. . H. Na- 

 tive of Mauritania, near Tangiers. Cachrys ambigua, Salzm. 

 pi. exsic. 1825. This species is intermediate between the pre- 

 ceding and following; to the first in the fruit, and to the last in 

 the analogy of the leaves. 



Ambiguous Magydaris. PI. 3 feet. 



3 M. PANA'CINA (D.C. prod. 4. p. 241.) leaves on long petioles, 

 some of them undivided, oval-oblong, and toothed : others are 

 pinnate, with the ultimate segments confluent, all scabrous be- 

 neath on the nerves, and on the petioles ; leaves of involucra 

 and involucels numerous, deflexed, undivided ; fruit oblong, be- 

 set with spreading villi, hardly furrowed. % . H. Native of 

 Spain. Cachrys panacifolia, Vahl, symb. 1. p. 25. Brot. fl. his. 

 1. p. 434. Athamanta panacifolia, Spreng. umb. spec. 1. p. 

 140 Tuero, Clus. hist. 2. p. 192. 



Panax-leaved Magydaris. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. PI. 

 3 feet. 



Cult. See Perdngos, p. 375. for culture and propagation. 



CLVII. HE'RMAS (a name the meaning of which is wholly 

 unknown). Lin. gen. no. 1332. Thunb. nov. act. petrop. 14. p. 

 531. Gaertn. fruct. 2. p. 30. t. 85. Lam. ill. t. 851. Lag. am. 

 nat. 2. p. 102. D. C. prod. 4. p. 241. 



LIN. SYST. Penldndria, Digynia. Margin of calyx 5-parted, 

 foliaceous, permanent. Petals oval-oblong, acute, keeled, en- 

 tire, equal. Fruit ovate ; mericarps rather inflated, compressed 

 from the back, 5-ribbed, the dorsal rib exserted, the two middle 

 ones larger, and the 2 marginating ones small, and placed under 

 the commissure ; vittse many in the furrows, which are broad. 

 Seed elliptic, somewhat concave on the inside, and probably re- 

 volute, not adnate to the tegument. Cape herbs, having the 

 leaves clothed with soft white tomentum. Leaves undivided, 

 hardly toothed. Umbels compound, nearly globose, of many 

 rays. Involucrum of many leaves ; involucels of 3 leaves. 

 Rays of umbellules many ; outer ones bearing sterile male 

 flowers : the inner one or three bearing hermaphrodite flowers ; 

 the pedicels of the sterile or abortive flowers setaceous and per- 

 manent after the inflorescence, forming as it were an involucel 

 to the fertile flowers. Lateral umbels sterile, male. Flowers 

 white or purple. 



1 H. OIGANTE'A (Lin. fil. suppl. 435.) radical leaves on long 

 petioles, oval or oblong, somewhat serrated, clothed with dense 

 soft tomentum on both surfaces. I/ . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Thunb. nov. act. petrop. 14. p. 529. t. 11. fl. 

 cap. 249. Bupleurum giganteum, Thunb. prod. 50. Leaves 

 from the dense tomentum usually entire. The upper part of the 

 plant and umbels glabrous. Petals purple, ex Thunb. The 

 wool scraped from the leaves is used for tinder at the Cape of 

 Good Hope, as that from Artemisia is in China and Japan. 



Gigantic Hermas. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1794. PI. 4 feet. 



2 H. VILLOSA (Thunb. nov. act. petrop. 14. p. 531. fl. cap. 

 249.) leaves ovate-oblong, acute, somewhat cordate at the base, 

 stem-clasping, toothed, glabrous above, and clothed with white 

 tomentum beneath. Tf. . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, 

 on the Table Mountain. Burm. afr. t. 71. f. 2. Bupleurum 



villosum, Lin. spec. 343. Burm. fl. cap. p. 7. H. depauperata, 

 Lam. diet. 3. p. 121. ill. t. 351. f. 1. Stem tomentose between 

 the leaves, -nd glabrous above. There is also tomentum under 

 the bracteas and involucra. Stems purple. 



Var. /3, depauperata (D. C. prod. 4. p. 242.) leaves on short 

 petioles, velvety beneath from short rufous tomentum ; invo- 

 lucra and bracteas glabrous at the base. 1. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Hermas depauperata, Lin. mant. 299. 

 Perhaps a proper species. 



Fillous Hermas. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1795. PI. 1 to 3 ft. 



3 H. CAPITA'TA (Lin. fil. suppl. 435.) radical leaves petiolate, 

 ovate-cordate, obtuse, crenately toothed, glabrous above, but 

 clothed with white tomentum beneath ; stem glabrous at the 

 apex. 1 . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on the 

 Table Mountain. Thunb. nov. act. petrop. 14. p. 532. t. 12. 

 fl. cap. 248. Lam. diet. 3. p. 122. ill. 851. f. 2. Leaves of in- 

 volucra 3-nerved. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from the follow- 

 ing. Umbels capitate. Scape biumbellate. 



Capitate-fiowereA Hermas. PI. 1^ foot. 



4 H. QUINQUEDENTA'TA (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 43(5.) leaves almost 

 radical, petiolate, ovate, cuneated at the base, few-toothed, naked 

 above, but clothed with white tomentum beneath ; stem sub- 

 tomentose even to the apex. If. . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope, on the Table Mountain. Bupleurum quinqueden- 

 tatum, Thunb. prod. p. 50. H. quinquedentata, Thunb. nov. 

 act. petrop. 14. p. 533. t. 12. fl. cap. 249. Leaves of involucra 

 striated with 3 longitudinal nerves. Corolla white. Stem fili- 

 form. Umbels nearly globose. 



Five-toolhed-]ea\ed Hermas. PI. 1 foot. 



5 H. CILIA'TA (Lin. fil. suppl. 4. p. 436.) leaves radical, pe- 

 tiolate, ovate or obovate, obtuse, ciliated, naked above, and 

 clothed with white tomentum beneath ; umbels few, densely 

 capitate ; male flowers on long peduncles, exserted. I/ . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on the Mountains. 

 Burm. afr. t. 72. f. 1. Bupleurum ciliatum, Thunb. prod. 50. 

 H. ciliata, Thunb. nov. act. petrop. 14. p. 531. fl. cap. 248. 

 Stem glabrous, leafless. Petioles length of the limbs. Corolla 

 white. 



Ciliated-leaved Hermas. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. PI. 

 ]-| foot. 



Cult. A mixture of peat, sand, and loam is the best soil for 

 the species of Hermas, and they may be either increased by seed 

 or cuttings. 



CLVIII. CO'NIUM (said by Linnaeus to be from KOVIC, or 

 Kovia, konis, or konia, dust or powder ; but the application of the 

 term is not evident). Lin. gen. no. 469. Hoflfm. umb. p. 99. 

 t. 1. f. 3. Lag. am. nat. 2. p. 103. Koch, umb. p. 135. f. 

 40. Cicuta, Tourn. inst. t. 160. Gaertn. fruct. 1. t. 22. Lam. 

 diet. 2. p. 3. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Digy'nia. Margin of calyx obsolete. 

 Petals obcordate, somewhat emarginate, with a short inflexed 

 point. Fruit ovate, compressed from the sides ; mericarps with 

 5 prominent equal undulately-crenulated ribs : lateral ones mar- 

 ginating ; furrows with many striae, but without vittse. Carpo- 

 phore bifid at the apex. Seed with a deep narrow furrow, and 

 as if it were complicate. 'Biennial poisonous herbs, natives of 

 Europe. Root fusiform. Stem terete, branched. Leaves de- 

 compound. Involucra of 3-5 leaves ; involucels dimidiate. 

 Flowers white, all fertile. 



1 C. MACULA'TUM (Lin. spec. 349.) leaves of involucels lan- 

 ceolate, shorter than the umbellules. <J . H. Native through- 

 out the whole of Europe, in cultivated ground, among rubbish, 

 and on dung hills; also of the eastern parts of Asia, North 

 America, and Chili, where it has been introduced ; plentiful in 

 some parts of Britain. Schkuhr, handb. t. 62. Bull. herb. t. 63. 



