UMBELLIFER.E. CLXV. EULOPHUS. CLXVI. SCALIGERIA. CLXVII. BIFORA. CLXVIII. ASTOMA. 



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Perfoliate -leaved Alexanders. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1-J foot. 



5 S. jEoopoDioiWs (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 

 16.) leaves somewhat biternate ; leaflets oblong, sharply ser- 

 rated ; umbels of 10-12 rays ; involucra and involucels of one 

 leaf. $ . H. Native of Mexico, near Moran, at the height of 

 about 4000 feet ; and on the Cordilleras de Quahilapa. Sison 

 aegopodioides, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 886. Flowers yellow. Fruit 

 didymous, hardly compressed ; vittse small ; ribs filiform ; 

 furrows broad, reticulated ; albumen involute. 



Gout-meed-like Alexanders. PI. 1 foot. 



f A doubtful species. 



6 S. ? LATERA^LE (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 206.) leaves pinnate 

 and ternate ; leaflets obovate, deeply lobed, mucronately toothed ; 

 umbels lateral, nearly sessile -, involucels few-leaved. $ . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Petals white, inflexed. 

 Fruit globose, pubescent. This plant evidently does not belong 

 to the present genus, but to what genus it belongs is unknown. 



Lateral-umbeVed Alexanders. PI. 1 foot. 

 Cult. The species will grow in any kind of soil in which the 

 seeds may be sown. 



CLXV. EU'LOPHUS (from cv, eu, well, and Xo^oc, lophos, 

 * crest ; in reference to the stripes as well as the ribs of the 

 fruit being rather prominent). Nutt. in litt. 1825. D. C. coll. 

 mem. v. p. 69. t. 2. f. M. prod. 4. p. 248. 



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

 at last falling off after flowering. Petals unknown. Fruit 

 somewhat contracted from the sides, rather didymous ; meri- 

 carps ovate, with 5 hardly prominent ribs : the furrows between 

 the ribs furnished with 3 convex stripes each, which are more 

 prominent than the ribs, they are hollow inside, and replete with 

 oil, from sustaining oleiferous canals ; commissure bearing 4 

 similar stripes or vittse. Seed semilunar, filling the meri- 

 carp; carpophore bipartite. Glabrous herbs. Leaves multifid; 

 lobes linear, elongated. Terminal umbels large, of 10 rays, 

 fertile ; the lateral ones opposite, and sterile. Involucra and 

 involucels of many linear acute leaves. Flowers many, abortive. 

 This genus is very nearly allied to Physospermum, but differs 

 in the fruit being covered with many vittse, as in Smy'rnium. 



1 E. AMERICA'NUS (Nutt. in litt.) Native of North America, 

 in the Arkansa territory. Root composed of fascicles of oblong 

 tubers. Stem terete, fistular. 



American Eulophus. PI. 



Cult. See'Smyrnium above for culture and propagation. 



CLXVI. SCALIGE V RIA (in honour of J. C. Scaliger, com- 

 mentator on Theophrastus). D. C. coll. mem. v. p. 70. t. 1. 

 f. B. prod. 4. p. 248. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Digynia. Margin of calyx entire. 

 Petals obcordate, with a short, inflexed, obtuse point. Sty- 

 lopodium thick, conically cylindrical, parallel ; styles fili- 

 form, bent outwards. Fruit somewhat didymous ; mericarps 

 ovate, contracted at the raphe, scarcely compressed from the 

 sides, with 5 filiform ribs, and flattish-convex furrows, each 

 furrow containing 2-3 vittae. Commissure flattish, containing 

 4-6 vittae. Albumen furnished with a furrow inside. Herb 

 glabrous. Radical leaves on long petioles, which are hardly 

 dilated at the base, ternate ; leaflets pinnate : segments pinna- 

 tifid : lobes diverging, lanceolate, acute. Stem branched, rather 

 dichotomous, terete. Upper leaves reduced to quite entire, or 

 unidentate, elongated ligula. Umbels terminal, without invo- 

 lucra, of 9-10 rays; umbullules 12-15-flowered ; involucels of 

 a few small, linear leaves. Flowers white. This genus is allied 

 to Eulophus and Physospermum from habit and character, but 

 differs from both in the calyx being toothless, in the form of 

 the stylopodium, and in the want of involucra. From habit 



and the somewhat didymous fruit it comes also very near 

 A'sloma. 



1 S. MICROCA'RPA (D. C. 1. c.). Native of the Levant, near 

 Seyde, at the foot of Mount Lebanon. Fruit small, blackish. 



Small-fruited Scaligeria. PI. 1 foot ? 



Cult. Sow the seeds in autumn, in the open ground ; they 

 will grow in any common soil. 



SUBORDER III. COELOSPE'RM^ (from .co<Xoc, koilos, 

 hollow, and airepfia, sperma, a seed ; from the seeds being invo- 

 lutely curved from the base to the apex, and therefore forming 

 a hollow on the inner side). D. C. prod. 4. p. 249. Albumen 

 involutely curved from the base to the apex, excavated in front. 



Tribe XVII. 



CORIA'NDRE^E (this tribe contains plants agreeing with 

 Cori&ndrum in important characters). Koch, umb. p. 82. D. C. 

 prod. 4. p. 249. Fruit globose or didymous, with 2 subglobose 

 mericarps. Mericarps with 5 primary, depressed, or flexuous 

 ribs ; the lateral ribs placed before the accessory margin ; the 

 4 secondary ribs are more prominent than the primary ones ; 

 all wingless. Seeds involute, or curved from the base to the 

 apex, hence they are excavated in front. 



CLXVII. BI'FORA (bis, twice, and/on'*, a door ; in refer- 

 ence to the commissure being furnished with 2 holes). Hoffm. 

 umb. 191. f. 2. in tit. Koch, umb. 83. D. C. prod. 4. p. 249. 

 Biforis, Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 38. and p. 448. 

 Corion, Hoffm. et Link, fl. port. 2. p. 457. Coriandrum spe- 

 cies, C. Bauh. Tourn. Lin. Anidrum, Neck. elem. no. 319. 



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

 Petals obovate, emarginate, with an inflexed point ; outer petals 

 nearly equal, or radiating and bifid. Fruit didymous : meri- 

 carps somewhat globosely ventricose, granularly wrinkled, 

 marked with 5 impressed obsolete stripes : the 2 lateral stripes 

 semicircular, and placed before the accessory margin. Villas 

 none. Commissure furnished with 2 holes. Seed involute from 

 the base to the apex. Carpophore bipartite, adnate on both 

 sides. Fetid hfrbs, with sulcately angular stems ; and decom- 

 pound leaves ; having five segments. Umbels of 2-3 rays. Invo- 

 lucra and involucels wanting, or of one leaf. Flowers white. 



1 B. TESTICULA'TA (Spreng. 1. c.) umbels of 2-3 rays ; invo- 

 lucra and involucels of one leaf; flowers nearly equal ; styles 

 very short. Q. H. Native of Europe, especially in the south 

 of France, Italy, Greece, Spain, and of Barbary. Coriandrum 

 testieulatum, Lin. spec. p. 367. fl. fr. 4. p. 293. Bifora 

 dicocca. Hoffm. umb. 192. Bifora flosculosa, Bieb. suppl. 232. 

 Lob. icon. t. 706. f. 1. Pluk. aim. t. 196. f. 2. Riv. pent. 

 72. Bauh. hist. 91-92. f. 1. Herb fetid when bruised. Petals 

 white ; anthers red. 



Twin-fruited Bifora. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1640. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



2 B. RA'DIANS (Bieb. suppl. 233.) umbels of 5 rays; invo- 

 lucra and involucels of 1-2 leaves ; outer flowers radiant ; styles 

 elongated after flowering. O- H. Native of Tauria, frequent 

 among corn. Coriandrum testiculatum, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 

 228. exclusive of the synonymes. Coriandrum orientate, cha- 

 msemeli folio, Tourn. cor. 22. ? Herb fetid. Petals white ; 

 anthers red. 



Radiant Bifora. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1817. PI. 1| foot. 

 Cult. The seeds only require to be sown in the open border. 



CLXVIII. A'STOMA (from a priv. and <rrojua, stoma, a 

 mouth ; this genus differs from Bifora in the want of the 2 

 holes in the commissure ; hence the name). D. C. coll. mem. v. 

 p. 71. t. 17. prod. 4. p. 249. but not of Gray. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Digynia. All as in Bifora, but the 



