154 PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. QcL. V. 



shaped, slightly compressed, hairy, ribbed, crowned by the calyx 

 and styles. Seeds egg-shaped, each with five prominent ribs. 

 Juncture close, as broad as the seeds. Named after Athamas, 

 a king of Thebes, or a mountain of the same name in Thessaly. 160. 



1. A. Libanotis. Mountain Stone-parsley. Leaves doubly pinnate, 



cut ; umbels hemispherical. Stem from one to three feet high : flowers 



while. Perennial : flowers in August : grows in elevated chalky pas- 

 tures in England: rare. Gogmagog Hills, Cambridgeshire. Ens- Sat. 

 vol. ii. pi. 198. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 88. ~ 459. 



76. PIMPINE'LLA. BITHNET-SAXIFRAGE. 



Flowers regular, perfect or dioecious. Calyx none. Petals five, 

 superior, equal, inversely heart-shaped, with an inflected point. 

 Filaments hair-like, spreading, longer than the corolla; anthers 

 roundish. Germen egg-shaped, a little compressed, smooth, finely 

 ribbed. Styles hair-like, somewhat spreading, at first short, 

 afterwards elongated, tumid and nearly globular at the base; 

 stigmas obtuse. Fruit egg-shaped, crowned by the long styles. 

 Seeds egg-shaped, each with five rather sharp ribs. Name doubt- 

 ful. 161. 



1. P. Saxifraga. Common Biirnet-saxifrage. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets 



of the root-leaves roundish, of the uppermost with linear segments. 



Stems from one to two feet high, striated, downy : flowers white, small. 

 Perennial : flowers in July and August : grows in dry pastures : com- 

 mon. Eng. Bat. vol. vi. pi. 407. ling. FL vol. ii. p. 89. 460. 



2. P. mdgna. Greater Burnel-saiifrage. Leaves pinnate; leaflets all 



egg-shaped, serrate, somewhat cut ; the terminal one three-lobed. 



Taller than the last, with white flowers. Perennial : flowers in July 

 and August : grows in shady places and hedges in several parts of Kng- 

 land. F.ng. But. vol. vi. pi.' 408. Eng. Ft. vol. ii. p. 90. 461. 



3. P. dioica. Dwarf Bui net- saxifrage. Leaves doubly pinnate, with 



nearly linear leaflets ; umbels panicled ; flowers dioecious. About a 



loot high : flowers cream-coloured. Perennial : flowers in May and 

 June: grows on rocks in England and Ireland : rare. Eng. Boi. vol. xvii. 

 pi. 1209. Eng. H. vol. ii. p. 90. 462. 



77. CM'DIUM. PEPPER-SAXIFRAGE. 



Flowers nearly regular, imperfectly separated. Calyx none. 

 Petals five, superior, equal, inversely egg-shaped or heart-shaped, 

 with an inflected point. Filaments thread-shaped, spreading, as 

 long as the petals ; anthers roundish. Germen egg-shaped, 

 slightly compressed, ribbed. Styles at first very short, afterwards 

 elongated, spreading, cylindrical, tumid and nearly hemispherical 

 at the base; stigmas blunt. Floral receptacle ring-shaped, thin, 

 undulated. Fruit egg-shaped, a little compressed, crowned with 

 the floral receptacle and spreading or recurved styles. Seeds egg- 

 shaped, with five acute, slightly winged ribs; the interstices deep, 

 concave The ancient name of an unknown plant. 162. 



1. C. Sildus. Meadow Pepper-saxifrage. Leaflets deeply pinnatifid ; 



