108 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



Root thick, fusiform, clothed at the top with numerous stiff 

 fibres, the remains of decayed leafstalks, Radical leaves stalked, 

 with the stalks 1 to 3 inches long, the amina rather longer than 

 the stalk, with the lateral branches about -| th, le igth of the whole; 

 ultimate segments \ to 1 inch long, very slender, pointed or mucro- 

 nate. Stem copiously branched from the base, with the lateral 

 branches nearly as long as the main stem, divaricate. Umbels flat- 

 topped in the male plants, somewhat irregular in the female ; rays 

 of the male umbels |- to ^ inch long, of the female £ to 1 inch. 

 Pedicels of the male flowers ^ to | inch long, those of the female 

 Jr to J inch. Involucre (when present) of a single leaf, which is 

 sometimes 3-cleft ; involucels of 2 or 3 very short linear leaves. 

 Flowers fo inch across, white. Petals in the male flowers strap- 

 shaped, entire, incurved at the point ; of the female, much broader, 

 slightly notched, with an indexed lobe. Cremocarp fa inch Ion?, 

 nearly twice as long as broad, with the ridges concolorous, broad, 

 and but slightly elevated. Columella split to the base, with the 

 segments flattened and slightly dilated. Styles very short, longer 

 than the stylopods, divaricate, refiexed. Plant pale-green, very 

 glaucous. 



Glabrous Stoneicort. 



French, Trinie. German, MeergrUne Trims. 



GENUS XI.—M GOPODIUM. Linn. 



Calyx-limb obsolete. Petals obovate-roundish, notched, with 

 an indexed point from the notch. Cremocarp oblong-ovoid, slightly 

 laterally compressed, crowned by the much - dilated stylopods ; 

 columella free, 2 - cleft ; mericarps with equal filiform ridges, 

 without vittie ; interstices without vittse. Involucre and involucel 

 none. 



A tall herb, with triternate leaves with ovate leaflets ; umbels 

 terminal, of white slightly radiant flowers, the petals on the out»ide 

 being slightly larger than those directed towards the centre of the 

 umbellule. 



The derivation of the name of this genus of plants is from at' (genitive cuyoc, aigos), 

 goat, and ttovq (]>oms), foot. 



SPECIES I.-J1GOPODIUM PODAGRARIA. Linn. 



Platk DLXXX. 



Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Ilelv. Vol. XXI. r*b. 1851. 

 Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Ex-ice. No. 775. 



Leaves biternate, with ovate or lanceolate doubly - serrated 

 acuminate leaflets. Involucre and involucel none. 



