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1. S. Libanotis Koch {Mountain M.) ; stem furrowed, leaves 

 bipinnatifid, leaflets inciso-pinnatifid, of the lower ones decus- 

 sate, the segments lancediate very acute, umbels hemispherical, 

 universal involucre of many leaves, segments of the calyx 

 elon<?ated subulate deciduous, fruit villous. Athamanta L. : 

 E. B. t. 138. Libanotis montana Crantz. 



Chalky pastures, very rare. Gogmagog hills, Cambridgeshire; 

 between St. Alban's and Stony-Siratford; between Seaford and 

 Cashmere, Sussex. %. 7, 8. — Root fusiform, crowned with the 

 fibrous bases of the old leaves. Stem l|- — 2 ft. high. 



20. LiGusTicuM Linn. 



Lovage. 



Tab. II. f. 20. 



lete. 



Carpels with 5 sharp, somewhat winged ribs, 



CalMeeth sometimes obso- 



Partial invo- 



Fruit elliptical, 

 with many vitt(B in the interstices. 



Pet obcordate, with an inflected point. 



Named from Liguina^ where the old 



From the latter word comes 



lucre of many leaves. 



Ligusticum Levisticum abounds. 

 its name Lavage. 



1. L. Scoticum L. {Scottish Z.) ; leaves twice ternate, leafl^ets 

 subrhomboid dentate-serrate not glossy, general involucre of 

 about 6 narrow leaves, calyx 5-toothed. E, B. t. 1207. 

 Haloscias Fries* 



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Rocky sea-coasts, in the north of England and Scotland, frequent. 

 It- 7. — Root fusiform, acrid but aromatic. Stem nearly simple. 

 Leaves mostly radical ; leaflets large, deeply serrate, rather fleshy. 



21. SiLAus Besser. Pepper- Saxifrage. (Tab. II. f. 21.) 



Fruit oval. 



Carpels with 5 sharp, somewhat winged ribs, 



CaL obsolete. Pet, ob- 



with many vittcB in the interstices. 



ovate, subemarginate with an inflected point, appendaged ; or 



sessile and truncate at the base. - - - - 



leaves. 



Scarcely diflerent from Ligusticum^ except in its yel- 

 lowish, nearly entire not acutely emarginate petals, truncate 

 and sessile at the base. — -Name of dubious origin; it was ap- 

 plied by Pliny to some herb. 



1. S. J!)ra^^/^5/5 Besser (Meadow P.); leaves tripinnate, leaflets 

 linear-lanceolate opposite, general involucre of 1 or 2 leaves. 

 Peucedanum Silaus L. : E. B. t. 2142. 



Pastures and meadows, not unfrequent in England. Near Oxenford 

 Castle and Kelso, Scotland. 11. 6—9. — Stem 1—2 feet hiirh. 



Whole plant 



----- 2/.. 6—9.— 

 Partial umbels small, distant. Flowers pale yellow, 

 fetid when bruised, apparently rejected by cattle, 



22. Meum Tourn. Splgnel. (Tab. II. f 22) 



Fruit elliptical. Carpels with 5 prominent, carinate, equal 

 ribs, with many vittcE in the interstices. Cal-teetJi obsolete. 



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