SESELI. 



high, nearly upright, rigid, round, fmooth, rufhy, fomewhat 

 branched above, bearing feveral oblong, (heathing, mem- 

 branous-edged feotjlalh, with only very (hort or abortive 

 leaves. The proper leaves are radical, pretty numerous, 

 ilalked, two or three inches long, doubly pinnate and cut, 

 linear, glaucous and fmooth like the reft of the herbage. 

 Umbels terminal, folitary, fmall and clofe, rigid, minutely 

 downy, with feveral principal rays, and fometimes a fheath- 

 like leaf at the bafe ; the partial ones of many white, nearly 

 kWte,foivers, chiefly remarkable for the fimple, cup-like, 

 partial involucrum, whofe membranous downy edge is va- 

 rioufly jagged and toothed. Dillenius rightly obferves, in 

 the letter te Haller, quoted under our laft fpecies, that this 

 Angular part is not fhcwn in the figure of Clufius and Ge- 

 rarde. It indicates an affinity to our gummtferum, which 

 obliges us to place thefe two fpecies together, next to tortuo- 

 fum, with which they accord greatly as to habit. 



13. S. Turlith. Turbith Meadow-faxifragc. Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 374. Amoen. Acad. v. 4. 310. Willd. n. 1 1. (S. qux 

 ferulae facie, Thapfia, five Turbith, gallorum ; Bauh. Hift. 

 V. 3 p. 2. 45. Boerh. Lugd. Bat. v. 1. 50. Thapfia 

 Diofc; Lob. Ic. 779. T. tenuifolia ; Ger. Em. 1030.) 



Leaves repeatedly three-cleft, divaricated, awl-(haped. 



General involucrum of one or two awl-fhaped leave« ; 

 partial of many fhort, pointed, membranous ones. Seeds 

 villous, the length of the permanent ityles. — Native of Spain, 

 and the fouth of France. The root is perennial, thick, dif- 

 charging a milky juice, which, according to John Bauhin, 

 to whom it was pointed out by his preceptor Rondelet, pof- 

 feffes a valuable purgative quality. Stem ereft, branched, 

 round, fmooth, not fo clumfy as in Bauhin's figure. Leaves 

 chiefly oppoiite, with broad (heathing /oo//?a/ij, fpreading, 

 repeatedly fubdivided into divaricated, (lender, awl-fhaped 

 fegments, crofling each other, and much refembhng fennel. 

 Umbels terminal, large, of many (lender, downy, fpreading, 

 general as well as partial, rays. General involucrum of very 

 few and (hort, tapering, fcarcely membranous-edged leaves ; 

 thofe of the partial ones more membranous, lanceolate, 

 fringed, half the length of the flower-ltalks, quite dillinfl at 

 their bafe. Petals white. Fruit ovate, covered w-ith fine 

 hoary denfe briflly hairs, and crowned with the long fpread- 

 ing Jlyles, very tumid at their bafe. Stigmas obtufe, but 

 hardly capitate. 



14. S. pyrenxum. Pyrenean Meadow-faxifrage. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 374. Willd. n. 13. Ait. n. 7. (Selinum pyre- 

 naeum ; Gouan Illuftr. 11. t. 5. Carvi alpinum ; Bauh. 

 Prodr. 84. Lachenal Aft. Helvet. v. 7. 332. t. 12.) — 

 Leaves doubly pinnate, with many linear, acute, decurrent. 

 Hat fegments. Partial involucrum fetaceous, equal to the 

 flowers. Seeds fmooth, nearly orbicular, with three clofe 

 central ribs. — Native of the Pyrenees. Miller appears to 

 have cultivated it in 1731. The root is perennial, the fize 

 of the finger. Stem a foot high, ereft, furrowed, fmooth, 

 fcarcely branched, mod leafy at the lower part. Fooljlalks 

 long, dilated and (heathing at the bafe. Leaves three or 

 four inches in length, light green, fmooth, their leaflets 

 tiniform, with linear, alternate, pointed, decurrent, veiny 

 fegments. Umbels of fix or eight unequal rays, without any 

 general involucrum ; the partial ones convex, denfe, many- 

 flowered, with It partial involucrum oi mmj fmooth, flender 

 leaver, almoft capillary, dillinft at the bottom. Petals yel- 

 lowi(h, with a purple tinge externally. Seeds with a broad, 

 flat, even margin, their centre marked with three clofe pro- 

 minent ribs. 



15. S. faxifrngmn. Slender Meadow-faxifrage. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 374. Willd. n. 14. (Pimpinella faxifragia tenui- 

 folia ; Bauh. Prodr. 84.) — "Stem thread-fliaped, divari- 



cated. Leaves doubly ternate, hnear. Umbels of about 

 fix rays." — Plentiful about the lake of Geneva, according to 

 C. Bauhin, who defcribes it with an oblong root. Stem a' 

 foot high, green, fmooth, Itriated, bent, divided from the 

 bafe, and fubdivided into flender branches. Leaves in flender, 

 afterwards almoft capillary, fegments. Flowers few, minute, 

 whiti(h, in a fmall umbel. It is not poflible to determine 

 any thing from this defcription, nor have we feen an authentic 

 fpecimen. Linnjeus faw this fpecies in Burfer's herbarium 

 only. His account agrees with the above, only adding that 

 the partial involucral leaves are brirtle-(haped. 



1 6. S. elatum. Tall Meadow-faxifrage. Linn. Sp. PI. 

 375. Mant. 357. Willd. n. 15. Ait. n. 8. Gouan Il- 

 luftr. 16. t. 8. — Stem much branched, round, rigid, very 

 fmooth. Leaves twice fruate, with linear, flelhy, diftant 

 leaflets. Fruit fmooth, ovate, with diftant obtufe ribs. 

 Partial involucrum awl-lhaped, fhorter than the flowers. — 

 Native of Italy and the fouth of France. Specimens are in 

 the Linnsan coUcftion from Arduins and Gouan, as well as 

 the garden plant alluded to in the letter of Linnxus, cited by 

 Gouan. Thele, as well as Gouan's figure, prove the prefent 

 fpecies to vary greatly in luxuriance. The Jlem is from 

 eighteen inches to five feet high, much branched from top to 

 bottom, very fmooth, pale at the joints, leafy, the upper 

 part greatly divaricated. Loiuer leaves iwnce Itrazte ; upper 

 quite fimple ; all hnear, very narrow, flelhy, fmooth ; each 

 leaf, or leaflet, from one to two inches long. Footjlalks 

 linear, channelled, flieathing, clofe, with an evident, though 

 narrow, membranous edge. Umbels numerous, terminal, of 

 from two or three to ten rays, fmooth, without an invo- 

 lucrum ; partial ones of many fliortiili unequal rays, their 

 involucral leaves flender, but membranous, rarely equal to the 

 flowers. Petals white. Seeds ovate, gibbous, fmooth, by 

 no means tuberculated, though Gouan defcribes them 

 dotted ; each is marked with three flightly prominent ribs, 

 but not bordered. The fynonym of Magnol, quoted in Sp. 

 PI. was afterwards referred by Linnaeus to his Pimpinella 

 glauca. 



17. S. triternalum. Yellow Meadow-faxifrage. Purfli 

 v. I. 197 "Leaves triply ternate; leaflets linear, elon- 

 gated. Umbels hemifpherical. Partial involucrum of many 

 linear leaves, as long as the flowers." — About the waters of 

 Columbia river, where it was found by governor Lewis, 

 flowering in April and May. The ipmdle-lhaped perennial 

 root is one of the grateful vegetables of the Indians, who ufe 

 it baked or roafted. Floiuers deep yellow. Purjh. 



18. &. junceum. Ru(hy Meadow-faxifrage. Sm. Prodr. 

 Fl. Grasc. Sibth. n. 698. — Stem much branched, divari- 

 cated. Footftalks of the ftem-leaves very ftiort, and fpread- 

 ing. Umbels folitary, fimple, of few flowers. — Found in 

 the Greek herbarium coUefted by Dr. Sibthorp, but with- 

 out any name, or mention of the place where it was gathered. 

 The root appears to be perennial. Herb a fpan high, rigid, 

 fmooth, rather glaucous. Radical leaves twice ternate, with 

 keeled three-pointed leaflets ; thofe of the ftem very fmall, 

 and as if abortive. Umbels fmall, white. 



19. S. ctfpitufum. Tufted Meadow-faxifrage. Sm. 

 Prodr. Fl. Grafc. Sibth. n. 699. — Stem fimple, nearly 

 naked. Radical leaves tufted, fiat, pinnate, cut ; the ter- 

 minal leaflet three-cleft, decurrent. — Gathered by Dr. Sib- 

 thorp, and his companion Borone, on the fummit of the Bi- 

 thynian Olympus. The root is thick, perennial, dividing at 

 the crown into many heads. Stems from four to eight inches 

 high, fimple, fcarcely ever divided, ereft, ftraight. If i(f and 

 fmooth, bearing a folitary leaf only. Radical leaves iorrmn^ 

 a denfe tuft, fmooth, rigid, of various fizes. The footjlalk 

 of the ftem-leaf has a membranous edge. General umbel 



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