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SISARACA) a town of Spain, in the Tarragonenfis, 

 belonging to the Murbogi. Ptolemy. 



SISARIS, Manfourah, a river in the caltern part of 

 Mauritania Cajfarienfis. Its mouth was five leagues N.E. 

 of that of the river Nafava. 



SISARMES, m Ancient Armour. See GiSARMES. 

 SISARUM, in Botany, the Skirret, an eatable root, now 

 out of life with us, though cultivated in the days of Gcrardc 

 and Parkinfon. Its flavour is faid to be aromatic, witli a 

 fweetnefs not acceptable to every body, and of a flatulent, 

 or indigeftible, quality. See SluM. 



SISAURANUM, in Ancient Geography, a famous town 

 of Periia, at the diitance of two journies frorri Dara and three 

 miles from Rabdian, accordinir to Procopius. This town 

 was taken and razed by the emperor Jultinian. 



SISCAR, in Geography, a town of Spain, in Arragon ; 

 19 miles E.N.E. of Balbaltro. 



SISCO, a town of the idand of Coriica; 6 miles N. of 

 Baftia. 



SISECKE, a river of Germany, in the county of Mark, 

 which runs into the Lippc, a little below Lunen. 



SISIBOU, or Sissinoi;, a town of Nova Scotia, on the 

 W. coaft: ; 25 miles S.S.E. of Annapolis. 



SISINILLA, atown of the illand of Cuba ; 12 miles 

 E.N.E. of Trinidad. 



SISKIN, in Ornithology. See Spixus. 

 SISNOVIA, in Geography, a town of Illria ; 3 miles 

 S.E. of Pedena. 



SISOGUICHI, a town of Mexico, in the province of 

 Bifcay ; 140 miles W. of Parral. 



SISOLSK, UsT, a town of Ruffia, at the confluence of 

 the rivers Vim and Vitchegda, in the province of Tilling ; 

 izo miles N.E. of Ulting. N. lat. 61'^ 55'. E. long. 

 49° 40'- 



SISON, in Botany, a name adopted from Diofcorides, 

 whofe o-icrtv, as he tells us, <' is a little feed, produced in Sy- 

 ria, refembling parlley, oblong, black, and of a hot talte. 

 Many of thefe feeds grow together at the tops of the ilalks." 

 There can be little doubt that this defcription apphes to 

 one of the umbelliferous order, but to what precife fpecies 

 or genus, can fcarcely be guefl'ed ; nor did Dr. Sibthorp, 

 when he examined the famous manufcript of Diofcorides at 

 Vienna, find any thing to guide him refpedling this point. — 

 Limi. Gen. 139. Schreb. iSS. Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. 1436. 

 Mart. Mill. Dia. v. 4. Sm. Fl. Bnt. 315. Prodr. Fl. 

 Grxc. Sibth. v. i. 195. Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 2. 14J. 

 Purlh 194. Juff. 221. — Clafs and order, Peniamlria Di- 

 gynia. Nat. Ord. UmhcUatit, Linn. Umbclliferx, Juif. 



Gen. Ch. General Umbel of fewer than fix unequal rays } 

 partial of fewer than ten unequal rays. General Iimolucrum 

 of about four unequal leaves ; /i^/r/w/ fimilar to it. Perianth 

 fcarcely difcernible. Cor. Uni-verfal uniform ; all the 

 flowers fertile ; partial equal, of five lanceolate, inflexed, 

 flattifli petals. Stam. Filaments five, capillary, the length 

 of the corolla ; a:;thers fimple. P//'/. Germen inferior, 

 nearly ovate ; ityles two, reflexed ; itigm.ns obtufe. Peric. 

 Fruit ovate, ftriated, feparating into two parts. Seeds two, 

 ovate, convex and firiated on one fide, flat on the other. 



Efl'. Ch. Flowers uniform, all fertile. General and par- 

 tial involucrum each of few leaves. Fruit ovate, Itnated. 

 Petals lanceolate, inflexed. 



I. 8. Amomum. Hedge Honewort, or Baftard Stone- 

 parlley. Linn. Sp. PI. 362. Willd. n. i. Fl. Brit. n. i. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 954. Jacq.Hort. Vind. V. :;. 13. t. 17. (Petro- 

 felinum macedonicum Fuchfii ; Ger. Em. 1016.) — Leaves 

 pinnate. Umbels ereft, of about four rays. — Native of 

 England, Germany, the fouth of France, and the neighbour- 



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hood of the Bithynian Olympus. With us it chiefly occurs Jn 

 moilt fhady places, where the foil is marly or chalky, flower- 

 ing in Augull. The root is fpindle-fhaped, annual or bi- 

 ennial. Stem two or three feet high, branched, widely fpn aJ- 

 ing, leafy, llriated, fmooth. Leaves dark green, fmooth, 

 fimply pinnate, with a terminal lobed leaflet ; the upper ones 

 more compound or divided ; all fliarply ferrated and cut. 

 Umbels numerous, terminal, folitary, ereft when in flower, 

 white, but fmall and inconfpicuous. Fruit roundi(h-ovate. 

 Seeds aromatic and pungent when ripe. In a green Itate, 

 their fcent, like that of the whole herb, when bruifed, is 

 peculiarly naufeous, fomewhat like Coriander, but even 

 worfe. Thefe feeds have been known in the European 

 Pharmacopsas by the name of Amomum, no one knowing 

 what was the true Amomum ; and have been celebrated as 

 diuretic, ufeful in the Itone and gravel, &c. ; but they are 

 now out of ufe, probably with no lofs to the patient. 



2. 5.fegetum. Corn Honewort. Linn. Sp. PI. 362. 

 WiUd. n. 2. Fl. Brit. n. 2. EprI. Bot. t. 228. Jacq. 

 Hort. Vind. v. 2. 63. t. 134. (Selinum fii foliis ; Ger. 

 Em. tOlS. Sium terreilre, feu fegetale ; Morif. feft. 9. 

 t. 5. f. 6. ) — Leaves pinnate; leaflets roundifh, numerous. 

 Umbels drooping, ihapelefs. — Native of England and Swit- 

 zerland, but rare, chiefly in moiit low fields, on a calcareous 

 foil, flowering in Augult. Scarcely any body but a curious 

 botanill would obferve this little plant, which appears like a 

 ilarved fpecimen of many a more common kind. The nu- 

 merous crowded leajlets, imbricated, in a manner, before they 

 expand, and the Itragghng, drooping, little umbels, are pe- 

 culiar. The Jiotuers, and their anthers, are tinged with 

 purple. 



3. S. canadenfe. Three-leaved Canadian Honewort. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 363. Willd. n. 3. Ait. n. 3. (Chxrophyllum 

 canadenfe; Purfli 195. Myrrhis canadenfis ; Riv. Pentap. 

 Irr. t. 54. M. canadenfis trilobata ; Morif. feft. 9. t. ii. 

 f. 4. ) — Leaves ternate. General involucrum wanting. Seeds 

 elliptic-oblong. — Common in the woods of North America, 

 from Canada to Virginia, flowering in Juh'. Purflj. Root 

 perennial, of manv tapering fibres. Stem two feet hiorh, 

 branched, round, fmooth, leafy. Leajlets fmooth, broad, 

 acute, doubly and iharply ferrated ; tiie lateral ones, of the 

 lower leaves, often deeply divided, and their intermediate 

 one fometimes three-lobed. Umbels flender, unequal, delli- 

 tute of a general involucrum, and v.'ith very fmall ])artial 

 ones, but otherwife having the genuine habit of this ^renus, 

 and no character of Chitrophyllum. Fruit elliptic-oblong, 

 Itrongly ribbed, fmooth, crowned with the fmall, conical, 

 converging llyles. 



4. S. Ammi. Fennel-leaved Honewort. Linn. Sp. PI. 

 363. Willd. n. 4. Jacq. Hort. Vind. y. 2. 95. t. 200. 

 ( .-Ymmi ; Camer. Epit. 522. Matth. Valgr. v. 2. 120. 

 Riv. Pentap. Irr. 91. A. perpufiUum ; Lob. Tc. 725. 

 Ger. Em. 1037.) — Leaves triplv pinnate ; the radical ones 

 with linear fegments ; the upper fetaceous. — Native of Por- 

 tugal, Italy, and Egypt. A flender, annual, fmooth plant, 

 about a foot high, with an aromatic parfley-like fmtll. Seg- 

 ments of the leaves alternate, or ternate, acute. General 

 umbels of five or more ray?, with an unequal, fomevvhrt 

 leafy, involucrum ; partial of numerous fnort rays ; their 

 involitcral leaves linear, minutely fringed. Jacquin fays his 

 plant had neither general nor partial involucrum. Flowers 

 white. Germen in tlie original L'nnxan fpecimen, from 

 Cliff^ord's garden, ovate, minutely granulated, of whicli mark 

 we find no account. The ripe feeds are defcribed by Jacquiu 

 and Rivinus as ovate. 



5. S. pujilltim. Dwarf Honewort. Michaux Boreal- 

 Amcr. V, 1. 168. Purfli n, i. (Daucus divaricatus ; 



Walt. 



