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19. Fceniculem Iloffm. Fennel. 
1. F. officinale (All.); st. terete below, 1. decomposite: seg- 
ments all capillary elongate in the upper 1. jiaccid, umbels of 
many rays concave. — Meum Sm., E. B. 1208.? — Involucres 0. 
St. 3 — 4 feet bigh, usually filled with jjith, branching. Umbels 
large. FI. yellow. Whole herb aromatic. Segments of 1. chan- 
neled. — Hooker says “segments of the 1. awlshaped,” which I 
do not find to be the case in the wild (Chudleigh, Devon ; Tenby, 
S. Wales; Ilythe, Kent;) plant. The fig. and description in 
E. B. also appears to be erroneous in this jioint. Is not the cul- 
tivated plant often a different species? — Rocks and walls, paiti- 
cularly near the sea. P. VII. VIII. E. I. 
[*?2. F. piperatum (Ten.); st. terete below, segments of the 
upper 1. subulate thick short rigid, umbels of few (6 — 12) rays. — 
Inv. 0. St. 3 ft. high (?), filled with pith. Umbels rather small. 
FI. yellow. Upper leaves with very short and rigid channeled 
segments. — St. Aubin’s bav, Jersey. Rev. W. W. Newbould. P. 
VII. VIII.] ■ o. 
20. Libanotis Crantz. 
1. L.montana (Crantz); 1. doubly pinnate cut: segments 
lanceolate mucronate, the lowermost leaflets crossing, general 
involucre of many leaves, fr. hairy. — Athamanta Sm., E. B. 138. 
— St. 1 — 3 feet high, covered at the base with the fibrous remains 
of deeayed petioles. Umbels terminal, convex, with numerous 
dorniy rays. — Bertoloni (FI. Ital. iii. 450) ascribes 2 vittae to 
each interstice and 4 to the commissure. I only find 1 in the 
former case and 2 in the latter. This genus is very near in struc- 
ture but differs in habit from Seseli. — Chalk hills of Cambridge- 
shire and Sussex. P. VII. VIII. E. 
21. Ligusticum Linn. 
1. L. scoticum (L.) ; 1. twice temate, leaflets ovate somewhat 
rhomboidal dentate-serrate oj)aque, involucre of 5 — / linear- 
lanceolate leaves, cal. 5-toothed. — E. B. 1207. Haloscias Fr . — 
St. herbaceous, nearly simple, striated, tinged with red, 1 — 1| 
foot high. Leafl. large, lobed and cut. Interstices with 3, com- 
missure with 6 vittae. Seed free. — Rocks on the sea-coast of 
Scotland and Northumberland. P. VII. Scottish Lovage. E. S. 
22. SiLAUs Besser. 
1. S. pratensis (Bess.) ; st. angular, radical 1. 3 — 4 times pin- 
nate, leaflets lanceolate entire or bifid, terminal trijiartite, invo- 
lucre of 1 — 2 leaves, involucels of many leaves. — Cnidium Silaus 
Sm., E. B. 2142. — St. 1 — 2 feet high. L. mostly radical, stem 
1. decreasing u])wards. FI. pale yellow. — Damp meadows and 
pastures. P. VI. — IX. 
