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ADONIS. 
longer oblong obtuse, capsule 6 seeded — Rocks 
of Mt. Gallo near Palermo, and in Spain. Seen 
alive in 1812, described 1817. 
ADONIS. Decandole has reformed this ge- 
nus, the two linnean sp. being the type of two 
sections, the annual having 6 to 8 petals con- 
cave, style strait : the perennnial ( Consiligo ) 
8 to 15 spreading flat petals, style hooked. 
A. riparia Raf. (A. autumnalis of N. A- 
merica, wrongly deemed exotic) stem ramose 
striate, leaves glaucous crowded tripinnate mul- 
tifid, pinnules crowded linear, end trifid acute 
flowers terminal, solitary sessile, petals 6 to 8 
concave round. — Margins of streams. West 
Kentucky to Louisiana, pedal, annual, flower 
scarlet, base darker spotted. Real native. Au- 
tikon. 
A . autumnalis of Europe has stem slender, 
leaves short, remote, flower pedicellate, petals 
obcordate, and grows in fields. 
ADORIUM Raf. fl. Miss. Marathrum Raf. 
1819, N. G. 22, this name was very good ; but 
Dec. having a Hipomarathrum which must 
become Marathrum , I have changed it for 
greater accuracy. Both were Greek names of 
umbelliferous. Humboldt has also another 
Marathrum . 
It differs from Seseli by involucres, involucels 
5 leaves unilateral membranous, calix 5toothed, 
petals ovate acuminate involute, fruit oblong, 
angular striate. Leaves opposite , many sterile 
flowers . 
1. A. crassifolium Raf. Seseli divaricatum 
Pursh, Nuttal. Branches divaricate, leaves thick 
pinnatifid, peduncles rigid.—On the R. Mis- 
souri. Well described by Nuttal, fl. yellow ver- 
nal. Seen dry. Figure in my Autikon rar. 
