( 435 .) 
BU'NIUM* * 
Linnean Class and Order. Penta'ndria f, Dicy'nia. 
Natural Order. Umbelli'fer 2 E+, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 218. — Sm. 
Gram, of Bot. p. 132. — Lindl. Syn. p. Ill ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. 
of Bot. p. 4. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 463. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 
517. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. iii. p. 235. — Mack. 
FI. Hibern. p. 1 13. — Hook. Brit. FI. (4th ed.) p. 408 .— Umbellat.e, 
Linn. — Rosales ; sect.ANGELiciNA; ; type.ANGELiCACEA: ; subty. 
Angelicidal ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. pp. 614, 770, 773, & 774. 
Gen. Char. Flowers all uniform ; the innermost many of them 
barren. Calyx an obsolete margin. Corolla (fig. 1.) of 5, inversely 
heart-shaped, nearly equal petals, with indexed points. Filaments 
(see fig. 1.) 5, thread-shaped, spreading, longer than the corolla. 
Anthers roundish. Germen (see fig. 2.) inferior, egg-shaped, ribbed, 
smooth. Styles (see fig. 2.) 2, awl-shaped ; egg-shaped, angular, 
and much swelled, at the base ; permanent, more or less spreading. 
Stigmas blunt, somewhat capitate. Fruit (tig. 3.) contracted at the 
sides, linear-oblong, crowned with the conical bases of the nearly 
straight styles. Carpels with 5 equal, slender, obtuse ribs, with 
many vittce in the interstices. Seeds taper, convex, fiat in front. 
Universal Involucrum none ; partial of few leaves. Flowers white. 
The obsolete calyx ; the linear-oblong, smooth fruit, crowned 
with the conical bases of the nearly straight styles ; and the carpels 
with 5 slender, obtuse ribs, with many vittw in the interstices ; will 
distinguish this from other genera in the same class and order. 
One species British. 
BU'NIUM FLEXUO'SUM. Flexuous Earth-nut. Pig-nut. Ar- 
nut. Knipper-nut. Hawk-nut. Jur-nut. Ground-nut. Earth 
Chestnut. 
Spec. Char. Root a small, solitary tuber. Stem slender, taper- 
ing and zigzag at the base. Leaves very few, much divided into 
very slender strap-shaped segments. Style straight, conical at the 
base. 
Engl. Bot. t. 988. — With. (2nded.) v. i. p. 276. — Sym. Syn. PI. p. 70. — Sm. FI. 
Brit. v. i. p. 301.; Engl. FI. v. ii. p. 54. — With. (7th edit.) v. ii. p. 369. — Hook. 
Brit. FI. (4th edit.) p. 114. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 24. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 60. — 
Thomp. PI. of Berw. p. 20. — Davies’ Welsh Bot, p. 27. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 
141. — Relli. FI. Cant. (3rded.)p. 114. — Johnst. FI. Berw. v. i. p. 68. — Winch’s FI. 
of Nortliumb. and Durli. p. 18. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 77. — Bab. FI. Bath. p. 21. ; 
Prim. FI. Sain. p. 42. — Dick. FI. Abred. p. 30. — Irv. Lond. FI. p. 196. — Luxf. 
Reig. FI. p. 24. — Dow. FI. Guide, p. 25.— Baines’ FI. of Yorksh. p. 46. — Leight. 
FI. of Shropsh. p. 131. — Gul. Catal. of PI. of Banb. p. 6 . — Illinium bulbocasta- 
num, lluds. FI. Angl. (2nd cd.) p. 122. — With, (lsted.) v. i. p. 164. — Liglitf. FI. 
Scot. v. i. p. 156. — Curt. FI. Lond. t. 273. — Relh. FI. Cant. (1st edit.) p. 118.— 
Hook. FI. Scot. p. 88. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 63. — FI. Devon, pp. 48 & 166. — Loud. 
Ency. of Gard. (new ed. ) p. 882. parag. 4709. — Mack. Catal. of PI. oflrel. p. 27. — 
Bunium denudatum, De Cand. FI. Fr. v. iv. p. 325. ; Prod. v. iv. p. 117. — Don’s 
Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. iii. p. 290. — Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 98. — Bu- 
Fig. 1. A separate Flower. — Fig. 2. Germen, Styles, & Stigmas. — Fig. 3. Fruit. — 
Fig. 4. Transverse section of ditto. — Fig. 5. Tuberous Root. — All , except fig. 5, 
magnified. 
* From bounos, Gr. a hill, or elevated spot ; the plant loving dry situations, 
t Sec folio 48, note +, ( Sec folio 235, a. 
