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SE'SELl * *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Penta'ndria f , Digy'.via. 
Natural Order. Umbelli'fer.e Juss. Gen. PI. p. 218. — Sm. 
Gram, of Bot. p. 132. — Lindl. Syn. p. 111.; Inlrod. 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. 113. — Hook. Brit. FI. (4th ed.) p.408. — Umbellat.e, 
Linn. — Rosales ; sect. Angelicin.e ; type, Angelicac.e ; subty. 
Angelicid.e ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. pp. 614, 770, 773, & 774. 
Gen. Char. Flowers imperfectly separated, regular, the inner- 
most more or less abortive. Calyx (see figs. 2 & 5.) superior, of 
5 spreading, ascending, spear-shaped, pointed, permanent teeth. 
Corolla (see fig. 1.) of 5 nearly equal, inversely heart-shaped petals 
with a broad indexed point (see fig. 3). Filaments (see fig. 1.) 5, 
thread-shaped, spreading, incurved, longer than the petals. Anthers 
roundish. Gerrnen (see fig. 2.) inferior, egg-shape' 1 , furrowed, 
downy, blunt. Styles (see fig. 2.) 2, in the Lower short, upright, 
each with a large, tumid, egg-shaped ba«e (see fig. 4.) ; subse- 
quently spreading as far as the calyx, or farther, finally refiexed, 
permanent (see fig. 5). Stigmas simple, bluntish. Floral Recep- 
tacle wanting. Fruit (see fig. 5.) oval or oblong, scarcely com- 
pressed, ribbed, clothed, more or less, with loosely spreading, 
shortish hairs, and ero.vned with the calyx and reflexed styles. 
Carpels with 5 prominent, corky ribs; the lateral of which form a 
margin, and are usually rather broader than the others. Interstices 
with a single vitta (see fig. 6). Seed almost half round. Universal 
Involucrum various ; partial one of many leaves. Flowers white. 
The calyx with 5 acute teeth ; the oval or oblong fruit, crowned 
with the reflexed styles; and the carpels with 5 prominent, corky 
ribs, with single r it tee in the interstices; will distinguish this from 
other genera in the same class and order. 
One species British. 
SE'SELl LIBANO'TIS. Mountain Stone-parsley. Mountain 
Meadow-Saxifrage. Mountain Spignel. 
Spec. Char. Stem furrowed. Leaves bipinnate; leaflets 
deeply pinnatified, lower ones decussate ; segments spear-shaped. 
Fiuit egg-oblong, villous. 
Koeh. Umb. p. 111. — Liudt. Syn. p. 119. — Hook. Blit. FI. p. 121. — Irv. Lond. 
FI. p. 299. — Athamanta libanotis, Linn. Sp. l’l. p. 351. ; FI. Suoc. (2nd ed 1 p. 
87. — Engl. Bot. t. 138.— Jacq. FI. Austr. v. iv. p. 48. t. 392,. — FI. Dan. t. 754. — 
Huds. FI. Angl. (1st ed.) p. 100.— Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. pt. n. p. 1400.— Sm. FI. 
Brit. v. i. p. 304. ; Engl. FI. v. ii. p. 88. — With. 2nded. v. i. p. 283. ; ibid. 7th ed. 
v. ii. p. 372. — Spreng. Spec. Umb. p. 37. — Relit. FI. Cant. 1 st ed. p. 113, with a 
plate; ibid. 3rd ed. p. 115, with a plate. — Athamanta oreoselinum, Huds. FI. 
Fig- I- A Flower. — Fig. 2. Germen, Calyx, and Pistils. — Fig. 3. A Petal.— 
Fig. 4. Styles, showing their tumid bases. — Fig. 5. Fruit. — l’ig. (i. Transverse 
section of a Fruit.— All, more or less, magnified. 
* From scycelgos, the Arabic name of au umbelliferous plant, but to what plant 
it was given is now' unknown. Don. 
•f See fol. 48, note -f\ 
} See fol. 235, a. 
