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JEGOPO'DIUM* *. 



Linnean Class and Order. Penta^'dria f, Digy'nia. 



Natural Order. Umbelli'fera:, 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. — 

 Umbellate, Linn. — Rosales; subord. Angelicos.® ; sect. 

 Angelicin^e; type, Angelicace.® ; subtype, Angelicid.® ; 

 Burn. Outl. of Bot. pp. 614, 762, 770, 773, & 774. 



Gen. Char. Flowers (see fig. 1.) all perfect and prolific, the 

 outermost only slightly irregular. Calyx none. Corolla (see fig. 1.) 

 of 5 broad, inversely heart-shaped petals, inflexed at the point ; 

 the outer petal, of the marginal flowers, a little the largest. Fila- 

 ments (see fig. 1.) 5, thread-shaped, spreading, the length of the 

 petals. Anthers roundish. Germen (see fig. 2.) inferior, turbinate, 

 slightly compressed, furrowed, oblique, or not quite equilateral, 

 broadest at the top. Styles (see fig. 2.) at first short, upright, 

 tumid and egg-shaped at the base ; afterwards elongated, thread- 

 shaped, widely spreading and reflexed, reaching half the length 

 of the fruit (see fig. 5.), permanent. Stigmas capitate. Floral 

 Receptacle none. Fruit (fig. 5.) elliptic-oblong, solid, slightly 

 compressed at the side, crowned with the reflexed styles. Carpels 

 ( seeds of Lirrn.J (fig. 4.) oblong, imperfectly cylindrical, slightly 

 incurved, each with 5 filiform ridges , of which the lateral ones are 

 marginal. Interstices, or Channels, without vittce. Seed taper, 

 convex, flattish in front. — Universal and partial involucrums none. 

 Flowers white. 



The solid, unarmed, oblong, laterally compressed fruit; the- 

 carpels with 5 filiform ridges; the interstices without vittce; the 

 obsolete calyx ; the flowers uniform and all perfect ; the inversely 

 heart-shaped petals, indexed at the point ; and the absence of both 

 a general and partial involucrum ; will distinguish this from other 

 genera in the same class and order. 



Dr. Hooker observes, that it “ differs from Carum," the Cara- 

 way, “ only in the absence of vittae.” 



One species British. 



jEGOPO'DIUM PODAGRA'RIA. Gout-weed. Herb Gerarde. 

 Ash-weed, or Ach-weed. Wild Masterwort. 



Spec. Char. Stem furrowed. Leaves biternate, or triternate. 

 Leaflets oblong-serrated, unequal at the base, lower ones binate. 



Fig. 1. A separate Flower, showing the Germen, Petals, Stamens, and 

 Pistils. — Fig. 2. Germen, Styles, and Stigmas. — Fig. 3. A separate Petal.— 

 Fig. 4. A separate Carpel. — Fig. 5. The Fruit with the reflexed Styles. — Fig. 6. 

 A transverse section of the same.— All more or less magnified. 



* From aix, aigos, Gr. a goat ; ar.d pous, Gr. a foot; the leaves being 

 cleft something like a goat’s foot. Hooker. 

 t See Anchusa sempervirens, folio 48, note t- 



