360 
41. TJMBELLACE . 
18 in. high diffuse ascending, one from each short stout brown 
and woody strongly ringed or jointed suffrutescent branch of 
the rootstock, which is often \ in. or more in diam. L. ter- 
nately 2-pinnate 3 or 4 in. long. Lfts. ternate remote or dis- 
tinct, rather few, mostly 5-10 times rarely only 2-3 times as 
long as broad, elliptic or linear-lanceolate or ligulate acute or 
pointed at each end, stiffly succulent or fleshy crisp and juicy 
with a saltish aromatic taste, \ -nearly 2 in. long 1^-3 lines 
broad. Umbels confluent 10-20-rayed, the rays short thickish 
ribbed. FI. minute greenish dirty w. ; pet. very small. Stylo- 
pod large conic. Styles very short erect. Gen. and partial inv. 
several ovate or ovate-lanceolate spreading or reflexed. Fr. 
large oblong-oval very pale brown with 3 sharp prominent en- 
tire dorsal ribs and plain flat interstices, apt to be infested with 
some larvce that eat out the seed which when perfected is 
roundish oval and loose in the thick spongy or corky coat of 
the fr. 
The P ta de S. Louren 9 o occasional state of the pi. with exces- 
sively thick hard and brittle less glaucous broader and shorter 
elliptic-oval or oblong lfts. only 2 or 3 times as long as broad, 
and often combined into a single broadly obcuneate 3-fid 1ft. 
( C. latifolium Buch ; C. maritimum (3. Canciriense (Cav.) DC., 
11. cc.) is too accidental and even transient a form or young 
depauperated state to be properly reckoned a var., occurring 
only in arid spots on the N. seacliffs excessively exposed to the 
wind and weather. Crithmum latifolium L. fil. = Astydamia ca- 
nariensis DC. is a wholly different pi. ; and although pretty 
general in the Canaries on the beach or sea-rocks, is not found 
in Madeira. 
The 1. and young st. simply boiled in vinegar are a favourite 
and indeed excellent pickle, esteemed by all classes in Madeira. 
Tribe III. Peucedanece. 
10. ImPERATORIA L. 
1. I. OSTRUTHIUM L. Masterwort. 
L. bitemate ; lfts. of lower 1. broadly ovate, of upper lanceolate, 
the two side-lfts. strongly inequilateral, all sharply serrate, here 
and there lobed or incised ; petioles long with large sheaths ; 
general inv. 0. — Linn. Sp. PI. 371; EB. t. 1380; Sm. E. FI. ii. 
78; Buch 195. no. 29(5; Spr. Syst. i. 916; DC. iv. 183; Koch 
336. Pcucedanum Ostruthium “ Koch Umb. 95”; Bab. 147. — 
Ilerb. per. Mad. r eg. 2, 3, Waterfalls and wet rocks in all 
