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V. Defer Ipt ion of a Plant yielding A fa foetida. In a Letter 
jrom John Hope, Al D. F. R. S, to Sir Jofeph Banks, 
Bart . P. R . S, 
Read December p, 1784, 
TO SIR JOSEPH BANKS; BART. P. R. S, 
S. I R 3 Edinburgh, Augufl 18, 1784,, 
I B EG you will do me the honour of prefenting the inclofed 
account of the Afa foetida, and the botanical defeription of 
the plant, with the drawings, to the Royal Society. 
I have the honour of being, with much refpefi: andefteem, Szc, 
JOHN HOP E. 
ASA F OE TID A, 
Plant a umbellifera, tripedalis, ereda,. ramofa, glauca,. 
flore luteo. 
Radix perennis. 
Folia radicalia fex, procumbentia, trilobo-ovata, multoties 
pinnatim divifa ; foliolis incifis, fubacutis, fub- 
decurrentibus ; petiolo communi fuperne piano, linea 
elevata longitudinaliter per medium decurrente. 
3 Caulis 
