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XXXVIII. L'MBELLIFERiE. 
\Myrrhis. 
or inciso-lobate, the segments obtuse, mucronate. Umbels at first 
drooping. Fruit linear-oblong, striate. 
2. C. *aureum L. (tawny -fruited C.) ; pubescent, fruit with 
obtuse ribs coloured, stem slightly swelling below the joints, 
leaflets very acuminate inciso-pinnatifid. E. B. t. 2103. 
Fields between Arbroath and Montrose ; and near Corstorphine, 
Edinburgh. 2/.. 6- — Stem 3 ft. or more high, branched, aromatic 
Leaves tripinnate ; leaflets peculiarly attenuated, at least on the upper 
leaves (for the radical ones are more obtuse), a character which dis- 
tinguishes this from every other British species. 
3. C. *aromuticum L. (broad-leaved C .) ; fruit with obtuse 
ribs, leaves subternate bipinnate, leaflets ovate-oblong sub- 
acuminate serrate undivided. E. B. t. 2636. 
By the side of a river called Lunan and Vennie near Guthrie, For- 
farshire. 2/.. 6. — Stem 2 — 3 ft. high, slightly pubescent below, 
glabrous above. Leaves biternate ; leaflets large, undivided or rarely 
with a small lobe near the base, pubescent beneath. In this, as well 
as in C. aureuin, there is sometimes a small general involucre. No 
one has ever found this plant or the preceding, except the late Mr. 
G. Don, although the stations have been repeatedly searched. 
36. Mvrkhis Tourn. Cicely. (Tab. III. f. 36.) 
Fruit laterally compressed, with scarcely any beak ; suture 
with a deep furrow. Carpels of 2 membranes, deeply furrowed 
with 5 very prominent acute ribs, and a hollow under them. 
Vitta none. Cal.-teeth obsolete. Pet. obcordate with an in- 
flected point. (Partial involucre of many leaves. Many of the 
partial umbels abortive.') — Name : perhaps derived from pupoa, 
myrrh ; the foliage of one species at least possessing an agree- 
able scent. 
1. M. *odordta Scop, (sweet C.) ; leaves somewhat villous 
beneath partial involucres lanceolate-subulate. Scandix L. : 
E. B. t. 697. 
Pastures in mountainous countries, especially in the north of Eng- 
land and Lowlands of Scotland, generally near houses. If.. 5, 6. — 
Whole plant highly aromatic, 2 ft. and more high. Leaves large 
triply pinnate; leaflets pinnatifid, ovate-lanceolate, inciso-serrate. 
Many of the partial umbels of this species, especially the inner ones, 
and sometimes even entire umbels, prove abortive. The fruits are re- 
markable for their large size and powerful fragrance. 
G. Fruit clothed with prickles or with a prickly involucre. 
(Gen. 37 — 40 ) 
37. Daucus Linn. Carrot. (Tab. III. f. 37.) 
Fruit dorsally compressed, elliptic-oblong. Carpels with 3 
