PEUCEDANUM aureum. 
Golden-flowered Sulphur-wort. 
————— 
PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. UMBELLIFERE. Jussieu gen. 218. Div. III. Umbellifere 
vere, Umbelle et umbellule involucrate. Tribus IX. SELINE®, Fructus 
compressi plani, sepé alati. Involucra varia. Sprengel in Reemer et Schulte. 
syst. veg. 6. 
PEUCEDANUM. Fructus plani, marginati, non alati, costis dorsali- 
bus 3 aut 5 obtusis valleculis rapheque parallela vittatis. Jnvolucrum sub- 
nullum aut oligophyllum. Sprengel in Ramer et Schulte. gen. 1, 286. 
P. aureum, foliis ternato-supradecompositis flaccidis, foliolis pinnatifidis 
teneris, laciniis linearibus acutis, involucro subpinnatifido. Sprengel in 
Roemer et Schulte. syst. veg. 6. 570. 
Peucedanum aureum. Solander in hort. Kew. 1. 341. ed. 2, 2.185. Willd. 
sp. pl. 1. 1407. Sprengel umbel. spec. 58. ' 
Flores flavi. Caulis 3-pedalis, teres, glaber, subramosus, foliosus, digitt 
medii. crassitie: folia petiolis flaccidis vaginantibus quinquiés tripartitis ; 
foliola tenera, flaccida, fere TRICHOMANES, laciniis brevibus: siccata Sus- 
cescunt. Umbelle terminales, radiis 40-50, subinequalibus, glabris. Invo- 
lucrum universale  foliis aliquot imperfectis ; partiale polyphyllum setaceum, 
umbellulis parum brevius. Fructus ovales, compressi, dorso jugis 5 obsoletis, 
vittis 4, stylis coronatt. Spreng. I. c. 
The order Umbelliferce has been lately remodelled by 
Professor Sprengel, in a monograph which we believe is not 
yet published; but which has been communicated te 
Messrs. Roemer and Schulte, by whom the substance is em: 
bodied in the sixth volume of their edition of the “ Systema 
Vegetabilium.” ; 
Peucepanum ranks in the tribe Selinea, distinguished 
by compressed, flat, frequently winged fruit, and variable 
involucres. Its generic character is founded on “ the flat 
marginated wingless fruit, with either three or five obtuse 
dorsal ribs (costs) vertically scored by sunk lines and a 
parallel suture.” : 
The present species is native of the Canary Islands, from 
whence it was introduced by Mr. Francis Masson in 1790. 
The drawing was taken from a sample which flowered in 
Mr. Lambert’s garden, at Boyton, in Wiltshire, 
VOL. VH. N 
