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Show • T!Je Hijlory of P L A N T S. I. P a.flinaca foliis Jimpliciter pi7'tnatis. The P a.flinaca, with Jimply- pinnated leaves. The root is oblong, white, and .fibrated, of a fweet t~fie, and efculent. The leaves are large and pinnated; they confifi: of a double fenes of large, oval, acuminated pinnre, f~rrated round t_he edges, fet on a r~b! rermir;tated by an odd pinna a.t the end. The fi:alk is round, finated, ramofe, and JOmted; 1t grows to three feet lugh. The urn bels are large, the flowers yellow. . . . . . It is common about our road-fides. C. Bauhme calls 1t, Pafimaca fylve!l:ns latifolia, Authors defcribe the garden Parfnep as a different fpecies, but it is evidently the fame plant, altered only by culture. J 2. Pajlinaca foliis duplicato-pinnatis. The duplicato-pinnate leaved P ajlinaca. The root is long and thick, covered with a brownilh rind, and white within. The leaves are compofed of a multitude of large, broad pinnre; they refemble the ~eaves of common Parfnep in lhape, but they are larger, ferrated at the edgcts, and hairy ; the whole leaf is fometimes two feet long, and a foot and a half broad. 1 The ftalk is very thick, round, firiated, · hairy~ and ramofe; it grows to .fix feet ~ig~. The umbels are very large ; the flowers yellow ; the feeds hug~ and flat.. . . It is a nativo of Italy and Germany. C. Baulune calls It, Fanax paftmachce foho; Tabernomontanus, Cofium Illyricum. It's root js greatly recommended in diforders of the vifcera, but it is not ufed with us at prefent. S MY R N I U M. T HE general umbel is unequal, growing larger as it fiands; the partial umbels are ereCl ; neither of thetn has any involucra : the general corolla is uniform : the petianthium is fcarce vifible: the :tingle floWers confift each of five lanccolated, lightly infl.ex petals : the fiamina are five fimple filaments, of the length of the corolla: the anthera:! are fimple : the germen fiands below the cup: the fiyles are two, and fimple: the fiigmata are two, and capitated: the fruit is naked, fubglobofe, firiated, and feparable into two parts: tbe feeds are two, bicaudated1 convex on one fide, with three fir ire, and plane on the other. I. Smyrnium foliis omtn'!Jus compifitis. 7be Smyrnium. with all the leaves compojite. ~~e~anller.S. The root is very large, oblo11g, white, fibrated, and acrid. The leaves are compofed of a number of pinnce : the foliola are lhort, roundilh, large, and crenated at the edges; they fomewhat refemble the leaves of fmallage, bttt that they are greatly larger. The fialk is round, firiated, ramofe, and jointed very thick, and fix or {even feet high. The flowers are of a greeni{h-white colour, the umbels very large. It is a native of England, but is not common with us. C. Bauhine calls it Hip-pofelinum, five Smyrnium. ' 2. Smyrnium, foliis caulinis Jimplicibus amplexicaulibus. The Smyrnium, with the leaves on the jlalk Jimple, and }itrrounding it. <!annp ~~ e~a nner.S'. The root is large, oblong, and white; the leaves are very large and beautiful; !hey .ftand on long pedkles, and are themfelves a foot long, and thre~ fourths of that 1~ diameter, of a beautiful green colour, and compofed of a number of lhort, broad pmnule_s. ~he fialk is round, firiated, jointed, ramofe, and grows to four feet, or mo:e, ~~ hci~ht. The le<~:ves on the fialk are fimple, roundilh, fmall, not more than an mch m diameter, of a yellowilh green colour, and the fialk grows through them. The umbels _are large, the flowers fmall, and of a whitifh-yellow. It Tbe Hiflory of P L A N T S. 347 It is a native of Crete, and of fome of the fouthern parts of Italy. C. Bauhine calls it, Smyrnium peregrinum rotunda folio. AN E T H U J\1. T HE general umbel is mul_tiple? the_partial one_ is alfo multiple, and neit~er h ~s any involucrum : the penanthmm IS fcarce vifi ble; the general corolla 1s umform : the fingle flowers confifi: each of five lanceolated, crooked petals; the fiamina are five capillary filaments; the anthera:~ are roundilh: the germen ftands under the cup; the fiyles are two and f.tnall; the fiigmata obtufe : the fruit is naked, fuboval, compreifed, and feparable into two parts: the feeds are two, fuboval, convex, ftriated on one fide, and plane on the other. This genus comprehends the Anethum and Fceniculum of authors. In the Anethum of authors, the feeds are furroundc:d with a membranaceous edge; in the Fc;eniculum, they have not this fin gular charaCter. This is too little, however, to form a generical diilinCl:ion, when all elfe agree. I. Anethum fruElu comprejfo. 7be comprejfed-fruited Anethum. !!DiU. The root is long, flender, annual, and white; the leaves are divided into a multitude of fine, long~ narrow fegments, like thofe of fennel, but of a bluiih-green colour, and lefs (hong fmel1. The fialk is round, firiated, ramofe, and firm; it grows to four feet high: the umbels are moderately large; the flowers yellow. It is a native of Spain ; we cultivate it in gardens . . C. Bauhine calls it, Anethum hortenfe; Dodonceus, Anethum. 2. A net hum fruElu ovato. Ova/fruited Anethum. ~lbttt Jf~n~ net. · The root is long, large, white, and fibrated; the leaves are divided into a multitude oflong, narrow fegments, and are of a dark green colour, and firong fmell: the fialk is round, thick, green, and four feet high : the umbels are large;. the flowers yellow; the feeds broad, oval, of a pale colour, and fweet tafi:e. It is a native of the South of France. C. Bauhine and others call it, Fceniculum dulce. It's feeds are ufed as carminatives in the lhops. , The other fpecies of Anethum are, r. The common, long-feeded Anethum, called Fennel. 2. The white-flowered, roundi!h-feeded Anethum. 3· The tortuous-fialked Anethum. 4· The tall, long-leaved Anethum. 5· The little, long-umbelled Anethum. 6. The roundifh, umbelled, tall Anelhum. 7· The little procumbent Anethum. CARUM. T HE general umbel is long, and has ten radii often unequal; the partial umbels are cluftered; neither has any involucra : the general corolla is uniform; the perianthia are fcarce perceptible: the fingle flowers confift each of five, obtufe, iriflexocordate, and nearly equal peta,ls : the fiamina are five capillary filaments, of the length of the corolla ; the antherre are roundi!h, and very fmall ; the germen fiands under the cup : the !lyles are two, and very fmall ; the fiigmata are timple : the fruit is naked, ovato-oblong, firiated, and feparable into two parts : the feeds are two, ovatooblong, convex on one fide, and firiated, fmooth, and plane on the other. Of this genus there is but one known fpecies. CARUM. <ttaralbap. The root is a foot long, as thick as a man's thumb, white, acrid, and fibrated. The leaves are placed on long pedicles, hollowed at the bale; they are large, and compofed of a multitude of pinnules placed at difiances, fmooth and ferrated at the edges : the fialk is flender, but rigid, round, ilriated, and fomewhat ramof~ ; it grows to a foot, or |