Molopospermum
(from molops, a stripe, and sperma, a seed; the fruit is yellowish, and the vittae chestnut-coloured, giving the fruit the appearance of being striped). Ord. Umbelliferae. A monotypic genus. The species is a large and handsome hardy fern-like perennial. It is an admirable subject for naturalising in the wild garden, and has been used with success when isolated on grass. It thrives best in a moderately good and deep soil. Propagated by divisions; or by seeds, sown when ripe.
M. cicutarium (Cicuta-like). fl. yellowish-white, umbellate; terminal umbels large, fertile; lateral ones smaller, male. May. L. ternately-decompound; leaflets lanceolate, elongated, shining or decurrently-pinnate; segments sharply pinnatifld, Stems large, hollow. h. 3ft. to 5ft. Mountains of Southern and Central Europe, 1596.