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Readers on a cursive label ID roll - last one (for awhile)
This is the last perplexing specimen in this particular set of old specimens. Again another member of Apiaceae. And again the species name remains unclear, and therefore, the specimen unfiled. My student intern at the time just said, "Did they get a doctor to write this like a prescription?"
Lower case Ns and Us are mighty confusing. Looking forward to you guesses.
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Genus is Peucedanum, specific epithet reminds me the name of a botanist. Can't remember which!
Can't decipher the species either.
The German below the name says that it is found on fertile meadows throughout the valleys of the Rhine and the Moselle (auf fruchtbaren Wiesen durch das Rhein und Moselthal). So that should limit the possibilities considerably.
Git it! Peucedanum Chrabaei, mentioned here:
https://books.google.com/books?id=H5DQAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA69&lpg=RA2-PA69&dq=peucedanum+moseltal&source=bl&ots=jGQF5z4drv&sig=82vB3pkfSe4x3MWu968lkdsNMnM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj3uMve7avRAhVh1oMKHX6cCpUQ6AEINzAH#v=onepage&q=peucedanum%20moseltal&f=false
SAorry: Chabraei, not Chrabaei
Damn, Chabraei - never would have gotten that. This species name is a synonym of Peucedanum carvifolium (leaves like caraway). Fitting descriptor. Hugely grateful for the assistance.
Maybe TMI:
The top line refers to this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp_Wilhelm_Wirtgen
The "Reich" below the specific epithet must refer to Reichenbacn the elder
Thanks, I'll make a couple of annotations. Always curious about the information on specimen labels. More usually it's the lack thereof. Have to assume that back in the early days of our herbarium, the founders of our collection did some trading of prairie species for European specimens. It means some of these specimens have waited a long time to be included into the collection.
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