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tip inflexed. i^ra/^ orbicular or elliptic, slightly longer than broad, laterally 

 fiubcompressed ; carpels semi-terete, subpentagonal, plane on the inner face ; pri- 

 "}^J ^dges distinct, jaiiform ; secondary Oj furrows l-i^ttate; carpophore un- 

 aivided, or shortly 2-fid. Seed semi- terete, dorsally subcompressed.— Disteib. 

 bpecies 14, scattered throughout the world. 



The genus is hardly separable from Carum; the one Indian species is easily 



recognized by its short-peduncled umbels opposite a leaf Trithout bracts or brac- 

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teoles. 



1. A. g^raveolensy Linn.] DC, P>'odr, iv. 101; radical leaves pinnate 

 T^th large deeply lobed segments, cauline 3-partite, segments once or twice 

 tofid coarsely toothed. Wall. Cat. 7212 , W. & A. Prodr. 367 ; Boiss. FL 

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-Base of the North-west Himalaya, and outlying hills in the Punjab; Falconer, 

 ^acqnemont, &c.— Distbib. Cabul, West Asia, Europe, North Africa. 

 ^ -Biennial. Stem 1-8 ft., erect, branched. Pedwncle 0-\ in., leaf-opposed : rays of 

 tne umbel 5-10, J-l^ in.; pedicels 6-16, ^-^ in. Fruit ^^^ in. ; ridges narrow, 

 vitta broad, occupying the whole breadth of the furrows. — Wild celery. 



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pound-pinnate. Umbels 

 ^inpound, rays numerous. Bracts 0, or few : bracteoles many, small. Flowers 

 white. Calyx-teeth acute, minute. Petals obovate, emarginate. Fruit ovoid, 



narrowed at the commissure 



not longer 



<^ppels semi-terete, dorsally compressed, plane on the inner face ; primary 

 ^<iges broad, corky, obtuse ; furrows very narrow, 1-vittate ; carpophore 2-par- 

 j^te. Seed semi-terete, dorsally compressed. — Distrib. Species 3, in the North 



operate Zone. 



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^ents lanceolate serrate. Fngl. Bot. t. •^.-, 

 <^icutaiia aquatica, Lamh, Diet. ii. 2, HI. t. 195. 



99 : cauline leaves 2-3-pinn 





V Kashmir; Falconer; Srinuggur, alt. 5200 ft., C. B. C^rfe.— Disteib. Through- 

 out Europe and Temperate Asia ; in marshes and ditches. 



Stem 2-5 ft., striate, hollow. Leaflets 1-2 by |-| in. Peduncles 2-3 m., termi- 



^i and leaf^opnosed. Bracts ; bracteoles 2-8, J in., linear or narrowly lanceolate- 

 !,.._ ^^ ,.,-«... 1 1 . Fruit -^^^ in. in 



^^^ ^ ^^ „__ . idges commissural; 



<^ommissure obscurely constricted in some Indian examples.— Water hemlock. 



™ and leaf^opposed. Brads ; bracteoles 2-8, J in., linear or na: 



linear; rays often 15, 1^-2^ in. ; pedicels often 30-40, ^-^ in. 



> -vidian examples (often ^^ in. in European), lateral primary ndj 



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'■ Perennial herbs^ branched, somewhat rigid. Radical leaves 2-3-pinnate, 

 ^uline much reduced. Umbels compound ; bracts and bracteoles lanceolate- 

 "near, small, or 0. Calyx-teeth obsolete. Petals white, ovate, emarginate. 

 ^^^it ovoid or oblong, more or less laterally compressed, usually hairy ; carpels 



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obtuse ; furrows l-vittate ; 



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