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nlgella orientalis. oriental fennel- 



Flower. 



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C/tz/f «//</ Order. 



PliNTANDRIA PeNTAGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Oil. o. IWnfo 5. Neclaria 8. Gx/>£ 5 — 10, plus minufve 



coalitae. 



Specific Char abler and Synonyms. 



NlGELLA orient alt s ; piftillis fubdenis corolla longioribus, 



capfulis fubdiltinftis, feminibus compreffis mar- 



ginatis. 

 NlGELLA orient a 1 is ; piflillis denis corolla Jongioribus. Sp. 



PJ' 753* Reich. 2. 662. Willd. 2. 1249. Hort. 



CI iff'. 215. 2. Hort. Up/. 153. Hort. Kezv. 2. 249. 



Mart. Mill. Did. n. 5. Gatrt. Frucl. 2. 174. /. 



1 18. /. 1. Mill. Icon. 187. /. 1. 

 NlGELLA Chalepcnfis lutea corniculis longioribus. Mori/. 



Hift. 3. p. 516. §. 12. /. 18. /. 10. Raj. Suppl, 



525- 



The number of the piftils, in this genus, is fo fubjeci to 

 varv, even in the lame plant, that very little dependance can 

 be placed upon it; we have in our poiTeffion a fpecimen of 

 the fptcies here figured in fruit, in which there are conftantly 

 0I1 'y two capf'ules. The young Botanift will be liable to be 

 v er y much puzzled in examining fume of the fpecies, N. da- 

 toafcena for inftance, to understand why Linnaeus Ihould 

 peak of feveral germens and feveral capfules, when there 

 Ppears to be only one, divided into cells ; but upon becoming 

 ette r acquainted with the ftruclure of the fruit in other 



plants 



