$60 LXXX. UMBELLIFER E. 
dentes lobosve 5 parvos dissitos, rarius majores herbaceos v. petaloideos imbricatos divisus. 
Petala 5, calyeis margini inserta, :equalia v. exteriora majora, erecta v. patentia, rarissime 
plana, szpius concava, v. apice incurva, v. ia acumen angustum inflexum involutum v. 
induplieatum et interdum ecumr costa intrusa plus minus connatum producta, ob costam 
ad flexuram sepe impressam marginesque reflexos v. dilatatos quas emarginata v. 2-loba, . 
mstivatione imbricata v. reduplicato-valvata, rarius induplieata v. valvata; costa sepe: 
inerassata v. vittam includens.  Stewina 5;. filamenta filiformia in alabastro inflexa. 
"Antherae ovoides v. subglobossm, versatiles, londis parallelis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. 
Ovarium inferum, 2-loculare v. rarissime abortu 1-loculare. Discus epigynus, 3 staminibus 
petalisque distinctus, 2-lobus v. 2-partibilis, nune explanatus, margine libero interdum ele- 
vato v. fere cupulato, integro v. undulato-erenato, nune*medio eum stylorum basibus 
conicis seu sfylepodiis continuus, v. ad stylopodia coniea v. depressa v. erasse pulvinata 
v. rarius ad glandulas 2 prope basin stylorum reductus. S£jUi 2, distincti, filiformes, recti 
v. post anthesin arcte recurvi, nune brevissimi, nune sub anthesi v. post anthesin elongandi, 
cum apice stylopodiorum eonicoruni continui v. e basi interiore stylopodiorum v. disci lo- 
borum oriundi ; stigmata terminalia obtusa v. capitellata. Ovula in loculis ovarii solitaria, 
ab apice pendula, anatropa. Fructus inferus, siccus, calycis limbo dum adsit disco stylis- 
que sspissime persistentibus coronatus, jugis longitudinalibus nune tenuissimis nunc 
sepius prominulis nerviformibus v. elevatis v. in alas expansis instruetus, et interstitiis 
valleculis dictis notatus, in earpella (mericarpia) 2, indehiscentia, I- -sperma, facie seu 
commissura plana applicita, septieide secedens, receptaculum v. pedieelli apicem omnino 
nudans, v. carpophorum persistens filiforme v. lineare integrum 2-fidum v. 2-parti- 
tum, à basi ad apicem a carpellis solutum, relinquens, carpellis demum ab apicibus car- 
pophori ramorum pendulis. Pericarpium nunc totum membranaceum v. induratum, nune 
in exocarpium membranaceum v. plus minus suberoso-inerassatum et endocarpium tenuiter . 
membranaceum solubile, et interdum membrana externa solubili (calycis tubo?) indutum, 
siepe vif(/s seu canalibus oleiferis longitudinalibus continuis transverse septatis v. rarius 
interruptis ab apice descendentibus pereursum. Semen in quoque carpello 1, ab apice 
loeuli pen&ulum, in fructu maturo pericarpio adnatwum v. facie interiore plana medio sul- 
cata v. excavata y. undique liberum ; testa tenuissima ;. albumen cartilagineum. Embryo 
prope hilum parvus ; radieula T ; cotyledones breves ovatze oblongz v. lineares, 
sequales v. altera niinor. 
Herbs v. rarius frutices, rarissime arbores. Folia alterna v. rarius sub caulis dichotomiis 
opposita, petiolo basi in vaginam sepissime dilatato, nunc indivisa basi palminervia v. 
penninervia et dentata v. lobata v. rarius integerrima et parallelinervia (phyllodinea ?), nune 
siepius 3-seeta. v. pinnata v. bis pluriesve ternatim pinnatim v. ternato-pinnaim (petioli . 
ramis primariis 3-nis secundariis pinnatis)- dissecta.  Stipule, preter marginem sspe 
membranaceum vaginze petiolorum, 0; v. in paueis generibus -Heterosciadearum parve 
searioss v. ciliiformes. Flores parvi, umbellati v. rarius: capitati, umbellis simplicibus v. 
smpius duplicato-compositis, terininalibus, solitariis v. plurimis in paniculam dispositis, 
rarissime umbella composite iterum vertieillatz. . Draetes sub radiis exterioribus umbellze 
. et pedicellis umbellularum plures v..paucz involuerum et involucella constituunt, v. rarius 
omnino desuní, intra umbellas v. capitulum, sub radiis: interioribus nunquam (nisi intra 
capitulum Eryngii) obvie. Flores sepe polygamo-monoici rarius dioici, hermaphroditi v. 
Ssubfeminei fertiles nunc in mediis umbellulis brevius pedicellati v. sessiles, nune in 
umbellis eaulem v. ramos primarios terminantibus siti; masculi nunc in ambitu umbellu- 
larum longius pedicellati; nunc umbellas laterales sistenfes, in paueis speciebus omnes 
perfecti. Petala nune alba hine inde purpuraseentia, nunc flava, rarissime cesrulea. 
Fructus juga primaria in quoque carpello 5, nempe 1 dorsale, 2 commissurz proxima /ate- 
ralia, 2 inter dorsale et lateralia intermedia; lateralia utriusque carpelli interdum ante 
dehiscentiam in unum coalita ; juga quie calycis dentibus respondent (in altero carpello 3, 
in altero 2) carinalia dicuntvr, quz iis alternata sunt sufuralia. Vallecule in quoque 
carpello 4, 2 dorsales 2 laterales, interdum medio incrassátw costatz v. alatzg juga secun- — 
daria formant. Vitte normales dum adsint (in Heterosciadiis deficientes) simplici serie — 
numero definito v. indefinito intra pericarpium site endocarpio adligrent, nunc kisses co : : 
