Laserpitiec.) LXXX. UMBELLIFERE. ; 931 
dorso subcompressus, ad commissuram latam leviter constrictus, utrinque 2-alatus; car- 
pella dorso convexa, facie convexiuscula; juga primaria filiformia vix conspicua, se- 
euüdaria lateralia in alas latas distinctas expansa, dorsalia nune parum elevata nunc in 
alas angustas expansa; vitte sub jugis secundariis solitarie. Carpophorum 2-partitum. 
Semen a dorso compressum, facie profunde suleatum, marginibus involutis. — Herbs 
perennes, sepe elaiz, glabrz v. hirsute, habitu ZAapseos. Folía pinnatim decomposita, 
segmentis parvis setaceis fasciculatisve v. latioribus incisis. Umbelle compositz, multi- 
radiate. Involucriet involucellorum braetese co, anguste, nune parvse v. 0. F lores flaves- 
centes v. albidi. 
Species 5, regionis Mediterranese imprimis occidentalis incole. DC. e. Walp. Rep. ii. 420. 
Sibth. Fl. Grac. t. 286 (Thapsia). Desf. Fl. Atl. t. 69 (Laserpitium). Boiss, Voy. Hisp. t. 76 
ad '/8. * 
—. Mancorna, Boiss. Voy. Hisp. 263. £. 79; Walp. Rep. v. 900 ; Desf. Fl. Ail. 1. 72 (Laserpitium), 
ab E/coselino distinguitur petalis albidis marginibus dilatatis 2-lobis, dum in Z. fetido flavescentia 
et eubintegra sunt. In Z. meoide forma intermedia videtur. - 
Onpo LXXXI. ARALIACEZE. 
Endl. Gen. 793; Lindl Veg: Kingd. 780; Dene. et Planch. in Rev. Hortic. 1854, 104 ; Miq. in 
Ann. Mis. Lugd. Bat. i.1. HzrwrNGIACEX, Endl. Gen. 328; Lindl Veg. Kingd. 296. Hxrpz- 
RACEZ, Seem. Journ. Bot. íi, iii., iv. 
Flores hermaphroditi, polygami v. rarius dioici, regulares. Calycis tubus ovario arcte : 
adnatus; limbus annularis v. late breviterque cupularis, truncatus, undulatus, repando- 
dentatus : v. in dentes lobosque tot quot petala divisus, v. obsoletus. Petala 3-o0, sepius 5, 
valvata v. leviter imbricata, sepius basi lata inserta, singillatim decidua v. in calyptram 
cohaerentia v. coalita, rarissime persistentia, Stamina tot quot petala v. rarius plura, cum 
petalis intra calycis marginem circa discum inserta; filamenta filiformia v. crassiuscula, 
apice sgpius inflexa. — 4ntAerce ovatie v. oblongae, dorso affixe, rect; v. demum recurvo-reni- 
formes, didyms, loculis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Discus epigynus explanatus pul- 
vinatus v. conieus, margine ssmpius anguste libero integro v. undulato, nfedio sepe cum 
stylis confluens et lineis elevatis a stylis radiantibus notatus. Ovarium inferum, 1-cc- 
loeulare. Styli tot quot ovarii loculi, nune distincti erecti v. demum recurvo-patentes, 
stigmatibus terminalibus v. in facie interiore decurrentibus; nunc basi v. ad apicem con- 
nati, v. ad conum v. umbonem in centro disci vix v. haud prominentem reducti, v. plane 
nulli, stigmatibus ad apicem coni v. in medio disco sessilibus in annulum dispositis. 
Ovula ín loculis solitaria, ab apice loculi pendula, anatropa, raphe (an semper P) ventrali. 
Jructus baccatus v. ssepius drupaceus, exocarpio carnoso baecato v. rarius membranaceo, 
endocarpio in pyrenas. l-eo distinctas osseas crustaceas cartilagineas v.rarius membra- 
naceas diviso v. rarius a mesocarpio vix distincto. Semina in pyrenis solitaria, pendula, 
a latere compressa v. transverse sub.3-quetra, testa tenuissima albumini sepius arcte 
adnata; albumen copiosum, cartilagineum v. carnosum. Embryo hilo proximus, mini- 
mus; cotyledones ovate v. oblonge, radicule supers equilatz, v. vix latiores. 
Arbores fruticesve, rarissime herbs, interdum alte scandentes, rarissime glabri, pube 
stellata tomentosi v. rarius pilis simplicibus hirti v. setosi, aculeati v. inermes. Folia 
alterna v. rarissime opposita, integra dentata palmatifida pinnatifida v. digitatim pinna- 
timve composita v. decomposita. Stipule petiolo adnate, nune a petioli basi amplexi- 
cauli-dilatata haud distinete, nunc intra petiolum connate et in laminam membranaceam 
v. eoriaceam producte, rarius nulle, rarissime a petiolo liberz, ciliiformes. Florum 
eapitula umbellule spice v. racemuli, racemosi paniculati v. umbellati, rarius solitarii. 
Bractez sub pedunculis siepe stipulis subsimiles, deciduz v. rarius foliaces, sub floribus 
pedicellisve squamiformes solitarim v. bracteolis 2-3 comitate, v. O0, nonnulleg interdum 
sub umbellulis vacuz imbricate involuerum constituunt. Pedicelli nunc apice artieulati 
et in ealyculum minimum expansi, nune cum calyce continui. Flores, parvi v. mediocres, 
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