132 AKALI.E, UMBELLIFER/L. [CI. 12. 



the Flower is simple, though the Seeds are often di- 

 stinctly separated in many of the Umbelliferce. 



Orel. 59. Arali^e. "Calyx entire or toothed. 

 Styles several. Fruit pulpy, or more rarely capsular, 

 of many single-seeded cells. Stem woody or herba- 

 ceous. Leaves alternate, often compound ; their Foot- 

 stalk sheathing at the lower part. Umbel generally 

 accompanied by an Involucrum." 



Gastonia of Commerson, and Polyscias oi Forster, 

 with Araiia, Cussonia and Panax, fig. 202, compose 

 this Order. Sciodaphyllum of Browne's Jamaica, like 

 Araiia capitata of Jacquin, seems to me a species of 

 Hedera. See the end of Ord. 58. 



Orel. 60. UmbelliferjE. "Calyx entire, or 5- 

 toothed. Petals 5. Stamens 5. Styles and Stigmas 2. 

 Fruit separable perpendicularly into 2 Seeds, vari- 

 ously shaped, pendulous from the top of a central, 

 thread-shaped, often cloven, Receptacle. Flowers 

 disposed in Umbels, and those generally divided into 

 partial Umbels, Umbellate, each either with an Invo- 

 lucrum, or without, and in most instances regular, 

 though in some anomalous. Stem herbaceous, rarely 

 shrubby. Leaves alternate, for the most part repeat- 

 edly compound, rarely simple. Footstalks sheathing. 

 Flowers white, or purplish, sometimes yellow." 



One of the most natural of all Orders. " Lagoecia 

 only has a solitary Style and Seed." They are distri- 

 buted by Jussieu, as well as by LiniiEeus,accordingto 

 the presence or absence of their general or partial In- 



