"o36 EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



Fig. 3. — b. The unripe spherical fruit of the common Coriandei. 

 a. The styles. 



Fig. 4. — The linear or narrow oblong fruit of the genus Chcero- 

 phyttum. 



Fig. 5. — The fruit of Angelica atropurpvrea. Roundish elliptic, 

 and solid, with 3 elevated ribs in the centre of each seed. 



Fig. 6. — The fruit of a species of Laserpitium. The form ob- 

 long-elliptic, with all the ribs of the seed conspicuously winged. 



Fig. 7. — The oblong fruit of Thapsia latifolia, having winged 

 margins. 



Fig. 8. — The fruit of the Carrot (Daucus), clothed with barbed or 

 hispid hairs. 



Fig. 9. — That of the Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa), elliptic, flatly 

 compressed, and with the ribs very indistinct or obsolete. 



Fig. 10. — The large, subovate, corky barked, angular fruit of a spe- 

 cies of Cachrys. 



Fig. 11. — The fruit of Astrantia major, with thin membranaceous 

 margins, and terminated by a conspicuous 5-parted calyx. 



Fig. 12. — Hydrocotyle vulgaris, or Marsh Pennywort, a. The 

 umbel, which is simple, b. A flower with the petals flat and 

 ovate, c. The fruit with its styles, which is laterally com- 

 pressed, or flattened in an opposite direction to that of the 

 Parsnip, d. The peltate leaf, or one with the petiole inserted 

 into the disk. 



Fig. 13. — An umbellet of Tordylium syriacum, with its involu- 

 cellum. The fruit (after the manner of the genus) flat and 

 suborbicular, with a callous crenate margin. 



Fig. 14. — The fruit of the JEthusa, or Fool's Parsley, which is 

 nearly ovate, with 5 acute and turgid ridges on each seed, 

 having their channelled intervals acute-angular. The involu- 

 crum, if present, is inclined to one side and pendent. 



Fig. 15. — The fruit of the Hemlock ( Conium maculatum) mag- 

 nified, of an ovate and gibbous form, the seeds 5-ribbed, the 

 ribs at first crenated. 



PLATE VI. 



COMPOUND FLOWERS. 



Fig. 1. — The wild Daisy of Europe JiBellis perennis). The 

 leaves radical, obovate, and crenate. The flowers produced 

 on scapes (or radical peduncles). The general calyx hemis- 

 pherical, or cup-shaped, with the scales all of equal length. 

 The flower composed of 2 kinds of florets, a. The flat or 

 radial florets, b. The discal florets. 



