141. TORILIS. Fr. ovate, slightly compressed laterally. 

 Seeds ribless, rough with scattered, prominent, as- 

 cending, rigid prickles. Cal. short, broad, acute, 

 nearly equal. Pel. inversely heart-shaped, nearly 

 equal. FL united. 



Myrrhis 1. 



D. Fruit solid, nearly round, unarmed, tinthont tvings. 

 145. MYRRHIS. iv. deeply furrowed. C«/. none. Fef. 



inversely heart-shaped, rather unequal. FL Reeept. 

 none. Floivers imperfectly separated. 



14-6. BUNIUM. Fr. slightly ribbed. Cal. small, acute, 

 unequal. Pet. inversely heart-shaped, equal. Fl. 

 Reeept. none. Fl. imperfectly separated. 



153. OilNANTHE. Fr. ribbed, somewhat spongy. Cal. 



large, lanceolate, acute, s}ireading, unequal. Pet. 

 inversely heart-shaped, radiant, very unequal. Fl. 

 Reeept. dilated, depressed. FL separated. 



154. CRITHMUM. iv. ribbed, coriaceous. Crt-Z. small, 



broad, acute, incurved. Pet. elliptical, acute, in- 

 curved, equal. Fl. Reeept. none. Fl. united, all 

 perfect. 



1G3. ATHAMANTA. Fr. ribbed, ovate, hairy. Styles 

 short. Ccd. lanceolate, acute, incurved. Pet. in- 

 versely heart-shaped, broadly pointed, equal. FL 

 Reeept. none. FL imperfectly separated. 



164. PIMPINELLA. JPr. ovate, ribbed, with convex in- 

 terstices. Styles capillary, as long as the fruit. Cal. 

 none. Pet. inversely heart-shaped, neaily equal. 

 Fl. Reeept. none. Fl. either united or dioecious. 



E. Fruit solid, smarmed, xvithout "iscings, coynpresscd 

 latercdly, its transverse diameter being at least 

 twice the breadth of the juncture. 



147. SIUM. Fr. ovate, or orbicular, ribbed, furrowed. 



Cal. small, acute, unequal, or obsolete. Pet. in- 

 versely heart-shaped, or obovate, equal. Styles cy- 

 lindrical, shorter than the petals. Fl. Reeept. none. 

 Fl. uniform, united. 



148. SISON. iv'. ovate, or nearly orbicular, ribbed. Cal. 



obsolete or blunt. Pet. elliptical, or inversely heart- 

 shaped, with an involute point, equal. Styles very 

 short and thick. FL Reeept. none. FL uniform, 

 united. 



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