2 



132. ULMUS. Cups, closed, membranous, compressed, 

 bordered, superior. 



Polygonum I. 



#### Fl. of 5 j^ctals, siiperior. Seeds 2. Umbellatae. 



A. Fruit a smglc or double globe. 



152. CORIANDRUM. jPn«V a single or double globe, 

 smooth, without ribs. Cat. broad, unequal. Petals 

 radiant. Floral JReccpt. none. 



B. Fruit beaked. 



143. SCANDIX. Bcalc much longer than the seeds. 



Fruit somewhat bristly. Cal. none. Pet. unequal, 

 undivided. Fl. Ilecept. 5-lobed, coloured. 



142. ANTHRISCUS. Beak shoriev than the seeds, even. 

 Fr. rough with scattered prominent bristles. Cal. 

 none. Pet. equal, inversely heart-shaped. FL Recept. 

 slightly borderetl. 



1 44. CH^ROPH YLLUM. BeaJc shorter than the seeds, 



angular. Fr. smooth, without ribs. Cal. none. Pet. 

 inversely heart-shaped, rather unequal. Fl, Recept. 

 wavy. 



C. Fruit solid, pricldy, xmtlwut a beak. 



13G. ERYNGIUM. Fr. ovate, clothed with straight 

 bristles. Cal. pointed. Pet. oblong, equal, inflexed, 

 undivided. Fl. aggregate. Common Recept. scaly. 



137. SANICULA. i^V. ovate, clothed with hooked bristles. 



Cal. acute. Pet. lanceolate, inflexed, nearly equal. 

 Fl. separated, dissimilar. 



138. ECHINOPHORA. Fr. ovate, imbedded in the en- 



larged, armed receptacle. AStTf/ solitary. Cal. spinous. 

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



139. DAUCUS. Fr. elliptic-oblong, compressed trans- 



versely. Seeds with 4 rows of flat prickles, and rough 

 intermediate ribs. Cal. obsolete. Pet. inversely 

 heart-shaped, unequal. Fl. separated. 



140. CAUCALIS. Tv. elliptic-oblong, compressed trans- 



versely. Seeds with 4 rows of ascending, awl-shaped, 

 hooked })rickles, the interstices prickly, or rough. 

 Cal. broad, acute, unequal. Pet. inversely heart- 

 shaped, unequal. Fl, imperfectly separated. 



