PENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. 197 
ECHINO’PHORA. Tourn. 423. 
Cat. Umbel of many spokes, the middlemost shortest, 
Umbellules of many florets, those in the centre ‘sitting, 
with germens amongst the little fruit-stalks. 
General Involucrum of several acute leaves. 
Partial Involucrum turban-shaped, of 1 leaf, with 6 — 
~~ clefts, acute, unequal. 
Cup very small, with 5 teeth, permanent. 
Bioss. General, irregular, radiated. 
Male florets barren. Female florets central. 
Individuals of 5 wnequal petals, standing open, 
Stam. Filaments 5, simple. Anthers roundish. 
Pist. Germen beneath, oblong, wrapped in the involu- 
erum. Styles 2, simple. Summits simple. 
5. Vess. none; but instead thereof the involucellum grows 
hard and sharp pointed, and incloses the seed. 
SEED single, egg-oblong. bet Seta 
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TORDYL/IUM. Tourn. 170. Gaertn. 21. 
Cat. Umlel unequal, of ore spokes. Umbellules un- 
_ equal, of many parts, very short, flat. 
~- General Involucrum ; the little leaves slender, undi- 
vided, frequently as long as the umbel. Partial Invo- 
_ luerum going half way round, outwardly longer than 
_ the umbellule. Cup with 5 teeth. ... 
Bross. General, irregular, radiated. Florets all fertile. 
Individuals in the centre, with 5 equal petals, heart- 
shaped, but bent inwards, those of the circumference 
like the others, but the outermost petal very large, and 
deeply divided. | oS okt 
Stam. Filamenis hair-like, 5 in every floret. Anthers 
simple. 
Pisr. -Germen beneath, ‘in all the florets roundish. Styles 
2, small. Swmmits blunt. POS ae 
S. Vess. Fruit roundish, almost flat, a little scolloped at 
the edge, divisible into 2 parts. _ at 48 
SzEps 2, roundish, almost flat, but raised and scolloped at 
the edge. : 
Oxs. In Tord. Anthriscus, the umbel is but little radiated, 
and the florets of the centre are barren. Linn. 
