200 . PENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA: 
SEL’NUM. Gertn. 21. 
Cat. Umbel of many spokes, flat, but expanding ; Um- 
bellule similar.. General Involucrum, leaves several, 
spear-strap-shaped, bent back, the partial similar, 
expanding, as long as the blossom. 
Cup hardly discernible. 
Bioss. General, uniform. All the florets fertile. 
Individuals, petals 5, heart-shaped, equal. 
Stam. Filaments 5, hair-like. _Anthers roundish. 
Pist. Germen beneath. Styles 2, bent back. Summits 
simple. 
5S. Vess.none. Fruit compressed and flatted, oval-oblong, 
scored on each side along the middle, divisible into 2. : 
SeEps 2, oval-oblong, flat on each side, scored along the — 
_ middle, edges membranaceous. 
___ Ops. The figure of the seeds and the number of leafits form- 
_ Ing the Involucrum, is apt to vary. (Reich.) a 
ATHAMANTA. Tourn. 169. Oreosclinum. 
Cat, Umbel of many spokes, expanding. Umbellules with 
fewer, spokes. 7 Sea 
_ General Involucrums many strap-shaped leaves, 4 
little shorter than the spokes. Partial Involucrum 
strap-shaped, as long as the spokes. * ae 
Cu Shae eae ; 
Loss. General, uniform. Florets all fertile. 
Individuals, petals 5, heart-shaped, bent inwards, 
and notched at the end, not quite equal. Lene, 
Stam. Filaments 5, hair-like, as long as the petals. An- 
thers roundish. . 
Pist. Germen beneath. Styles 2, distant. Summits blunt. 
S. = none. Fruit egg-oblong, scored, divisible into 2 
SEEDs 2, egg-shaped, convex and scored on 1 side, flat on 
the other, ae 
PEUCEDANUM. Tourn..169. Gerine@1.” 
Abe pas: Si nany very long, slender spokes. Uinbel- 
xpanding. ae 
General Involucrum of many leaves, strap-shapeds 
small, reflected. Partial still smaller, 
Cup with 5 teeth, very small, 
