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Bioss. General uniform. » Florets in the centre barren. 
eng petals 5, equal, oblong, entire, bent in- 
wards. : 
Stam. Filaments 5, hair-like. Anthers simple. 
= Germen beneath, oblong. Styles 2, small. Summits 
blunt. 
S. Vess. none, Fruit egg-shaped, divisible into 2, scored 
on each side, encompassed round by a membranaceous 
border, - 
SEEDS 2, egg-oblong, compressed, convex on one side, 
and marked by three rising ridges; edge surrounded 
by a broad, flat membrane, notched at the end, 
CRITH’MUM. Tourn. 169. 
Cax. Umbel of many spokes, hemispherical. Umlellules 
the same. . 
General Involucrum many leaves, leafits sp -shaped 
blunt, reflected. Partial Involucrum: Her ge 
so as long as the umbellule. : 
up hardly perceptible. 
Buoss. aneral, uniform. Florets all fertile. 
Individuals, petals 5, egg-shaped, bent inwards, 
nearly equal. 
Sram. Hiledeets 5, simple, longer than the petals. An- 
thers roundish. eI a cee 
~~ Germen beneath. Styles 2; reflected. Summits 
unt, 
S. Vess. none. Fruit oval, compressed, divisible into 2. 
SEEDs 2, oval, compressed and flattish, scored on one side. 
ae as 
HERACLE’UM. Tourn. 170, Sphondylium. Geertn. 
i; : 
Car. Umlel very large, many-spoked. Umlbellules flat. 
General Involucrum many leaves, shedding. Partial, 
going half way round on the outer side; Jeafits from 3 
to 7, strap-spear-shaped, the outermost longest. 
Cup indistinct. 
— General irregular, radiated. Florets nearly all fer- 
tile, 
Individuals of the centre, of 5 equal petals, bent and 
hooked inwards, notched at the end: of the circum~ 
