204 PENTANDRIA. DIGYNITA. 
2 Individuals, equal, of 5 “petals, spear-shaped, flat, 
but a little bent inwards. 
Sram. Filaments 5, hair-like, as long as the petals. An- 
thers simple. 
Pisr. Germen beneath, nearly egg-shaped. Styles 2, 
reflected. Summits blunt. ‘tne 
S. Vess. none. Fruit egg-shaped; scored, divisible 
into 2. | SOF 
SEEDs 2, egg-shaped, convex and scored on one side, flat 
on the other. ft 
Oxs. 8. mundatum has no general Inyolucrum. 
OENANTHE. Tourn. 166. Gaertn. 22. 
Caz. Umlel with few spokes. Umlelliles with many very 
- ‘short spokes, crowded together, often without spokes.) 
General Involucrum many leaves, simple, shorter 
than the umbel: Partial many leaves; small. 
Cup with 5 awl-shaped teeth, permanent. . 
Bioss. General, irregular, irradiated. Florets in the cir- 
cumference barren. - ieee’ 
_ Individuals in the centre hermaphrodite, petals 5, _ 
nearly equal, heart-shaped but bent inwards, in the cir- 
cumference male, with 5 very large, unequal, petals, 
bent inwards, cloven. Saget 
Stam. Filaments 5, simple. .Anthers roundish. . 
Pist. Germen beneath, Styles 2, awl-shaped, permanent. 
Summits blunt. : sre & 
S. Vess. none. Fruit nearly e -shaped, crowned with | 
the cup and the pistils, divisible into 2 parts. 
SEEDS 2, somewhat egg-shaped, convex on one side, 
scored, flat on the other, toothed at the point. 
Ors. In this genus the cup is more evident than in the 
other plants of the wmbelliferous tribe. In some of the species 
the Involucrum is often wanting. Lin, 
| PHELLAN’DRIUM. Tourn. 161. 
Cat. Umlel with many spokes. Umbellules the same: 
General Involucrum thé 4s 
Partial of 7 leaves; leafits acute, as long 4s the 
umbellule: & yo >. 
Cup of 5 teeth, permanent, 
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