378 UMBELLIFERiE. [part ii. 



The genera Galax and Francoa, which were 

 first included in Crassulacese, and afterwards in 

 Saxifragacese, are now made into a new order 

 called Galacinese, or Francoacese, which is in- 

 troduced here. 



ORDER XCVII.— CUNONIACEiE. 



This order, which was separated from Saxi- 

 fragacese by Dr. Brown, contains principally 

 hothouse plants with erect spicate racemes or 

 panicles of small flowers. Weinmannia, Bau- 

 era, and Cunonia are the principal genera. 



ORDER XCVIII.—UMBELLIFER^— UMBELLIFEROUS 

 PLANTS OR THE PARSLEY TRIBE. 



This is a very large order, but it is so natural 

 that no person who has seen Parsley in flower 

 can ever be in any doubt as to an umbelliferous 

 plant. Most of the species are either culinary, 

 plants, such as the Parsnep and Carrot, Celery, 

 Parsley, Fennel, &c., or poisonous weeds, such 

 as Hemlock, and the Water Parsnep ; and there 

 are very few ornamental plants included in the 

 order : among these few may, however, be men- 

 tioned Didiscus or Tracliymena ccerulea, Eryn- 

 gium^ and Bupleurum or Tenoria fruticosum^ An- 

 gelica^ and Heracleum. Some of the species of 

 the latter, particularly the Gigantic Siberian 



