56 UMBELLIFER^ 



UMBELLIFERiE. 



HYDROCOTYLE. 



See Vol. I p. 167, but exclude H. asiatica, and add to 

 the description of the genus, * mericarps with 3 ridges.' 

 Hydrocotylc confcrta Wt. Fruits quite Sessile. 

 Grows in swampy ground. 



Hydrocotyle rotundifolia Roxb. Vol. I p. 168. t. 

 345. 



CENTELLA. 



A genus separated from HYDROCOTYLE because the 

 mericarps have 7 or 9 nearly equal ridges. 



Ccntella asiatica Urban ; see Vol. I p. 168, under 

 name Hydrocotyle asiatica. t. 346. 



SANICULA. 

 Sanicula curopaBa Linn. ; Vol. I p. 169. t. 347, 



BUPLEURUM. 



See Vol. I p. 170. 



Buplcurum mucronatum W. & A.; Vol. I p. 171, but 

 exclude var. "^^^ vlrgatum. 



Bupleurum virgatum W. & A. ; Vol. I p. 171 as var. 

 of last species. Umbels long-peduncled. 



CARUM. 



Herbs with pinnate or much divided leaves. Umbels 

 compound, with no bracts but numerous bracteoles. 

 Flowers white. Fruit more or less oblong, narrowest at 

 the commisure, the mericarps 5-angled. 



Species about 60 in temperate climates. 



Several are cultivated. C. Petroselium is Parsley. From 

 the mericarps of C. copticum is prepared Omum water, and the 

 antiseptic crystalline substance Thymol. The mericarps of 

 C. carui are known as caraway seeds. 



