UMBELLIFEROUS TRIBE 39 



* Umbels simple w imiyerfcd ; albumen not furrGtccd in front ; fruit without vittce. 



1. White Rot {Hydrocutyle). — Fruit of two flat nearly round carpels, 

 each with five slender ridges ; calyx-teeth obsolete ; petals egg-shaped, entire, 

 acute. Name from the Greek, hi/dor, water, and kotyle, a cup, from the place 

 of growth, and form of the leaves. 



2. SanicLE (Sunicida). — Flowers in panicled tufts, the outer without 

 stamens, the inner without pistils ; fruit egg-shaped, thickly covered with 

 hooked prickles ; petals inversely egg-shaped. Name from the Latin, sano, 

 to heal, from the supposed virtues of the plant. 



3. Eryngo {Eryngium). — Flowers in a dense prickly head ; fruit egg- 

 shaped, covered with chaffy scales. Name from the eryngion of Dioscorides. 



* * Umbels usually compound ; fruit of two flattened lobes, not prickly or beaked ; 



tdth or without vittce ; albumen solid. 



4. Water Hemlock (Cictlta). — Fruit of two almost globose carpels, with 

 five broad, flattened ridges ; general involucre of very narrow leaves, often 

 wanting ; partial involucre of many leaves. Name from the Latin, cicuta, a 

 hemlock stalk. 



5. Celery {Ajiium). — Fruit roundish, egg-shaped, of two almost distinct 

 carpels, with five slender ridges ; involucre none. Name from the Latin of 

 this or some allied plant. 



6. Parsley (Petroselimim). — Fruit egg-shaped; carpels each with five 

 slender ridges; general involucre of few, partial of many leaves. Name 

 from the Greek, pefros, a rock, and selinon, parsley. 



7. HoNEWORT (Trfnia). — Fruit egg-shaped ; carpels with five prominent 

 ribs; flowers having stamens and pistils on different plants. Named from 

 Dr. Trinius, a Russian botanist. 



8. Marsh-wort (Helosciddium). — Fruit egg-shaped, or oblong ; carpels 

 each with five slender prominent ridges ; general in\olucre none ; partial of 

 many leaves. Name from the Greek, helos, a marsh, and skiadion, an umbel. 



9. Stone Parsley (Sison). — Fruit egg-shaped ; carpels with five slender 

 ridges ; petals broad, deeply notched, with an inflexed point ; involucres of 

 many leaves. 



10. Gout-weed {^gopudium). — Fruit oblong; carpels with five slender' 

 ridges; involucre none. Name in Greek signifying goat's-foot, from some 

 fancied similarity of the leaves. 



IL Caraway {Cdrum). — Fruit oblong; carpels of five slender ridges; 

 general involucre none, or rarely of one leaf, partial none. Name from 

 Caria, a country of Asia Minor. 



12. Earth-nut (Buuium). — Fruit oblong, crowned with the conical base 

 of the erect styles ; carpels with five slender, blunt ridges ; general involucre 

 none, partial of few leaves. Name from the Greek, bounos, a hill, from its 

 chief place of growth. 



13. Burnet Saxifrage {PimpineUa). — Fruit oblong, crowned with the 

 swollen base of the reflexed styles; carpels with five slender ridges, and 

 furrows between ; general involucre wanting, or rarely of one leaf ; partial 

 involucre none. Name of doubtful origin. 



14. Water Parsnip (Smm). — Fruit nearly globose; carpels with five 



