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12. CicvT A.— Leaves pinnate; bracts few or absent; bradeoks 

 several, small, unequal ; sepals ovate, acute ; petals white, obcor- 

 date, with a long inflexed tip ; ca?-pophore forked ; ridges flat ; 

 vitt(2 solitary, long. 



^13. Amml — Leaves pinnate ; bracts^\\\\ 3 — 5 linear segments ; 

 sepals absent ; petals white, obcordate, with a long inflexed tip ; 

 carpophore forked ; ridges slender ; vittce solitary, 



14. Carum. — Leaves pinnate; bracts {q'n or absent; sepals 

 inconspicuous ; petals white, pink, or yellow ; deeply notched 

 with a long inflexed tip ; carpophore forked ; ridges slender, blunt ; 

 vittcE solitary, rarely 2 together, as long as the fruit. 



15. SisoN. — Resembling Ca/v/w, but with the upper Zfoz/^j- less 

 divided, and vittce very short. 



*i6. Falcarl\. — Glabrous ; lower leaves ternate, upper pinnati- 

 sect ; bracts and bracteoles many ; floiuers white, often imperfect ; 

 petals curved ; vittce solitary ; carpophore forked. 



17. SiUM. — Leaves pinnate ; bracts and bracteoles many; sepals 

 acute ; petals white, entire, with an inflexed tip ; carpophore not 

 forked ; lidges prominent, slender, blunt ; vittce 3 or more 

 together, long. 



18. yf^GOPODiUM. — Leaves biternate ; bracts dCi\d.bj-acteoles few or 

 absent ; sepals absent ; petals white, broad, unequal, with inflexed 

 tip ; ridges slender ; vittte absent. 



19. Pimpinella. — Leaves \)\xm.'dXQ \ bracts generally absent; 

 sepals inconspicuous ; petals white or yellow, deeply notched with 

 a long inflexed tip ; carpopliore forked ; ridges slender, prominent ; 

 vittce many together, long. 



**-5«- Pruit more or less beaked : seed grooved in fi'ont 



20. Myrrhis. — Leaves decompound ; bracts absent ; bracteoles 

 membranous ; sepals inconspicuous ; petals white, obcordate with 

 a very short inflexed point ; /;-//// elongate but hardly beaked ; 

 ridges sharp, prominent, almost winged ; vitta absent. 



21. CHiEROPHYLLUM.— Zd'f^z'fj- dccompound ; bracteoles several ; 

 sepals inconspicuous ; petals white or yellow, obcordate, with 

 inflexed tip ; fruit hardly beaked : 7-idges blunt, not prominent ; 

 vittce solitary. 



22. ScANDix. — Leaves decompound; bracteoles several; sepals 

 inconspicuous; petals white, often unequal; fruit i — 3 in. long; 

 ridges prominent, blunt. 



Tribe 4. Seselinece — Umbels compoimd : fruit globose or ovoid, ?iot 

 laterally compressed, prickly nor beaked : couimissure broad : primary 

 ridges the most conspicuous : lateral ridges distifict, rarely winge-d : 

 vittce usually obvious. 

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