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23. Seseli. — Leaves 2-, 3-, or more, pinnate ; bracteoles many, 

 entire ; sepals small, acute ; petals white, obcordate with long 

 inflexed tip ; /rz/// slightly dorsally compressed ; carpophore ioxV.^^ ; 

 ridges \}i\\QV, blunt, prominent; z'///^^ solitary or 2 together; seed 

 fiat in front. 



24. FcENicuLUM. — Leaves decompound ; brads and bracteoles 

 absent ; sepals inconspicuous ; petals yellow, roundish, with a short, 

 blunt, inflexed tip ; carpophore forked ; ridges prominent, blunt ; 

 vittcB solitary, 



25. Crithmum. — Fleshy; leaves 2 — 3-ternate ; ^^r^-r/i- and ^ra<;- 

 teoles many, short ; sepals inconspicuous ; petals minute, white, 

 broad, with long inflexed tip ; carpophore forked ; ridges thick, acute, 

 slightly winged ; vitt(E many ; seed loose, flat in front. 



26. (Enanthe. — Leaves pinnate; bracts few or none; bracteoles 

 many, whorled ; sepals lanceolate ; petals white, obcordate with 

 long inflexed tip ; carpophore absent ; j-^j'/d'i'. sub-erect ; 7'idges blunt, 

 the lateral ones forming a corky rim round the carpel ; vittce 

 solitary ; seed flat in front. 



27. yExHUSA, differing mainly in having the bracts sind bracteoles 

 drooping and all on one side, a slender forked carpophore, and 

 reflexed styles. 



*2?>. SiLER. — Leaves 3-ternate ; bracts i — 3 ; bracteoles several; 

 sepals distinct ; petals obovate, with inflexed tip ; fruit dorsally 

 compressed ; vittcB one under each secondary ridge. 



29. SiLAUS. — Z^az^f^i- decompound ; bracteoles many; sepals in- 

 conspicuous ; /^'/rt/j- yellowish, broad, with incurved tip ; carpophore 

 forked ; ridges slightly winged ; vitt(r, many, obscure ; seed flat in 

 front. 



30. Mv.\ju.— Leaves decompound; bracts linear; bracteoles 

 many ; sepals inconspicuous ; petals yellowish, narrowed at both 

 ends, inflexed ; ca?pophore forked ; fruit much as in Sildus, but 

 dorsally compressed ; seed concave in front. 



31. Haloscias. — Leaves i — 3-ternate; bracts few; bracteoles 

 many ; sepals small ; petals white or pink, with short claw, notched, 

 with long inflexed point ; carpophore forked ; ridges acute, some- 

 what winged ; vittce 2 or more together ; ^^d-^ almost flat in front. 



32. Selinum. — Leaves 2-pinnate; /^rf^^r/j- usually absent; bracteoles 

 many, subulate ; sepals inconspicuous ; petals white, obcordate, 

 notched, inflexed ; carpophore forked ; fruit dorsally compressed ; 

 ridges with membranous wings, the lateral longest, diverging ; vittcE. 

 solitary. 



33. Angelica. — Leaves 2-ternate ; bracts few ; bracteoles many ; 

 sepals inconspicuous ; petals white, notched, with short inflexed 

 tip ; carpophore forked ; fruit much dorsally compressed ; lateral 



