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ridges with membranous wings, parallel, thin ; vittce. solitary or 2 

 , together. 



*34 Archangelica, differing mainly in having minute sepals^ 

 thicker dorsal and intermediate ridges, no vittce and loose seed. 



Tribe 5. Peuceddnece. — Umbels compound: fruit much dor sally 

 compressed : primary ridges most conspicuous, the lateral ones with 

 broad wings closely face to face, the others slender: vittce. usually obvious. 



35. Peucedanum. — Leaves pinnate ; bracts absent, few or many ; 

 bracteoles many ; sepals small or inconspicuous ; petals yellow or 

 white, with an inflexed point ; carpels flat \ lateral ridges forming 

 thin, flat, contiguous, parallel wings ; dorsal and intermediate ridges 

 slender ; vittce as long as the fruit, linear. 



36. Pastinaca. — 

 Leaves pinnate with 

 broad segments ; bracts, 

 bracteoles and calyx-teeth 

 absent ; petals yellow, 

 roundish, entire, with an 

 acute involute point ; 

 lateral ridges of carpels 

 forming thin, flat, distant 

 wings. 



37. Heracleum. — 

 Leaves pinnate with 

 broad segments ; outer 

 flowers irregular ; petals 

 white or pink, obcordate 

 with an inflexed point ; 

 fruit as in Peucedanum, but vittce short, club-shaped. 



*38. ToRDYLiUM. — Leaves pinnate ; bracts and bracteoles as 

 many as the pedicels, linear ; sepals subulate ; petals white or pink, 

 sometimes 2-lobed, with inflexed tip ; lateral ridges forming thick, 

 flat, contiguous, parallel wings ; dorsal and intermediate ridges 

 slender ; vittce i — 3 together. • 



Tribe 6. Caucalinece. — Ujnbels generally compound: secondary 

 ridges more prominent than thepri?na?y, often prickly : vittce solitary^ 

 under the secondary ridges. 



39. CoRiANDRUM. — Leaves decompound ; bracts absent ; bracte- 

 oles few, thread-like ; sepals acute ; petals white or pink, 2-lobed, 

 often irregular, point inflexed ; fruit globose ; carpels coherent ; 

 ridges low ; vittcB obscure ; seed curved. 

 • 40. Daucus. — Leaves decompound ; 



hydroc6tyl6 vulgaris (p. 198) 

 {Cotnnioft White-rot, Marsh PeiinyTuort^. 



bracts and bracteoles 



