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ridges ; flowers somewhat rayed, those of the centre only being 

 fertile. (Name from the Greek, oinos, wine, and anthos, a flower, 

 from the wine-like smell of the flowers.) 



18. ^Ethusa (Fool's Parsley). Fruit nearly globose ; carpels 

 with 5 sharply-keeled ridges, crowned with the reflexed styles ; 

 partial bracts 3, all on one side, drooping. (Name from the Greek, 

 ait ho, to burn, from its acrid properties.) 



19. Fceniculum (Fennel). Fruit elliptical ; carpels with 5 

 bluntly-keeled ridges ; bracts o. (Name from the Latin, fcenum, 

 hay, to which it has been compared in smell.) 



20. Ligusticum (Lovage). Fruit elliptical ; carpels with 5 sharp, 

 somewhat winged ridges ; bracts, both general and partial, several. 

 (Name from Liguria, where the cultivated species abounds.) 



21. Silaus (Pepper Saxifrage). Fruit egg-shaped ; carpels with 

 5 sharp, somewhat winged ridges ; petals scarcely notched (yellow) ; 

 general bracts 1 or 2 ; partial several. (Name given by the Romans 

 to some probably allied plant.) 



22. Meum (Spignel). Fruit elliptical ; carpels with 5 sharp, 

 winged ridges ; petals tapering at both ends ; general bracts few ; 

 partial numerous. (Name, the Greek for this or some allied plant.) 



23. Crithmum (Samphire). Fruit elliptical ; carpels spongy, 

 with 5 sharp, winged ridges ; bracts, both general and partial, 

 numerous. (Name from the Greek, crithe, barley, to which grain 

 the fruit bears a fancied resemblance.) 



Umbels compound ; fruit of two flattened carpels, which are united 

 by their faces, not prickly, nor beaked 



24. Angelica. Fruit with three sharp ridges at the back of each 

 carpel, and two at the sides, the latter expanding into an even 

 border ; general bracts few, or o ; partial numerous. (Named 

 angelic, from its medicinal properties). 



25. Pastinaca (Parsnip). Fruit very flat, with a broad border; 

 carpels with 3 slender ridges on the back and 2 near the outer edge 

 A the margin ; general and partial bracts rarely more than 1 ; 

 flowers yellow. (Name from the Latin, pastus, pasture.) 



26. Heracleum (Cow Parsnip). Fruit nearly the same as in 

 Pastinaca ; flowers rayed ; general bracts several, soon falling off ; 

 Partial numerous. (Name from Hercules, who is said to have 

 brought this, or some allied Dlant, into use.) 



