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globose carpels, with 5 broad, flattened ridges ; general 

 bracts 1 or 2, very narrow, often ; partial several, 

 unequal. (Name from the Latin, cicuta, a Hemlock 

 stalk.) 



7. APIUM (Celery). Fruit roundish egg-shaped, of 

 2 almost distinct carpels, each with 5 slender ridges ; 

 bracts 0. (Name, the Latin name of this or some allied 

 plant.) 



8. PETROSELINUM (Parsley). Fruit egg-shaped ; car- 

 pels each with 5 slender 'ridges ; general bracts few, 

 partial many. (Name from the Greek, petros, a rock, 

 and selinon, parsley.) 



9. HELOSCIADIUM (Marsh-wort). Fruit egg-shaped, 

 or oblong ; carpels, each with 5 slender, prominent 

 ridges ; general bracts 0, partial several. (Name from 

 the Greek, helos, a marsh, and skiddion, an umbel.) 



10. SISON (Stone Parsley). Fruit egg-shaped ; car- 

 pels with 5 slender ridges ; petals broad, deeply notched, 

 with an inflexed point ; bracts both general and partial, 

 several. (Name, the Greek for some allied plant.) 



11. ^EGOPODIUM (Gout-weed). Fruit oblong; car- 

 pels with 5 slender ridges ; bracts 0. (Name in Greek 

 signifying goat's-foot, from some fancied resemblance of 

 the leaves.) 



12. CARUM (Caraway). Fruit oblong; carpels with 

 5 slender ridges; general bracts 0, or rarely 1, partial 0. 

 (Name from Caria, a country of Asia Minor.) 



13. BUNIUM (Earth-nut). Fruit oblong, crowned 

 with the conical base of the erect styles ; carpels with 5 

 slender, blunt ridges ; general bracts 0, partial few. 

 (Name from the Greek, bounos, a hill, where the plant 

 delights to grow.) 



14.,PiMPiNELLA (Burnet Saxifrage). Fruit oblong, 

 crowned with the swollen base of the reflexed styles ; 

 carpels- with 5 slender ridges, and furrows between ; 

 general bracts 0, or rarely 1, partial 0. (Name of 

 doubtful etymology.) 



15. SruM (Water Parsnep). Fruit nearly globose; 



