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30. PAPPEA,* Sond. and Harv. 

 Flowers Jiermaphi^odite, regular. Calyx-margin obsolete. 

 Petals ovate, dorsally 2-conYex, keeled inside, with a sharp, in- 

 curved point. Fruit dorsally compressed, lenticular, pHose ; 

 carpels covered with hairs ; ribs none, except the marginal, 

 which form a broad margin, fringed with vesicles ; commissure 

 completely joined at the margin; carpophore 2-parted: — Fl. 

 Cap. ii. p. 562. 



P. Capensis, Sond. and Harv., the only species, is a glaucous and, except 

 on the fruit, a glabrous, many-stemmed annual, of small size, but curious 

 structure. Leaves cut into many capillai\y segments. Umbels sessile 

 at the base of the stem or the origin of the branches. Flowers white. — 

 Found by Zeyher near the foot of the Witberg. 



31. DAUCUS, Linn. 



Calyx-margin 5-toothed. Petals obcordate, with an inflexed 

 lobe, the outer ones often larger and 2-fid. Fruit dorsally 

 compressed ; carpels with bristly primary ridges ; secondary 

 ridges equal- winged, with a row of spines ; furrows with single 

 vitt« under the secondary ridges. — Fl. Gap. ii. p. 563. 



Biennials. — D. Carota, Linn., (the Wild Carrot,) is occasionally fomid 

 near cultivation. A liairy plant, with 2-3-pinnate leaves and deeply-cut 

 leaflets. Umbels of many rays, with a solitary, central, abortive flower. 



SuBOEDER 2. Campylospermese. 



32. TORILIS, Sprcng. 



Calyx-teeth 5, triangular-lanceolate, acute. Petals obovate, 

 emarginate, with an inflexed point, the outer larger, 2-fid. 

 Fruit laterally compressed; carpels with 5 primary, bristly 

 ridges, 3 dorsal and 2 lateral ; the secondary ridges represent- 

 ed by rows of hook-pointed bristles, filling the furrows ; vittse 

 solitary, under the secondary bristles ; carpophore setaceous, 

 2-fid. Seed with its margins inflexed. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 564. 



Annuals, with multifid leaves, closely pubescent. Umbels opposite the 

 leaves. Flowers white. — T. Africana, our only species, is common in cul- 

 tivated ground. 



33. ARCTOPUS, Linn. 

 Flowers polygamo-dioecious. Calyx-margin 5-toothed. 

 Petals lanceolate, with an incurved, sharp point. — Male : Sta- 

 mens twice as long as the corolla. Ovary abortive. — Female : 

 Stamens 0. Styles divaricating, on thick bases. Fruit ovate, 

 acute or rostrate, crowned \nt\\ the calyx, its lower half 

 attached to the involucre, marked with a furrow, not separable 



. * Pa2ipea, Eckl. and Zey., being restored in Hooter and Bentham's 

 ' Genera Plantarum,' this genus is there renamed Choritcenia, Benth. 



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