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UMBELLIFERjE. 



gated, tapering into a tail at the base, solid, acutely angular ; 

 mericarps with hispid, rather furrowed angles ; ribs 5, acute ; 

 commissure furrowed ; furrows flat, without vittae. Carpo- 

 phore semi-bifid. Involucra of 2-3 lanceolate, ciliated leaves ; 

 involucels of 5 lanceolate, ciliated leaves. 



145 GRAMMOSCIA'DIUM. Teeth of calyx stiff (f. 56. H. g.), 

 permanent. Petals obcordate, with an inflexed point. Styles 

 short, conical (f. 56. H. 6.), diverging. Fruit cylindrical (f. 56. 

 H. a. b.), without a beak; mericarps with 5 primary, flattish 

 white ribs; furrows flat, furnished with 1 vitta each, and the 

 commissure with 2. Involucra of 5-7 multifid leaves ; involucels 

 of linear-subulate, rarely cut leaves (f. 56. H. e.). 



TKIBE XVI. 



SMY'RNE^E. Fruit turgid, usually compressed, or contracted 

 from the sides ; mericarps with 5 ribs : lateral ones marginating, 

 or situated in front of the margin ; the ribs sometimes almost obli- 

 terated. Seed involute, or with a furrow on the inside, semi- 

 lunar or complicate. 



146 LAGCE'CIA. Calycine lobes large, pectinated. Petals 

 obcordately bifid, shorter than the calyx ; lobes awned. Ova- 

 rium 2-celled, with 1 of the cells abortive. The fruit is there- 

 fore ovate, crowned by the calyx, pubescent : marked by a fur- 

 row on one side, indicating the place of the abortive seed. In- 

 volucra of 8-10 pectinated leaves ; and the involucel of 4. 



147 OLIVE'RIA. Margin of calyx 5-toothed. Petals pro- 

 foundly obcordate : lobes involute on the margin at the base, 

 and excavated at the sides, undulated and reflexed at the apex. 

 Fruit obovate, hairy : mericarps nearly terete ; with 5 blunt 

 ribs. Carpophore bifid at the apex. Involucra of 3-4 trifid 

 leaves, with the lobes usually tridentate ; involucels of many 

 cuneiform, trifid leaves. 



148 ANISOSCIA'DIUM. Calycine lobes of the outer flowers of 

 the umbel, large, ovate, and foliaceous : of the outer central ones 

 stiff and hooked : of the other inner ones wanting or tooth- 

 formed. Petals very unequal : outer ones obcordately bifid : 

 inner ones small. Fruit rather downy, oblong-cylindrical, 

 crowned by the calyx, and stiff conical styles ; mericarps with 

 5 blunt ribs ; vittse brown, 1 in each furrow, but none in the 

 commissure. Involucra of 4-5 oblong, acute, unequal leaves ; 

 involucels of 4-5 leaves. 



149 ECHINOPHORA. Margin of calyx 5-toothed. Petals 

 emarginate, with an inflexed point : outer ones larger and bifid. 

 Styles of the female flowers elongated, filiform (f. 65. A.). Fruit 

 ovate (f. 65. c.), nearly terete, inclosed in a hollow receptacle : 

 with a short, emersed beak ; mericarps with 5 undulated, equal 

 depressed ribs ; vittae covered with a cobwebbed membrane, 1 

 in each furrow. Involucra and involucels of many leaves (f. 

 65. a.). 



150 EXOACA'NTHA. Flowers polygamous : central ones fertile, 

 the rest sterile. Calyx in the sterile flowers obsolete. Petals 

 obcordate, equal, inflexed. Young fruit of the sterile flowers 

 obovate, striated ; of the central flowers much more ovate, some- 

 what papillose, and crowned by 1 5 elongated stiff bristles. 



Involucra of 10-12 large, channelled, spinose leaves ; involucels 

 of 7-11 spinose, very unequal leaves on one side. 



151 ARCTOPUS. Flowers polygamous. Margin of calyx 5- 

 toothed. Petals lanceolate, with an incurved acute entire point. 

 Fruit ovate, beaked, crowned by the calyx, conferruminated from 

 the base to the middle with the involucrum, depressed in front, 

 and marked by a furrow, not separable into 2 parts, but bilo- 

 cular, 1 of the cells abortive. Involucra of 4-5 concrete leaves. 



152 CA'CHRYS. Margin of calyx 5-toothed, rarely obsolete. 

 Petals ovate, entire, involute at the apex or inflexed. Stylo- 

 podium depressed, hardly distinct in the mature fruit. Meri- 

 carps with 5 thick ribs, variable in the different sections of the 

 genus ; commissure almost the breadth of the mericarps. Seed 

 constituting a free nucleus covered with abundance of vittae, 

 Involucra and involucels of many leaves. Flowers yellow. 



153 PRA'NGOS. Margin of calyx 5-toothed. Petals ovate, 

 entire, involute at the apex. Stylopodium depressed, hardly 

 prominent in the fruit. Commissure broad. Mericarps com- 

 pressed from the back, with 5 smooth ribs, which are thick at 

 the base, and ending in vertical membranous wings on the back. 

 Seed girded by an abundance of vittae. Flowers yellow. 



154 COLLADONIA. Margin of calyx entire. Petals oval, en- 

 tire, involute at the apex. Stylopodium depressed, hardly pro- 

 minent in the fruit. Mericarps compressed from the sides, end- 

 ing in 5 vertical membranous wings on the back, having 1 vitta 

 in each furrow ; commissure narrow, furnished with 2 vittae. 

 Involucra and involucels of many undivided leaves. 



155 LECOKIA. Margin of calyx with 5 short teeth. Petals 

 ovate, with an inflexed point. Stylopodia 2, distinct. Styles 

 subulate. Fruit ovate, didymous, with a narrow commissure ; 

 mericarps semi-terete, with 5 obtuse, spongy ribs, which are 

 beset with prickles on all sides. Seeds girded by copious vittae. 

 Involucels of 5-8 subulate leaves. 



156 MAGYDA'RIS. Margin of calyx obsolete. Petals obcor- 

 date, with an inflexed point. Fruit ovate (f. 56. /. b.), tomen- 

 tose ; mericarps with 5 thick, blunt ribs, and narrow furrows. 

 Seeds clothed on every side with very slender vittae, convex 

 on the outside, and involute with a deep furrow on the in- 

 side.^ Involucra and involucels present, of many undivided 

 leaves. 



157 HE'RMAS. Margin of calyx 5-parted, foliaceous, per- 

 manent. Petals oval-oblong, acute, keeled, entire, equal. Fruit 

 ovate ; mericarps rather inflated, compressed from the back, 

 5 ribbed : the dorsal rib exserted : the 2 middle ones larger : 

 and the 2 marginal ones small, under the commissure ; vittae 

 many in the furrows between the ribs, which are broad. Seed 

 not adnate to its covering, rather hollow inside. Involucra of 

 many leaves ; involucels of 3 leaves. 



158 C6NIUM. Margin of calyx obsolete. Petals obcordate, 

 rather emarginate, with a short inflexed point. Fruit com- 

 pressed from the sides, ovate; mericarps with 5, rather promi- 

 nent, equal ribs, which are undulately crenulated ; having the 

 furrows between the ribs, furnished with many stripes, but with- 

 out any vittae. Carpophore bifid at the apex. Seed with a 



