A SYNOPSIS OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 



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68. BEGONIACE.E. 



Ovary inferior ; fv. rarely a 

 l)erry, generally a capsule 

 dehiscinf; below the per- 

 ianth limb 1 . BEGONIA. 



GO. cactace.t;. 



For synopsis of genera see 

 article " Cacti " also Leuth- 

 tenbergia and Nopalea 



70. mesembryantiiace.t; or FIC0IDE.?5. 



A. I'etals numeroHs : capsule .'i 



or more valved 1. Mksembkyanthe- 



MUM. 



AA. retals 0: drupe 3-8.stoned.2. Tetkagonia. 

 71. fMBELLIFER.T;. 



Summary of Tribes (omitting tico not in culti- 

 rutiun). 



a. Umbels simple or irregularly 

 compound, rarely regular- 

 ly compound (Eryngium 

 has fls. in heads) : oil 



tubes absent 



B. Fr. laterally compressed 

 or constricted on the 

 commissure which is 



usually narrow 1. Hydrocotyle 



Tribe. 

 BB. Fr. with a broad or sub- 

 terete commissure or 

 the commissure com- 

 pressed on the back. ...2. Saxiccla Tribe. 

 AA. Umbels compound : oil tubes 



present 



E. The intervals thickened 

 above the oil tubes or 

 provided with second- 

 ary ridges •". Cat'calis Tribe. 



bb. The primary ridges only 



are conspicuous 



c. Fr. laterally compressed 

 or constricted on the 



commissure. -4. AMMiNUJi Tkibe. 



cc. Fr. subterete in trans- 

 verse section or dor- 

 sally compressed : 

 commissure broad : 

 lateral ridges either 

 distinct or coalesced 

 into a margin which 

 is not dilated but 

 nerviform or sub- 



erose thickened .5. Seseli Tribe. 



ccc. Fr. strongly compressed 

 dorsally ; lateral 

 ridges dilated into 

 winged-shaped or 



broadly tumid mar- 

 gin which is entire 

 before dehiscence. ...6. TEncEDANUM 



Tribe. 



1. Hydrocotyle Tribe. 



A. Stipules small, scarious. ...1. Hydrocotyle. 

 AA. Stipules absent 2. Trachymene. 



1.'. Saxicula Tribe. 



A. Fls. in heads, all sessile r!. Eryngium. 



AA. Fls. in umbels, the males or 

 all pedicelled : fr. densely 

 bristly or tuberculate. . . .4. Sanicula. 



3. Caucalis Tribe. 



A. Fr. prickly or bristly ."). Daucus. 



AA. Fr. glabrous : ridges obtuse, 



smooth or wrinkled 



b. Shape of tr. subglobose : 



Involucre 6. Coriandrdm. 



BB. Shape of fr. narrowly ob- 

 long: involucre com- 

 posed of slender bracts.7. Cuminum. 



4. ,\MMiNUM Tribe. 



A. Fr. Broadly ovate or didy- 

 mous : seed deeply 

 grooved or excavated on 

 the face margins often 



involute 



B. Carpophore U or adnate 



to carpels 8. Erigenia. 



BB. Carpophore undivided or 



shortly 2-fld 



c. Calyx teeth obsolete. . .0. Conium. 

 cc. Calyx teeth conspicu- 

 ous 10. MUSENIUM. 



AA. Fr. ovate, didymous or ob- 

 long : seed flat or convex 

 on the face or hardly 

 concave : (B x c eptions : 

 seed deeply grooved in 

 many species of Bupleu- 

 rum, slightly concave in 

 a few species of Carum 



and Pimpinella) 



B. I'etals broad, yellow, in- 

 flexed or induplicate at 

 the obtuse apex. ■•••■•n. BUPLEURUM. 

 BB. Petals white or yellow, 

 sometimes inflexed — 

 acuminate at apex, 

 sometimes flatfish or 

 concave with apex ob- 

 tuse or acute 



c. Oil tubes solitary in the 



intervals 



D. Petals white, entii-e.^o. Apicm. 

 DD. Petals white or yel- 

 low, refuse, emargi- 

 nate or 2-lobed. . . . 

 E. Stylopodium conical. 13. Carum. 

 EB. Stylopodium flat or 



wanting 14. ZiziA. 



cc Oil tubes more than are 



in the intervals. . 



D. Carpophore 2-fld or 



2-parted. 15. Pimpinella. 



DD. Carpophore obsolete 



or undivided Ifi. SiuM. 



ccc. Oil tubes absent 17. .Egopodidm. 



AAA. Fr. oblong or linear, rarely 

 ovate and never didy- 

 mus : seeds grooved on 



the face 



B. Oil tubes more than one. 18. Osmorhiza. 

 BB. Oil tubes solitary in the 



intervals or 



c. Fr. subrostrate : ridges 

 much elevated, al- 

 most wing-shaped. . . 19. Mybbhis. 

 cc. Fr. long beaked : ridges 



not very prominent. . 20. Scandix. 



5. Seseli Tribe. 



A. Fr. transversely subterete : 

 primary ridges subequal, 



not winged 21. Fcexiculum. 



AA. Fr. dorsally compressed 

 dorsal and intermediate 

 ridges slightly prominent 

 hut not winged or only 

 ver.v narrowly winged, 

 the lateral ridges expand- 

 ed into distinct wings. . . 



B. Oil tulies solitary 



c. Lateral wings thickish ; 

 bracts of involucre 



connate at base 22. Levisticum. 



cc. Lateral wings membran- 

 ous : bracts of invol- 

 ucel bristle-like or 0.23. Angelica. 

 BB. Oil tubes more than one.24. Aechangelica. 

 AAA. Fr. dorsall.v compressed or 

 subterete ; all ridges or 

 only the keel-ridges more 

 or less expanded into 

 thickish wings : wings 

 equal or the lateral ones 



wider 



B. Oil tubes more than one. 

 BE. Oil tubes solitary in the 



intervals 25. LioosTicuM. 



c. F'Is. yellow 26. Tha.spium. 



cc. Fls. white or yellowish 



green 27. Selinum. 



