3i PLANTS OF BERMUDA. 



tains one seed, and is traversed by five consx^icuous ridges and four 

 lesser ones alternating with them, beneath the channels which 

 separate these ridges narrow cells stored with aromatic oil are 

 usually found, as in the Cara\vay, Aniseed, kc. 



The Celery {Ajjitfjuf/iairolais), I'arsloy {rdrosdouim Sat icii))/), Carrot 

 {IhiHcii-s curota), and Sweet Fennel [la-nkdlum dtdce), which belong to 

 this order, are cultivated with success in Bermuda ; tlie carrot in 

 particular, from its rapid growth, appears to be less fibrous and also 

 sweeter than when produced in colder climates. 



A. Leaves simple ; uiuhch simple, 



I. nYDllOCOTYLE. 



Small, empi/iff, half aquatic plants, with round or hvart-Hhaped leaver, 

 ivhich hide the incompicuous powers. Fru.it much eompres.sed at right 

 (ingles to its division, 



1. If. umhellata (Pennywort) . Stem creeping and rooting in soft, 

 marshy ground, producing clusters of roundish leaves one to two 

 inches diameter, the x^etiole attached to the centre (iDcltate) and the 

 niargin indented Avith ten crenated lobes ; petiole four to six inches, 

 slender ; umbels on long stalks, many-flowered ; fruit emarginate at 

 base and apex. Distribution, North America and West Indies ; 

 habitat, marshes, common. Flowers greenish- white ; May to August. 



2. H, rependa, L. Stem creeping and rooting, producing clusters 

 of heart-shaped leaves, very blunt at point, one to two inches diam- 

 eter, with dentate, wavy margins ; petioles two to four inches long, 

 sparingly hairy ; flower- stalks short, bearing three to four flowers ; 

 fruit iSroader than long, veined. Distribution, Soutli.ern United 

 States ; habitat, a constant weed in all marshes. Flowers greenish - 

 white ; May to August. 



li. Leaves eompound ; umheh sinqjJe. 



II. CAVcALis (Torilis). 

 Fruit eovered with rough hvisllea. 



1. C. nodosa (Buir "Parsley). An annual herb, all parts rough with 

 short granulated hairs ; stem six to eighteen inches, erect or pros- 

 trate, branched, slightly furrowed ; leaves dense, twice pinnate 

 (somewhat resembling those of the carrot) ; leaflets acutely pinna- 

 tifid ; umbels much contracted, opposite to the leaves, on short 

 stalks ; flowers in deuse sub-globose heads ; petals very small, the 

 point turned in ; style short ; fruit ovuid, one carpel covered with 

 hooked and barkc:d spinels, the other tubercled. Distribution, South- 

 ern JOurope ; habitat, waste places, very frequent. FloAvers white 

 or tinged with pink ; February to May. 



c. Leaves eompuund ; mnhels compound ; fruit latcraUg compressed at 

 right angles to the division. 



III. SMVltNIVM. 



Fruit large, eompres,svd hitrrallg ; carpels irith three promino/f rihs ; 

 Jlon-crs gelloic. 

 1, 'S'. olusatrum (Alexanders). -A stout, erect herb, root perennial ; 



