THE UMBELLIFEKJE. 



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So, you see, we have here a family of fifteen hun- 

 dred species, all blossoming in umbels, and named 



FIG. 813. 



from this circumstance, and yet distinguished from 

 the rest of the vegetable kingdom by quite other 



FIG. 314. 



characters than the inflorescence. If your notion of 

 the order were founded on its name, or upon the 

 general aspect of a few familiar species known to be- 



