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(114J Slum fruit ovoid or globose; carpels with five filiform 

 obtuse equal ridges ; vittse three or more between the 

 ribs ; calyx of five small teeth. 



(115) Pimpinella fruit ovate ; carpels with five filiform equal 



ridges ; vittse three or more between the slender ribs ; 

 calyx obsolete. 



Illl Leaves simple. 



(116) Bupleurum fruit ovate-oblong ; carpels with equal 



winged, or filiform sharp, or obsolete ridges. 



Fruit ovate or elliptical, rounded, or slightly com- 



|| VittcB (of the carpels) single between the ribs. 



(117) CEnanthe fruit ovoid-cylindrical, crowned with the long 



erect styles ; carpels corky, with five blunt ridges. 



(118) JEthusa fruit shortly ovoid, crowned with the reflexed 



styles ; carpels with five thick acutely-keeled edges. 



|||| VittcB (of the carpels) two or more between the ribs. 



(a) Seeds without vittce, cohering with the carpels. 



(119) Metun fruit elliptical, terete; carpels with five sharp 



somewhat winged ridges. 



(b) Seeds with many vittte, loose from the carpels. 



(120) Crithmum fruit elliptical, terete; carpels with five sharp 



elevated slightly-winged ridges. 



Fruit much compressed dor sally. 

 || Petals entire. 



(121) Pastinaca fruit with a flat dilated margin; carpels with 



three slender dorsal ridges, and two distant lateral ones 

 near the edge ; vitta3 linear, solitary. 



(122) Heracleum fruit with margin and ridges as in Pastinaca ; 



vittse short, club-shaped. 



