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* * Petals wanting ; seed solitary/. 



83. CHENOPODIUM. Seed lenticular, tunicated, superior. 



84. SALSOLA. Capsule closed, imbedded in the fleshy calyx ; seed 



with a spiral embryo. 



85. ULMUS. Capsule closed, membranous, compressed, border- 



ed, superior. 



* * * Flowers of 5 petals^ superior ; seeds 2. 



(UMBELLIFEROUS PLANTS.) 



A. Fruit beaked. 



91. SCANDIX. Beak much longer than the seeds; fruit some- 



what bristly ; calyx none ; petals unequal, undivided : flo- 

 ral receptacle 5-lobed, coloured. 



90. ANTHRISCUS. Beak shorter than the seeds, even ; fruit 

 rough, with scattered prominent bristles ; calyx none ; pe- 

 tals equal, inversely heart-shaped ; fl. recept. slightly bor- 

 dered. 



92. CH^EROPHYLLUM. Beak shorter than the seeds, angular : 



fruit smooth, without ribs ; calyx none ; petals inversely 

 heart-shaped, rather unequal ; fl. recept. wavy. 



B. Fruit solid, prickly, without a beak. 



87- SANICULA. Fruit ovate, clothed with hooked bristles ; calyx 

 acute ; petals lanceolate, inflexed, nearly equal ; flowers 

 separated, dissimilar. 



88, DAUCUS. Fruit elliptic-oblong, compressed transversely ; 

 seeds with 4 rows of flat prickles, and rough intermediate 

 ribs; calyx obsolete; petals inversely heart-shaped, une- 

 qual ; flowers separated. 



9. TORILIS. Fruit ovate, slightly compressed laterally ; seeds 

 ribless, rough, with scattered prominent ascending rigid 



