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versely heart-shaped; styles tumid and depressed at the 

 base ; fl. recept, none ; flowers nearly regular, partly bar- 

 ren or abortive. 



100. ^EGOPODIUM. Fruit elliptic-oblong, with equidistant ribs, 

 interstices flattish; calyx none; petals inversely heart- 

 shaped, broad, a little unequal ; styles ovate at the base ; 

 fl. recept. none ; flowers united, all perfect, slightly radiant. 



104. CNIDIUM. Fruit ovate, acute, with equidistant very sharp 



ribs, interstices deep, concave, juncture contracted ; calyx 

 none ; petals equal, obovate or inversely heart-shaped ; 

 styles hemispherical at the base, subsequently elongated, 

 spreading, cylindrical ; fl. recept. annular, thin, undulated, 

 erect, afterwards depressed ; flowers imperfectly separated, 

 nearly regular. 



105. HYDROCOTYLE. Fruit nearly orbicular, rather broader 



than long, angular, much compressed, juncture very nar- 

 row ; calyx none ; petals equal, ovate, spreading, undivid- 

 ed ; styles cylindrical, shorter than the stamens, tumid at 

 the base ; fl. recept. none ; flowers all perfect and regular. 



E. Fruit solid, unarmed, compressed transversely, the juncture 

 being broader than the transverse diameter. 



96. ^E THUS A. Seeds ovate, convex, with 5 tumid rounded 

 acutely keeled ribs, interstices deep, acute-angular, border 

 none ; calyx pointed, very minute ; petals inversely heart- 

 shaped, rather irregular ; fl. recept. none ; flowers all per- 

 fect, slightly radiant. 



101. ANGELICA. Seeds elliptic-oblong, convex, with 3 dorsal 



wings, and a narrow flat even border ; calyx none ; petals 

 lanceolate, flattish, undivided, contracted at each end, 

 equal ; fl. recept. thin, wavy, narrow, permanent ; flowers 

 all perfect, regular. 



102. LIGUSTICUM. Seeds oblong, convex, with 3 dorsal and 2 



marginal equal wings ; calyx small, pointed, erect, broad 

 at the base ; petals elliptical, flattish, undivided, contract- 

 ed at each end, equal ; fl. recept. none ; flowers all perfect, 

 regular. 



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