37. UMBELLIPERJE. 161 



Tr. II. SANICULE^E. Fr. ovoid ; transverse section nearly 

 round. Umbel simple or imperfect. 



2. SANICTJLA. Cal. of 5 leaflike teeth. Pet. erect, obovate, 

 with a long inflexed connivent point. Fr. subgloboae, covered 

 with hooked spines ; ridges ; stripes many. 



3. ASTRANTIA. Cal. of 5 leaflike teeth. Pet. erect, with a 

 long inflexed point. Fr. with 5 plaited dentate ridges ; 

 stripes 0. 



Tr. III. ERYNGIEJE. Fr. ovoid; transverse section nearly 

 round. Fl. in a head-like umbel. 



4. EBYNGIUM. Cal. of 5 leaflike teeth. Pet. erect, oblong, 

 with a long inflexed point. Fr. covered with chaffy scales, 

 without ridges or stripes. 



** Umbels perfect or compound. 

 t Carpels with 5 primary ridges only. 



Tr. IV. AMMINEsE. Fr. of two pentagonal carpels with 5 

 prominent ridges ; the commissure about as broad as either 

 of the other four sides. 



A. Leaves compound. 



5. CICUTA. Cal. of 5 leaflike teeth. Pet. obcordate with an 

 inflexed point. Fr. subdidymous. Carp, with 5 equal broad 

 flattened ridges, the lateral marginal ; stripes solitary. 



6. APIUM. Cal. inconspicuous. Pet. roundish entire with an 

 oblique acute or small involute point. Fr. roundish ovoid, 

 didymous. Carp, with 5 filiform equal prominent ridges 

 and' solitary stripes. Inv. 0. 



7. PETROSELINUM. Cal. minute or inconspicuous. Pet. 

 roundish entire with a narrow incurved point. Fr. ovoid. 

 Carp, with 5 filiform equal ridges and solitary stripes. Car- 

 pophore bipartite. Partial inv. of many ; general of few 

 leaves. 



8. SISON. Cal. inconspicuous. Pet. broadly obcordate, deeply 

 notched with an inflexed point. Fr. ovoid. Carp, with 5 

 filiform prominent equal ridges and solitary clavate stripes. 



