166 37. UMBELLIFER.E. 



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39. PHYSOSPERMUM. Gal. of 5 teeth. Pet. obcordate with 

 an inflexed point. Fr. laterally compressed, didymous. 

 Carp, reniform-globose, with 5 filiform slender equal ridges, 

 the lateral within the margin stripes solitary. 



40. SMYKNIUM. Cal. inconspicuous. Pet. lanceolate or 

 elliptic, entire, with an inflexed point. Fr. laterally com- 

 pressed, didymous. Carp, reniform-oblong with 3 dorsal 

 prominent sharp ridges, the 2 lateral marginal and inconspi- 

 cuous ; stripes many. 



Suborder III. CCELOSPERMJE. 

 Seed with the base and apex curved inwards. 



Tr. XIII. CORIANDRE^E. Fr. globose or didymous. Primary 

 ridges of the carpels often inconspicuous, secondary more 

 prominent, all without wings. 



[41. COBIANDEUM. Cal. of 5 teeth. Pet. obeordate with an 

 inflexed point, outer ones radiant and bifid. Fr. globose. 

 Carp, scarcely separating, the primary ridges inconspicuous, 

 the 4 secondary conspicuous prominent keeled ; interstices 

 without stripes ; commissure with 2 stripes.] 



Suborder I. Orthosperma. Tribe I. Hydrocotylece. 

 1. HYDROCOT'YLE Linn. Pennywort. 



1. H. vulgdris (L.) ; 1. peltate nearly circular 9-veined doubly 

 crenate, petioles pilose, umbels 3 6-fl., fr. emarginate below. 

 E. B. 751. Fl. and fr. almost sessile. Umbels or rather heads 

 often proliferous in the centre and bearing a second head. St. 

 creeping extensively. L. upon stalks which considerably exceed 

 the peduncles. Eipe fr. with purplish dots. Bogs and marsh v 

 places. P.V. VII. E. S. I. 



Tribe II. Saniculece. 

 2. SANIC'TJLA Linn. Sanicle. 



1. S. europce'a (L.) ; lower 1. palmate 3 5-lobed, lobes trifid 

 unequally serrate, fertile fl. sessile, barren fl. slightly stalked. 

 E. ti. 98. Umbels many, capitate, in an irregular slightly um- 

 bellate panicle. Styles persistent, reflexed. Fr. covered with 

 hooked prickles. St. ascending about a foot high. Woods and 

 thickets. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



