82 TENTANDKIA — DIGYNIA. ICrithtnum. 



Cal.-ieeth lanceolate. Pet. obcordate, with an inflected point, ra- 

 diant. (Partial involucre of many rays.) Flowers of the circum- 

 ference on long stalks and sterile : those of the centre sessile, or 

 nearly so, and fertile. — Named from oivri, a viiie, and avt'o;, a 

 Jlowei', alluding to the vinous smell of the blossoms. 



65. ^THUSA. (Tab. III. f. 20.) Fruit ovato-globose. Car- 

 pels with 5 acutely carinated ribs ; interstices deeplj'^acutangular 

 with single vittcB, Cul.-teeth minute, fet. obcordate, with an in- 

 flected point. (Involucre 0: partial of Q drooping leaves on OJie 

 side.) — Name from uiSu, to bit7n, on account of its acrid quality. 



66. FcENicuLUM. (Tab. IV. f. 1.) Fruit ohlong. Carpels whh 

 5 prominent, obtuse, keeled ribs, with single vitt(S in the inter- 

 stices. Cal.-teeth obsolete. Pet. roundish, the involute segment 

 obtuse. (Involucres 0.) — Named iv om fueniim, hay, its smell hav- 

 ing been compared to that of hay. 



67. SisELi. (Tab. IV. f. 2.) Frvit oval or oblong, crowned 

 ■with the reflexed styles. Carpels with 5 prominent, corky ribs, 

 with single viltce in the interstices. Cal.-teeth acute. Pet. obcor- 

 date, with an inflexed point. (Partial '\\\\q\\\.cxq. of many leaves.) — 

 Named from (TeCs/./, originally applied to some plant of this kind. 



68. LiGUSTJCUM. (Tab. IV.f.3.) P7-?«7 elliptical. Carpels \\\\\\ 

 5 sharp, somewhat winged ribs, with many vittce in the inter- 

 stices. Cal.-teeth sometimes obsolete. Pet. obcordate, with an in- 

 flected point. (Partial involucre of many leaves.) — Named from 

 Liguria, where the old Ligusticum Levislicum abounds. Hence, 

 too, comes our word Lavage. 



69. SiLAUs. (Tab. IV. f. 4.) Frtdt oval. Carpels with 5 

 sharp, somewhat winged ribs, Avith many vittce in the interstices. 

 Cal. obsolete. Pet. obovate, subemarginate with an inflected 

 point, appendaged ; or sessile and truncated at the base. (Par- 

 tial mviAucre of many leaves.) — Scarcely difterent from Ligusti- 

 cum, except in its yellowish, nearly entire (not acutely emar- 

 ginate) petals, truncated and sessile at the base. — Name of du- 

 bious origin. It was applied by Pliny to some herb. 



70. Meum. (Tab. IV. f. 5.) Fn<2< elliptical. Carpels w'lih 5 

 prominent, carinated, equal ribs, with many vittce in the inter- 

 stices. Cal.-teeth obsolete. Pet. entire, elliptical, the point in- 

 curved. (Partial involucre of many leaves.) — Name supposed 

 to be the (irfi]i of Dioscorides. 



71. Crithmum. (Tab. IV. f. 6.) Fruit elliptical. Carpels 

 spongy, with 5 elevated, sharp, somewhat winged ribs, and as 

 well as the seed abundantly marked with vittte. Cal.-teeth obso- 

 lete. I^et. eMiptical, entire, involute. (Involucres o/wm«^ leaves.) 



Name from '/.^i&n^ barley ; from the resemblance between the 



fruit of this plant and a grain of barley. 



