84 PENTANDUIA — DIGYNIA. {Coriandrum. 



carpels : tlic intersticps clothed with prickles. Pet. obcordate, 

 outer ones radiant. — (Partial involncre of many leaves.) — Name 

 of doubtful origin, perhaps as Smith suggests, from ro^iM, to 

 carve or anhoss ; m allusion to the appearance of the fruit. 



60. EcHiNoPHORA. (Tab. IV. f. 15.) Fruit ovate, lodged in 

 a prickly receptacle, with a prickly iyivolucre. Carpels with 3 

 depressed, waved and striated, equal ridges, and simple vittce in 

 the interstices which are covered with a cobweb-like membrane. 

 Pe^ obcordate, with an inflected point. ( Involucres »2fl«?/-/eare</.) 

 Name derived from iyj^o;, a liedgeJwg. and f c^w, to bear ; in re- 

 ference to the prickly nature of the plant. 



E. Fruit more or less beaked ; not priclihj. 



81. ScANDix. (Tab. IV. f. 1(5.) Fr?<?V laterally compressed, 

 with a very long beak. Carpels with 5 obtuse ribs. Cal.-teeth 

 obsolete. Pet. obovate, with an inflected point. (Partial involu- 

 cre of 5 — 7 leaves.) — Name, from (Sy.i'ji, to prick ; because of 

 the sharp and long points to the fruit. 



82. AxTHRfscus. (Tab. IV. f. 17.) Fruit constricted at the 

 suture, with a short beak. Carpels without ribs. Cal.-teeth ob- 

 solete. Pet. obcordate. (Partial involucre of many leaves.) — 

 Name given by Pliny to a plant, allied probably to this genus, 

 but whose derivation Ave are ignorant of. 



83. Ch/erophyllum. (Tab. IV. f. 18.) jF^-mY laterally com- 

 pressed or constricted, with a short beak. Carpels with 5 ob- 

 tuse ribs on the inner face of the carpels. Cal.-teeth obsolete. 

 Pet. obcordate, with an inflected point. (Partial involucre of 

 many leaves.) — Named from %a/^w, to rejoice, and (p-SKXov, a leaf: 

 hence our word Chervil, applied to the cultivated Antkriscus 

 Cerefotiimi, whose leaves have an agreeable smell. 



84. IMyrrhis. (T.ib. IV. f. 19.) Fruit laterally compressed, 

 with a deep furrow at the suture. Carpels with 5 very promi- 

 nent, acutely carinated ribs. Cal.-teeth obsolete. Pet. obcordate, 

 with an inflected point. (Partial involucre of many leaves. Many 

 of the partial umbels abortive.) — Name perhaps derived from 

 fi-j^ea, myrrh ; the foliage of one species at least possessing an 

 agreeable scent. 



F. Fruit globose ; not pricldy. 



8.5. CoRiANDRL'iM. (Tab. IV. f. 20.) 7^/7;?V globose. Carpels 

 closely cohering, the ribs obsolete, broad, interstices prominent, 

 slender. Petals obcordate with an inflected point; outer ones ra- 

 diant. (Involucre 0. Partial on one side.) — Name from y.osi;, a 

 hug ; in allusion to the intolerably fetid smell of the bruised 

 foliage. 



** * Perianth double, inferior. Petals 5. 

 (See Staphyka in Obd. III.) 



