132 ARALL&, UMBELLIFERJE. [Cl. 12. 



the Flower is simple, though the Seeds are often di- 

 stinctly separated in many of the Umbellifera. 



Ord. 59- ARALlvE. "Calyx entire or toothed. 

 Styles several. Fruit pulpy, or more rarely capsular, 

 of many single-seeded cells. Stem woody cr herba- 

 ceous. Leaves alternate, often compound ; their Foot- 

 stalk sheathing at the lower part. Umbel generally 

 accompanied by an Involucrum." 



Gastonia of Commerson, and Polyscias of Forster, 

 with Aralia, Cussoma and Pana.v, compose this Or- 

 der. Sciodaphyllum of Browne's Jamaica, like Aralla 

 capitata of Jacquin, seems to me a species of Hedera. 

 See the end of Ord. 58. 



Ord. 60. UMBELLIFER^:. " Calyx entire, or 5- 

 toothed. Petals 5. Stamens 5. Styles and Stigmas 2. 

 Fruit separable perpendicularly into 2 Seeds, variously 

 shaped, pendulous from the top of a central, thread- 

 shaped, often cloven, Receptacle. Flowers disposed 

 in Umbels, and those generally divided into partial 

 Umbels, Umbdlulce, each either with an Involucrum, 

 or without, and in most instances regular, though in 

 some anomalous. Stem herbaceous, rarely shrubby. 

 Leaves alternate, for the most part repeatedly com- 

 pound, rarely simple. Footstalks sheathing. Flowers 

 white, or purplish, sometimes yellow." 



One of the most natural of all Orders. " Lagoecia 

 only has a solitary Style and Seed." They are distri- 

 buted by Jussieu, as well as by Linnaeus, according to 



