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NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



of the same genus, which would then comprise a dozen species, 

 mostly from the Mediterranean and Caucasian regions. 



Coriandrum sativum. 



Fig. 135. Flower (f). 



Fig. 136. Long. sect, of flower. 



Fig. 137. Fruit (f). 



Fig. 138. Trans, sect, of fruit (f). 



In the general form of its fruit Physospermum (fig. 140) is so 



analogous to Corian- 



Coriandrum{mfora)testieulatum. ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^^ 



placed near it. It has 

 little-developed sepals, 

 petals terminated by 

 a long inflexed point, 

 flattened conical sty- 

 lopods, and a fruit 

 short or wider than 

 long, and compressed 

 perpendicular to the 



Fig. 139. Long. sect, of fruit (f). t-i- i -j. • 



^ partition, where it is 



constricted, didymous, with the primary ridges very little prominent 



