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ISATUBAL BISTOBY OF PLANTS. 



ilrracacM has long been referred to Coniiun. It has nearly the 



flower with or without dis- 



Couium maculatum. ^^^^^ Sepals. The Stjlo- 



pods are conical, ordinarily 



rather elongate ; the inferior 



. ^ .- V\ \\ Cv /:>// — >) // margin is dilated and un- 



rC^^ ^^^v^r^^ ' '"'-^^y^y dulated. The fruit is much 



Ns ^^ — — ^y ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^ more elongate than that of 



Conium, more or less com- 

 pressed perpendicular to 

 the partition, and pointed 

 at the summit. The ridges 

 are nearly equal and but 

 little prominent ; the mar- 

 ginal or lateral rather more than the others. In each furrow are 

 several unequal vittae or one wide one filled with an aromatic 



Fig. 146. Flower (\o). 



Conium maculatum. 



Fig. 147. Fruit (V). 



Fig. 148. Trans, sect, of fruit. 



substance. The margin of the seed is more or less, sometimes Yer;y 

 much, incurved or involute. They are perennial herbs, with stoct 

 sometimes tuberous, pinnate or decompound leaves, compound 

 umbels with involucels, with or without involucres. All are 



