42 CLASS V. ORDER III. 



ate ; ribs 5-acute ; angles a little furrowed, hispid ; the joining sides furro ed, 

 and attached to a 2-cleft columella-like receptacle; style subulate, permaaent 

 rendering the seed caudate; involucrum none or few-leaved; fruit stiped^ 

 oblanceulate, polished, part if it hispid, (sweet cicely.) 

 [Seeds with wing-like 7-ibs.] 



Herac'lium. Seeds with winged margins, and 3 ribs on the back, obtuse, 3 

 grooves on their outer sides; germ oval, emarginate at the apex ; petals emar- 

 ginate, inflexed; general involucre 0; partial involucre 3 to 7-leaved; flowers 

 somewhat radiated, (cow parsley.) 



Cni'dum. Involucre 1-leaved or 0; fruit ovate, solid ; ribs 5, acute, somewhat 

 winged; intervals sulcate, striate. 



Angel"ica. Seeds with 3 ribs on their backs, and winged margins; intervals 

 between the ribs grooved ; germ oval, corticate ; general involucrum none, 

 (angelica.) 



Pastina'ca. Seeds emarginate at the apex, somewhat winged ; ribs 3 besidef 

 the wings ; intervals striate ; joining sides 2-striate ; germ oval, compressed, 



Serianth calyx entire; petals entire, incurved, sub-equal; involucrum none, 

 parsnip.) 



Ane'thum. Seeds flat or convex, 5-ribbed ; germ lenticular, compressed ; 

 calyx and petals entire ; involucrums none, (fennel, dill.) Ex. 

 [Seeds with 3 ribs nearly eqital.] 



Hydrocot'yle. Umbel simple ; fruit compressed, sub-rotund, (marsh pen- 

 ny-wort.) 



Crith'mum. Fruit elliptical, ribbed, crowned ; petals elliptical, acute, incurv- 

 ed, equal ; styles short or thick, with swelled bases. Ex. 



Ca'rum. Seeds oblong-ovate, striate; petals carinate, emarginate, inflexed; 

 Involucrum about 1-leaved. (caraway.) Ex. 



[Seeds with 5 ribs nearly equal.'] 



Co'nium. Seeds 5-ribbed ; ribs at first crenate with flat intervals betweea 

 them; germ ovate, gibbous; perianth entire; petals unequal, cordate, inflexed; 

 general involucrum about 3 to 5-leaved ; partial ones mostly 3-leaved unilat- 

 eral, (poison hemlock.) 



Cicu'ta. Seeds gibbou.s-convex ; ribs 5, obtuse, converging, with intervening, 

 tuberculate grooves and prominences; joining sides flat; germ sub-globose, 

 compressed laterally ; calyx obsolete, 5-toothed ; petals cordate, inflexed ; par- 

 tial involucrums 5 or 6-leaved, or wanting, (water hemlock.) 



Si'uM. Fruit somewhat prismatic, with 5 obtuse ribs; perianth minute; petals 

 cordate, inflexed ; involucres many-leaved, entire, (water-parsnip.) 



A'piuM. Seeds convex externally; ribs 5, small, a little prominent; germ 

 sub-globose; perianth entire; petals equal, roundish, inflexed at the apex; 

 involucrum 1 to 3-leaved or wanting, (celery, parsley.) Ex. 



Corian"drum. Seeds sub-spherical; germ spherical; perianth 5-toothed; 

 petals cordate, inflexed, outer ones largest; involucrum 1-leaved or wanting, 

 (coriander.) Ex. 



LiGusTicuM. Germ oblong, with 5 acute ribs , intervals sulcate ; universal 

 and partial involucres, (lovage.) 



^thq'sa. Fruit ovate, sub-solid, having bark; ribs acute and turgid; intep- 

 vals acute-angled; joining sides flat, striate; involucrum 1-sided, or none, 

 (fools' parsley.) 



ORDER III. TRIGYNIA. 



A. Flowers superior. 



yiBnR"NtJM. Calyx 5-parted or 5-toothed, small; corolla bell-form, 5-cleft, 

 with spreading or reflexed lobes ; stigmas almost sessile; berry or drupe 1- 

 seeded. (snow-ball, sheep-berry, high cranberry.) 



Sambu'cds. Calyx 5-parted or 5-cleft, small ; corolla sub-urceolated, 5-cleft ; 

 stigma minute, sessile ; berry globose, 1-celled, 3-seeded. 



B. Flowers inferior. 



Rhus. Calyx 5-parted ; petals 5 ; berry 1-seeded, small, sub-globular, (so- 

 mach, poison ivy.) 



Staphyle'a. Calyx 5-parted, coloured ; petals 5 on the margin of a glai.dll- 



