SYNOPSIS OF THE GENERA. 



mardn. Petals erect, obovate, notched with a slender 

 inflexed point, as long as the petal. Fruit sub-globose, 

 densely clothed with hooked prickles, without ridges, but 

 with numerous vitlce. General involucre lobed, partial 

 of many lanceolate segments. 



§ §§ Petals roundish, obovate or obcordate, entire, rolled inwards. 



64. FcENi'cuLUM, [Page 380.] Calyx margin obtuse, obsolete. 

 Petals roundish, entire, rolled inwards, with a squarish 

 incurved point. Fruit nearly round. Carpels with five 

 obtuse prominent carinated ridges. Channels with single 

 vittce. Albumen half round. General and partial invo- 

 lucre wanting. 



§§§§ Petals roundish, obovate or obcordate, with an inflexed 



point. 



a. a. Channels with single vitta. Calyx with an obsolete margin. 



63. iETHu'sA, [Page 378.] Calyx margin obsolete. Petals ob- 

 cordate, notched with an inflexed point. Fruit roundish, 

 ovate. Carpels with five elevated acutely carinated ridges, 

 of which the lateral ones are rather wider than the others, 

 and surrounded by a somewhat winged keel. Channels 

 with single vittce. Albumen half globose. General invo- 

 lucre wanting, joar/m/ of three unilateral drooping segments. 



b. b. Channels with single vittce. Calyx zoith the margin toothed. 

 62. QEn'anthe, [Page 373,] Ca/j/x margin of five teeth. Petals 



obcordate, with an inflexed point. Fruit cylindrical, or 

 oblong, crowned by the erect styles. Carpels with five 

 somewhat convex obtuse ridges, the lateral ones rather 

 wider than the others, forming the margin. Channels with 

 single vittce. Albumen convex, or roundish. General 

 involucre various, partial of numerous segments. 



6/5. Se'seli, [Page 381.] Calyx margin of five teeth. Petals 

 obcordate, with an inflexed point, or nearly entire. Fruit 

 ovate or oblong, roundish, on a transverse section, crowned 

 with the reflexed styles. Carpels with five prominent 

 or elevated filiform ridges, the lateral ones mostly rather 

 wider than the others, and forming the margin. Channels 

 with single vittce, rarely with two or three. Albumen half 

 round. General involucre various, partial of numerous 

 segments. 



c. c. Channel iwith many vittcB. 



66. Ligus'ticum, [Page 382 ] Calyx margin of five teeth, or 



