UMBELLIFER^E. 123 



of the involucel £ inch long. Umbel nearly regular, of 6 to 10 

 rays, £ to 1 inch long; umbellules many-flowered, nearly regular, 

 the pedicels -^ to | inch long. Flowers very minute, bright-yellow. 

 Cremocarp | inch long. Styles reflexed, reaching nearly to the 

 border of the stylopod. Plant glabrous, slightly glaucous. 



Falcate-leaved Hare's-ear. 



French, Buplevre des Haies. German, Skheljijrmiges Hasmuhrchen. 



Tribe IV.— SESELINE^]. 



Cremocarp not compressed either laterally or dorsally (having a 

 roundish cross-section) ; columella usually distinct ; mericarps with 

 5 primary ridges, ridges equal (or the lateral ones a little broader), 

 all filiform or winged, the lateral ones marginal, not more winged 

 than the others. Seed flat on the inner face. Elowers in regular 

 compound umbels. 



GENUS XVII.—CE1 NANTHE. Linn. 



Calyx-limb 5-toothed. Petals obovate, notched, with an inflexed 

 lobe from the notch. Cremocarp sub-cylindrical or prismatic, not 

 compressed, oblong-ovoid or -turbinate, crowned by the long erect 

 styles ; columella obliterated ; mericarps more or less corky, with 5 

 convex obtuse ridges, the lateral ones marginal and a little broader 

 than the others ; interstices each with a single vitta. Involucre 

 variable and inconstant. 



Herbs, growing in wet places, with the radical and lowest 

 stem-leaves iriangular, bi- or tri-pinnate; the uppermost stem- 

 leaves narrower, smaller, and often simply pinnate. Elowers 

 white, more or less radiant, in compound usually regular umbels. 



The name of this genus of plants comes from the woi-ds oivoq (oinos), wine, and 

 aidoc (aitthos), a flower, in allusion to the supposed vinous sceut of some of the species. 



Section L— EU-CENANTHE. 



Central flowers of the umbellules subsessile, perfect, exterior 

 flowers radiant, male. Umbel stalked, terminal. Ptoot fasciculate, 

 fibres more or less thickened. 



