sxxiv GENERA. 



hding a flower. Pet. roundisli, ?/e/Zo?y, with a broad, involute, retuse appendage. L. entire! 

 The Kernel in some species is slightly curved, p. 143. 



278. CICTJTA. Cal. of 5 leafy teeth. Partial Bracts several, unequal. Tl. nearly regu- 

 lar, all perfect. Sti'ipe solitary in each furrow of the fruit. A perennial, fetid, poisonous, 

 aquatic plant, icith a hollow stem and ternato-tripinnate L. p. 144. 



279. PTYCHOTIS. Cal. of 5 small teeth. Partial Bracts several. Appendage rising 

 transversely from middle of the obovate, emarginate petal. Stripe solitary. Stem-L. divided 

 into capillary segments, p. 1-15. 



280. PALCAEIA. Cal. of 5 teeth. Partial Bracts half surrounding the umbellule. Pet. 

 with an inflexed, terminal appendage. Stripe solitary. L. ternate and again divided on one 

 side to the midrib. Margin cartilaginous, p. 145. 



281. HELOSCIADIUM. Teeth of Cal. small. Partial Bracts several. Pet. entire. Stripe 

 solitary. Plants with creeping stems and pinnate L. In H. inuudatum and H. crassipes there 

 is no calyx. The other species might well he reunited to Slum. p. 145. 



282. SIUM. Cal. of 5 teeth. Pai'tial Bracts several. Pet. emarginate. Stripes more than 

 one in each fm-row. Smooth aquatic plants, with pinnate L. p. 145. 



283. AMMI. Cal. obsolete. General and partial Bracts pinnatifid. Pet. radiant, 2-lobed. 

 Stripe solitary. PI. all fertile. Kernel somewhat curved. L. decompound : segments linear. 

 Haiit of Dancws. p. 145. 



284. GASPARRIWIA. Cal. obsolete. Some of the General Bracts divided; partial 

 setaceous. Pet. entire, involute at the tip. Stripe solitary. Kernel somewhat curved. L. de- 

 compound, with short, linear, acute segments, p. 146. 



285. PETEOSELIWUM. Cal. 0. General Bracts 0-2; partial many: all simple. 

 Pet. roundish, nearly entire, uniform. Stripe soKtary. Stylopode crenulate. Carpophore entire. 

 Parsley, p. 146. 



286. SISOM". Cal. obsolete. General and Partial Bracts each about 3, undivided. Pet. 

 deeply divided. Pr. roundish. Stripe solitary, short. Stigma nearly sessile. L. pinnate or 

 bipinnate. Lts. of upper L. deeply divided, p. 146. 



287. BUWIUM. Cal. obsolete. General Bracts simple or wanting; partial more than 1. 

 Pet. obcordate, with a short appendage. Pr. ovato-oblong. Stripes 1-3 in each furrow. Root 

 with a subglobidar tuber. Stem becoming very thin downwards. L. decompound and divided : 

 segments linear. Includes Carum, e.tcept C. Carui. B. flesuosum sometimes wants the partial 

 bracts, and the kernel is distinctly channeled, p. 146. 



288. CIlYPTOT.ZB]SriA. Cal. obsolete. Bracts single or wanting. Pet. ovate. Fr. 

 oblong. Stripes many, deeply seated. L. ternate. Lts. ovate, p. 146. 



289. PIMPINELLA. Cal. obsolete. Bracts 0. Pet. emarginate. Fr. ovoid. Stripes 

 many, superficial. Root-L. pijinate. Stem-L. more divided. Fl. in one species yellow. Fr. 

 in four other species hairy, p. 146. 



290. APIUM. Cal. obsolete. Partial Bracts 0. Pet. nearly circular, entire. Fr. sub- 

 rotund. Stripe solitary (in the lateral furrows triple, Lindley) . Fl. uniform, greenish. L. pin- 

 nate : Biv. cuneiform, incise, p. 147. 



291. CARUM. Cal. obsolete. Partial Bracts 0. Appendage of Pet. narrow. Fi-. oval. 

 Stripe solitary. L. bipinnate. Louver Lts. close to stalk and turned forward, p. 147. 



292. JEGOPODIIJM. Cal. 0. Partial Bracts 0. Fr. attenuate towards the co- 

 nical stylopode. Stripe 0. Lower L. biternate ; upper ternate. Lts. broad, acuminate. 

 p. 147. 



293. TE.INIA. Bicccious! Cal. 0. Partial Bracts few or none. Pet. of barren Fl. 

 lanceolate; of fertile ovate: both with appendage. Stripe 1 or 0. Much branched. L. bi- 

 pinnate: Biv. triternate ; Segm. linear, p. 147. 



