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c. Fruit with secondary ridges. 

 Tribe VIII. SILEMNEM. 



326. SILEB. Cal. of 5 teeth. Bracts 0, or deciduous. Fr. lenticular. Stripe solitary. 

 L. triternate. Lis. subrotund. p. 154. 



327. KRUBEKA. Cal. of 5 teeth. General Bracts 3-5; partial 4-5. Fr. lenticular: 

 ridges pHcato-crenate. No stripe. L. muUifid: segments short, linear, p. 154. 



Tribe IX. THAPSIE^. 



328. THAPSIA. Cal. of 5 teeth. Bracts deciduous. Lateral secondary nerves alone 

 winged. Wings entire. Stripe solitary. Umbel large, many-rayed. Fl. yellow. L. much 

 divided ; the upper ones reduced to the sheathing stalk, p. 154. 



329. LASEKPITIUM. Cal. of 5 teeth. Bracts numerous, permanent. Each secondary 

 ridge furnished with a membranous wing. L. decompound. Umbels large, of many rays. Fl. 

 white, except in two species, where they are yellowish, with a purple border, p. 1 54. 



Tribe X. DAUCINEJE. 



330. DATJCtJS, Cal. of 5 teeth. Bracts numerous, pinnatifid. Fr. slightly compressed. 

 Pr. of the ridges in a simple series. Umbel of the Fl. flat. Fl. often becoming yellow in 

 drying, p. 155. 



331. OELAYA. Cal. of 5 teeth. Pet. radiant. Partial Bracts many. Fr. compressed. 

 Pr. of the secondary ridges in 2 or 3 series. Stripe single. Annual plants. L. multifid. Segm. 

 linear. Fl. white, radiant ; those of the disc barren, p. 157. 



Sect. II. Kernel curved. 

 Tribe XI. CAVCALmEM. 



332. CAUCALIS. Cal. of 5 teeth. Partial Bracts lanceolate, spreading. Fl. radiant; 

 those of the disc ban-en. Secondary Ridges prickly. Stripe solitary. L. multifid. p. 158. 



333. TOBILIS. Cal. of 5 teeth. Partial Bracts 5-8, lanceolate, ciliate. Fl. somewhat 

 radiant. Secondary Ridges replaced by an abundance of prickles. L. bipinnate, pinnatifid : 

 teminal segments generally lengthened, p. 158. 



Tribe XII. EL^OSELINEM 



334. EL^OSELIBTUM. Teeth of Cal. lanceolate, acuminate. Styles, during the 

 flowering, very short. Wings of dorsal Ridges narrower. A Stripe imder each ridge. Boot- 

 L. digitate, decompound. Lts. multifid. Segm. short, setaceous, p. 158. 



Tribe XIII. SCANBICTNEM 



335. SCAWDIX. Beak as long or longer than seed. Ridges obtuse. Cal. obsolete. 

 Partial Bracts 2-5. Fits, somewhat radiant ; outer barren. Annuals. L. finely divided, p. 158. 



336. ANTHRISCUS. Beak not half as long as seed. Ridges apparent only on beak, 

 Cal. obsolete. Bracts various. Fl. equal ; outer fertile. L. decompound : segments li- 

 near, p. 158. 



337. PHYSOCAULIS. Beak 0. Fr. subcylindrical, rough with tubercles and incurved 

 bristles, contracted at the top. Ridges very obtuse. Style very short. Cal. obsolete. Par- 

 tial Bracts 5. Fl. equal ; all fertile. Stem swelled at the knots. L. bipinnate. Lts. ovate. 

 Differs from Torilis in having no calyx, p. 159. 



338. CH^EOPHYLLUM. Beak 0. Fr. oblong or linear : ridges very obtuse. Stripe 

 solitary. Style ffliform. Cal. obsolete. Partial Bracts reilexed. Fl. somewhat radiant ; outer 

 barren. L. decompound, p. 159. 



339. BIASOLETTIA. Beak 0. Fr. oblongo-lanceolate : ridges acute and somewhat 

 winged, equal. Furrows flat. Stripe solitary. Cal. obsolete. Partial Bracts spreading. L. 

 bipinnate, pinnatifid: segments lanceolate and linear, p. 160. 



