UMBELLATiE. 



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somewhat peltate, 5 -partite. Segments cu- 

 neate, with mucronate teeth, p. 5, 6. Shady 

 rills. Boschi di Cannata, Sic. 



Tribe III. HYDRO COTTLE JH. 



376. HYDROCOTYLE. 



1. vulgaris. L. peltate, nearly circular, 

 duplicato-crenate, 9-nerved. Umbels of about 

 5 sessile flowers. Fr. somewhat cordate at the 

 base. Seed with 3 ribs. p. 5, 6. Marshy. 



3. natans. L. cordato-renifoim, some- 

 what peltate, irregmaiiy 9-11-lobed, crenate. 

 Umbel of about 5 flowers, not quite sessile. 

 Seed keeled, with a single nerve, p. 4, 5. 

 Bitches and marshes. Nap. Syrac. Sard. 



Tribe rV. JMMINUM 

 377. BUPLEURUM. 



A. L. attenuate. Plant annual. 

 i. Fruit tubercled. Sp. 1-4. 



ii. Fruit without tubercles. Sp. 5-10. 



B. L. attenuate. Plant perennial. 

 i. Herbaceous. Sp. 11-14. 



ii. Shrubby. Sp. 15-18. 



C. Stem-L. broad at base, and somewhat am- 

 plexicaul. Plant perennial. Sp. 19-33. 



D. L. perfoliate. Plant annual. Sp. 34, 35. 



A. Annual. L. attenuate. 



i. Fruit tubercled. 



1. tenuissimum. Fr. subglobose, dis- 

 tinctly ribbed, nearly or quite sessile. Umbel 

 simple, 3-rayed. Partial bracts 3-5, some- 

 what exceeding flower. Stem erect, branched 

 from base. a. 8, 9. Barren, grassy. 



3. procumbens. Fr. subglobose, distinctly 

 ribbed. Stalks as long as fruit (fig. in ' Fl. Atl.'). 

 Umbel 3-5 -rayed. Partial bracts 5, hardly 

 equaUing flower-stems, tufted, procumbent, a. 

 8, 9. Calaxis, Sard. 



3. glaucum. Fr. subglobose, without vittse 

 and nearly without ribs, stalked. Partial bracts 

 5, lanceolate, cuspidate, serrulate on margin 

 and sometimes on nerves, exceeding flowers. 

 L. lineari-lanceolate. a. 4, 5. Calc. coasts. 

 Narb. Mars. It. 



4. senaicomposituiu. Fr. oblong, without 



vittcc or ribs. Partial bracts lanceolate, cuspi- 

 date, quite entire. L. lanceolate : lower ob- 

 tuse ; upper cuspidate, a. 7, 8. Fields, a. Fr. 

 Nice. Istr. Flor. K. Nap. 



ii. Furrows of Fruit without tubercles. 



5. junceum. Fr. ovato-oblong. Ribs 

 acute. Vittffi 0. Umbel of 3 or 3 rays. Par- 

 tial stalks half as long as frait. Partial bracts 

 lineari-lanceolate, falling short of fruit. L. 

 lineari-lanceolate, cuspidate, 7-nerved. a. 8, 9. 

 Auv. mdt. G. It. 



6. Gerardi. Fr. lineaxi-oblong. Ribs fili- 

 form. Vittse (3, DC). Umbel of about 5 

 rays. Partial stalks as long as fruit. Par- 

 tial bracts 5-7, lanceolato-subulate, cuspidate, 

 exceeding flowers. Branches spreading. L. 

 lineari-lanceolate, acuminate, 3-5 -nerved, a. 

 7-9. Bry fields, mdt. Fr. n. It. Aust. 



7. affine. Fr. oval. Ribs flliform. Fur- 

 rows with a somewhat prominent stripe. Um- 

 bel 3-5-rayed. Partial stalks half as long as 

 fruit. Partial bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 

 exceeding flowers. Secondary bi'anches short, 

 erect. L. lineari-lanceolate, acuminate, 3-5- 

 nerved. a. 7. JJticult. Vienna. 



8. gluiuaceum. Fr. oblong. Ribs acute. 

 Furrows with a single stripe. Partial bracts 

 5, far exceeding flowers, elliptic, cuspidate, pel- 

 lucid, 3 -nerved, without intermediate veins. 

 L. very narrow, 3-nerved. a. Barren fields. 

 Calabria. 



9. Odontites. Fr. oblong. Ribs acute. 

 Fm'rows with a single stripe. Partial bracts 5, 

 far exceeding flowers, aristato-cusjridate, pellu- 

 cid and veinless beyond the lateral nerves. L. 

 Kneari-setaceous, 3-nerved. a. 4, 6. Bry 

 fields. Cal. Sic. 



10. aristatuiu. Fi-. oblong. Ribs acute. 

 Furrows with a single stripe. Partial bracts 5, 

 far- exceeding flowers, aristato-cuspidate, partly 

 herbaceous, and veined beyond lateral nerves. 

 L. spatulato-lanceolate : upper linear, acute, 

 cuspidate, 3-nerved. a. 6, 7- Bry hills, m. 

 and s. Eur. 



B. Perennial. Stem-L. attenuate towards 

 the base. 



i. Herbaceous. 



11. cernuum. "Erect. Branches flaccid, 

 incm'ved. Root-L. oblong. Stem-L. linear, 

 all flaccid, acute, 5-nen'ed. General involucre 

 of about 3 L. ; partial of 5 ; lineari-setaceous, 

 very short, unequal. Umbels generally droop- 

 ing before flowering. Fr. oblong, ribbed. 



