CLASSES, &c. AND GENERA ARRANGED. ciii 



Cau'calis, (Bur parsley.) Fruit elliptic-oblong, compressed across. 

 Seeds with four rows of ascending, awl-shaped, hooked prickles, 

 the interstices prickly or rough. C'al. broad, acute, unequal. 

 Pet. inversely heart-shaped, unequal. Fl. imperfectly sepa- 

 rated. — Page 75. 



To'RiLis, (^Hedge-parsley.') (Part of the Genus, Caucalis. Linn.) 

 Fruit egg-shaped, slightly compressed on the sides. Seeds rib- 

 less, rough with scattered, prominent, ascending, stiff prickles. 

 Cat. short, broad, acute, nearly equal. Pet. inversely heart- 

 shaped, nearly equal. Fl. united. — Page 7.5. 

 Myrrhis (odordta.) See D. 



D. Fruit solid, nearly round, unarmed, ivingless. 



Myrrhis, (Cicely.) Fruit deeply furrowed. Cal. none. Pet. 

 inversely heart-shaped, rather unequal. Floral-receptacle none. 

 Fl. imperfectly separated. — Page 77. 



Bu'nium, (Earth-nut.) Fruit slightly ribbed. Cal. small, acute, 

 unequal. Pet. inversely heart-shaped, equal. Floral-receptacle 

 none. Fl. imperfectly separated. — Page 77. 



CExANTHE, (JVater-droptL'ort.) Fruit ribbed, somewhat spongy. 

 Cal. large, spear-shaped, acute, spreading, unequal. Pet. in- 

 versely heart-shaped, radiant, very unequal. Floral-receptacle 

 dilated, depressed. Fl. separated. ^ — Page 80, 



PiMPiXELLA, (Burnet-sa.vifrage.) Fruit egg-shaped, ribbed, with 

 convex interstices. Styles hair-like, (capillary,) as long as the 

 fruit. Cal. none. Pet. inversely heart-shaped, nearly equal. 

 Floral-receptacle none. Fl. either vmited, or dioecious. — Page 

 83. 



E. Fruit solid, unarmed, wingless, compressed on the side, its cross 

 diameter being at least ticice the breadth of the joining (juncture.) 



SiUM, (PVater-parsnep .) Fruit egg-shaped, or round, ribbed, fur- 

 rowed. Cal. small, acute, unequal, or scarcely distinguishable. 

 Pet. inversely heart-shaped, equal. Styles cylindric, shorter 

 than the petals. Floral-receptacle none. Fl. uniform, united. 

 —Page 78. 



SisoN, (Honewort.) Fruit egg-shaped, or nearly round, (orbicu- 

 lar,) ribbed. Cal. scarcely distinguishable, or blunt. Pet. ellip- 

 tical, or inversely heart-shaped, with a rolled in point, equal. 

 Styles very short and thick. Floral-receptacle none. Fl. 

 uniform, united — Page 79. 



CoNi'UM, (Hemlock.) Fruit egg-shaped, with ten acute ribs, wavy 

 in an unripe state. Cal. scarcely distinguishable. Pet. in- 



