civ CLASSES, &c. AND GENERA ARRANGED. 



versely heart-shaped, shghtly unequal. Stylen a httle swollen at 

 the base. Floral-receptacle dilated, depressed, wavy, permanent. 

 Fl. slightly irregular, united. — Page 80. 



Smy'rnium, (^Alexanders.) Fruit broader than long, hollow at 

 each side, with six, sharp ribs, at the back (dorsal ;) interstices 

 convex. Cal. very small, acute. Pet. equal, spear-shaped, 

 curved inwards, or inversely heart-shaped. Styles swollen, de- 

 pressed at the base. Floral-receptacle none. Fl. nearly regu- 

 lar) partly barren. — Page 81. 



'Apium, {Parsley.) Fruit roundish-egg-shaped, with six, shai-p 

 ribs, at the back (dorsal ;) interstices flat. Cal. scarcely distin- 

 guishable. Pet. roundish, with a point bent inwards ; jiet. very 

 nearly equal. Styles gi'eatly swollen at the base. Floral-recep- 

 tacle thin round, (orbicuLu",) wavy. Fl. nearly regular, united. 

 —Page 82. 



^gopo'dium, (Gout-iceed.) Fruit elliptic -oblong, with equal- 

 distant ribs ; interstices fiattish. Cal. none. Pet. inversely 

 heart-shaped, broad, a little unequal. Styles egg-shaped, at the 

 base. Floral-receptacle none. Fl. united, all perfect, slightly 

 radiant. — Page 82. 



Cni'dium, (^Pejiper -saxifrage.) Peucedanum. Linn. Fruit egg- 

 shaped, acute, with equal-distant, very sharp ribs ; interstices 

 deep, hollow; joining (juncture) contracted. Cal. none. Pet. 

 equal, inversely egg-shaped, or inversely heart-shaped. Styles 

 hemispheric at the base ; subsequently lengthened out, spread- 

 ing, cylindric. Floral-receptacle annular, (ring-like,) thin, 

 waved, erect ; afterwards depressed. Fl. imperfectly separated, 

 nearly regular. — Page 83. 



BuPLEURUM, {Hare' s-ear, or Thorough-wax.) Fruit egg-shaped- 

 oblong, blunt, with prominent, sharp, abrupt ribs; interstices 

 flat; joining (juncture) contracted. Cal. none. Pet. equal, 

 broadish-wedge-shaped, very short, rolled inwards. Styles very 

 short, not extending beyond the circumference of their broad, 

 swollen bases. Floral-receptacle none. Fl. all perfect, regular. 

 —Page 84. 



Hydroco'tyle, {fFhite-root.) Fruit nearly round, (orbicular,) 

 rather broader than long, angular, much compressed ; joining 

 (juncture) very narrow. Cal. none. Pet. equal, egg-shaped, 

 spreading, undivided. Styles cylindric, shorter than the 

 stamens; swollen at the base. Floral-recpptacle none. Fl. aW. 

 perfect, regulai'. — Page 81. 



