500 
GENUS XIII. DASYLOMA. 
Pentandria Digynia. Sex: Syst: 
. Deriv. From Dagsys, thick, and Loma, a fringe, in reference ta 
the ribs of the fruit. : 
Gen. Cuar. Margin of the calyx obsolete: styles short : fruit 
ovate; mericarps semi-ovate, not separating at maturity, with 5 
corky cellular ribs, the three dorsal ones small, the two lateral ones 
large and blunt: vittz: one in each furrow and two in the middle of 
the flat commissure: seed triangular. 
(1) D. Bencarense. (Dec.) 
Edent. Dec. prod. IV, p, 140, 
‘Syn. Seseli Bengalensis, Roxb. fi, Ind. II. p. 94. 
Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 568. 
Spec, Cuar. Annual, erect: stem fistular, smooth; leaves bi- 
pinnate: leaflets smooth, variously cut and divided, few-toothed at 
the apex : umbels opposite the leaves, 6—12-rayed : involucels linear : 
petals ovate, inflected: fruit nearly ‘globular: flowers all fertile. 
Bengal. .Silhet,-on the banks of still waters, 
GENUS XIV. C€NIDIUM. 
Pentandria Digynia, Sex: Syst: 
Deriv, The ancient name of Orach. 
Gen. Cuan. Margin of the calyx obsolete: petals obovate, 
emarginate, with an inflexed point: mericarps with 5 equal winged, 
ribs ;, wings rather membranous ; lateral ribs marginal: vitte one ii 
each furrow, and two in the commissure. 
(1) C. pirrusum. (Deo.) 
Ident. Dee. prod. IV. p. 1538. 
Syn. Tiigusticum diffusum, Roxb. ft. Ind. EH. p. 92. 
Engrav. ‘Wight's Icon. t. 569. 
_ Spec. Cuar. Perennial: stem diffuse, striated: leaves pinnate: 
leaflets pinnatifid: segments cuneated, bluntly toothed at the apex’: 
‘peduncles opposite the leaves: leaflets of the involucre linear, some~ 
what membranous: ribs of the fruit prominent, rather crested, 
roughish from short down: flowers white. ; 
Lower Bengal, flowering in the cold season, Chiefly found in 
ghady moist places, 
