37. UMBELLlrERjS. 133 



convex footstalk, panicle racemose. — Land. Journ. Bot. vii. 1. 19. 

 — Sep. patent, oblong, obtuse. Pet. thrice as long as cal., broadly 

 elliptical, punctate. — Head of Glen Caragh, Kerry- Mr. Andrews. 

 Some eiTor. A garden hybrid ? P. VI.] " I. 



Sec. 3. Stems procumbent with opposite 1. and terminal flowers. 



20. S. oppositifoUa (L.) ; st. procumbent, I. opposite oblong 

 obtuse fringed, sep. ciUated without glands, pet. ovate. — E. B. 9. 

 — Very different from our other species. Fl. large, purple. — 

 Damp alpine rocks. P. IV. V. 



2. Chrysosplenixjm Linn. Golden Saxifrage. 



1. C. alternifolinm (L.); I. alternate, lower 1. subreniform 

 hairy crenate upon long stalks. — E. B. 54. St. 12. — Crenatures 

 of the lower 1. emarginate, upper 1. glabrous with the crenatures 

 often rather acute. St. ei'ect, 4 — 5 in. high, branching only near 

 the top. Fl. umbellate, nearly sessile, deep yellow. Stam. 

 usually 8. — Boggy places. P. IV. 



2. C. oppositifoUum (L.) ; 1. opposite,lov/erl. roundish-cordate 

 shortly stalked wavy. — E. B. 490. St. 4. 6. — St. branching from 

 the base, 4 — 6 in. long, decumbent, straggling. Fl. paler and 

 more scattered than in the last. L. usually glabrous, sometimes 

 slightly hairy. Stam. usually 8. — Damp shady places. P. IV. V. 



Order XXXVII. UMBELLIFER^. 



Cal. 5-toothed or entire, adherent to the ovary, limb often ob- 

 solete. Pet. 6, usually inflexed at the point. Stam. 5, inserted 

 with the pet. on the mouth of the calyx. Ovary 2-celled, crowned 

 with a double fleshy disk (stylopode). Styles 2. Fr. consist- 

 ing of 2 carpels (mericarps) adhering by their face (commissure) 

 to a common axis from which they ultimately separate and be- 

 come pendulous. Seed solitary, pendulous. Albumen horny .^ — 

 Inflorescence umbellate. — Each carpel has 5 primary ridges and 

 often 4 intermediate secondary ones with channels between, and 

 in the substance of the pericarp are usually linear receptacles of 

 oil (vittse) under the channels or rarely the ridges. These parts 

 are sometimes either wanting or only shghtly apparent. 



Suborder I. ORTHOSPERMiE. 



Seed or albumen not furrowed in front. Umbels various. 



* Umbels imperfect or simple. 



Tribe I. HYDROCOTYLEJE. Fr. laterally compressed, its 

 back even or acute. 



