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9. Helosciadium. Cal. of 5 small teeth or obsolete. Pet. 

 ovate entire with a straight or incurved point. Fr. ovoid or 

 oblong. Carp, with 5 flliform prominent equal ridges. In- 

 terstices with solitary vittce. Carpophore entire. 



10. SisoN. Cal. obsolete. Pet. broadly obcordate, deeply 

 notched with an inflexed point. Fr. ovoid. Carp, with 5 

 filiform equal ridges. Vittis solitary, clavate. 



11. J3G0PODHJM. Cal. obsolete. Pet. obovate, notched with 

 an inflexed point. Fr. oblong. Carp, with 5 filiform ridges. 

 Interstices without vittce. Stylopode conical. 



12. Carum. Cal. obsolete. Pet. obcordate with a narrow 

 acute inflexed point. Fr. oblong. Carpels with 5 filiform 

 ridges. Vittee solitary. Stylopode depressed. 



13. BuNiuM. Cal. obsolete. Pet. obcordate with a broad 

 obtuse inflexed point. Fr. oblong. Carp, with 5 filiform 

 equal ridges. Vittse 1 — 3 together. Stylopode conical. 



14. PiMPiNELLA. Cal. obsolete. Pet. obcordate with an in- 

 flexed point. Fr. ovoid. Carp, with 6 filiform equal ridges. 

 Vittce 3 or more together. Stylopode tumid. Styles of the 

 fr. divaricated or recurved. — Inv. (rarely of 1 leaf). 



15. SiUM. Cal. of 5 small teeth. Pet. obcordate with an in- 

 flexed point. Fr. ovoid or subdidymous. Carp, with 5 fili- 

 form equal obtuse ridges. Vittee 3 or more together. Sty- 

 lopode depressed or shortly conical. Styles of the fr. divari- 

 cated or recurved. — Inv. universal and partial. 



B. Leaves simple. 



16. BuPLEURUM. Cal. obsolete. Pet. roundish entire with 

 a closely involute broad retuse point. Fr. subdidymous. 

 Carp, with equal, winged, or filiform and sharp, or obsolete 

 ridges. Stylopode depressed. 



Tr. V. SESELINEjE. Section of the fr. rounded or roundish. 

 A. Vittce solitary, between the ribs. 



17. ffiNANTHB. Cal. of 5 lanceolate teeth. Pet. obcordate 

 with an inflexed point. Fr. ovoid-cylindrical or subturbi- 

 nate, crowned with the long erect styles. Carpels more or 

 less corky, with 5 blunt convex ridges. 



18. jEthusa. Cal. obsolete. Pet. obcordate with an acute 

 inflexed point. Fr. shortly ovoid, crowned with the reflexed 

 styles. Carp, with 5 thick acutely-keeled ridges. 



19. FcENicuiiUM. Cal. obsolete. Pet. roundish, entire with 



