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Suborder III. CCELOSPERM^. 



Seed witli the base and apex curved inwards. 



Ti.Xni. CORIANDRE^. Fr. globose or iiAjmona. Primary 

 ridgea of tbe carpels often inconspicuous, seeondaiy more 

 prominent, all witbout wings. 



[40. CoEiANDBtTM. Gal. of 6 teeth. Pet. obcordate with an 

 inflexed point, outer ones radiant and bifid. Fr. globose. 

 Carp, scarcely separating, the primary ridges inconspicuous, 

 the 4 secondary conspicuous prominent keeled ; interstices 

 without stripes ; commissure with 2 stripes.] 



Suborder I. OrthospernKB . Tribe I. Hydrocotylece. 



1. Hxdeocoi'tlb Linn. Pennywort. 



1. H. vulgdris (L.) ; 1. peltate nearly circular 9-veined doubly 

 crenate, petioles pilose, umbels 3 — 6-fl., fr. emarginate below. — 

 F. B. 751. — Fl. and fr. almost sessile. Umbels or rather heads 

 often prohferous in the centre and bearing a second head. St. 

 creeping extensively. L. upon stalks which considerably exceed 

 the peduncles. Ripe fr. with purplish dots. — Bogs and marshy 

 places. P. v.— YII. E. S. t 



Tribe II. Saniculea. 



2. Sanio'ula Linn. Sanicle. 



1. S. europ<s'a (L.) ; lower 1. palmate 3 — 5-lobed, lobes trifid 

 unequally serrate, fertile fl. sessile, barren fl. slightly stalked. — 

 F. B. 98. — Umbels many, capitate, in an ii-regular slightly um- 

 bellate panicle. Styles persistent, reflexed. Fr. covered with 

 hooked prickles. St. ascending about afoot high. — Woods and 

 thickets. P. VI. VII. E.S.I. 



3. Asikan'tia Linn. 



Jl. A. major (L.) ; lower 1. palmately 6 — 7-fld, lobes oblong 

 acutely unequally incise-serrate, inv.-l. entire, cal. -teeth ovate- 

 lanceolate narrowed to an acute point. — F. B. 8. 2990. St. 29. 



8, inv. equalling the umbel, usually straw-coloured. Cal.- 



teeth exceeding petals. — Woods in hiUy districts. Above 

 Stokesay Oastle, near Ludlow, where Mr. Borrer considered it 

 to have been introduced " ages ago." P. VI.— VIII. E. 



