168 38. HBDEEACEJE. — 39. COENACEiE. 



furrowed. Radical 1. very large, 3 — 4 times ternate ; all with 

 large membranous sheaths and large ovate shining cut and serrate 

 leaflets. Fl. greenish yellow in rounded often dense umbels. 

 Fr. nearly black, aromatic. — Waste ground and near ruins. 

 B. V. VI. E. S. I. 



Suborder III. CoelospernKe. Tribe XIII. Coriandreip. 



40. Coeian'dktjm: Linn. Coriander. 



[1. C. sativum (L.).—R B. 67.— St. 12—18 in. high, leafy, 

 round, striate. L. bipinnate, cut, with broad roundish or wedge- 

 shaped segments ; upper 1. more divided with linear segments. 

 Fl. white. — Waste places, scarcely naturalized. A. VI.J E. S. 



Order XXXVIII. HEDEEACE^. 



Oal. 4 — 5-toothed, adnate to the ovary. Pet. 5 — 16, rarely 

 wanting ; valvate in the bud. Stam. as many as the pet. and 

 alternate with them or twice as many, inserted below the margin 

 of an epigynous disk. Ovary with 2 or more cells. Styles as 

 many as the cells. Fr. succulent or dry, of several cells each 

 with 1 pendulous seed. Albumen fleshy. Embryo minute (not 

 so in our Hederd). — L. alternate without stipules. 



1. Hbdeha. Oal. superior,51imb of 5 teeth. Pet. 6 — 10, not 

 cohering at the apex. Stam. 5 — 10. Styles 6 — 10, conni- 

 vent or combined into one. Berry 5-celled and 6-seeded, 

 crowned with the calyx. 



1. Hbd'eea lAnn. Ivy. 



1. H. Hilix (L.) ; 1. coriaceous ovate or cordate and 6-lobed, . 

 lobes angular, umbels simple downy erect. — E. B. 1267. — 

 Climbing by means of rootlike fibres. L. of the flowering 

 branches ovate-oblong, acute, entire. Berries black. Embryo 

 like that of CornacecB. — Rocks, old walls, hedges. Sh. X. XI. 



E. S. I. 



Order XXXIX. COENACE^. 



Cal. 4-lobed, adnate to the ovary. Pet. 4, oblong, broad at 

 the base, inserted at the top of the calyx-tube ; valvate in the 

 bud. Stam. 4. Ovary 2-celled. Style filiform. Fruit a drupe, 

 crowned with the remains of the calyx. Seed pendulous, soli- 

 tary. Embryo in the axis of fleshy albumen and as long as it. 

 — Leaves opposite, exstipulate. 



