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12. CicuTA. — Zt'<;fw pinnate; lo-aiis few or absent; hracteoles 

 several, small, unequal ; sepals ovate, acute ; petals white, obcor- 

 date, with a long inflexed tip ; carpophore forked ; ridges flat ; 

 vittce solitary, long. 



*13. Am-MI. —Leaves pinnate ; /vyrA- with 3^ — 5 linear segments ; 

 sepals absent ; petals white, obcordate, with a long inflexed tip ; 

 carpophore forked ; ridges slender ; vittce solitary. 



14. Carum. — Leaves pinnate; /v(7i-/y few or absent; sepals 

 inconspicuous ; petals white, pink, or yellow ; deeply notched 

 with a long inflexed tip ; carpophore forked ; ridges slender, blunt ; 

 viiicB solitary, rarely 2 together, as long as the fruit. 



15. SisoN. — Resembling Ca'/v^w, but with the upper /c(7zw less 

 divided, and vittce very short. 



*i6. Falcaria. — Glabrous; lower leaves ternate, upper pinnati- 

 sect ; bracts and bracteoles many ; flo-ivers while, often imperfect ; 

 petals curved ; vittie solitary ; carpophore forked. 



17. SfuM. — Leaves pinnate ; bracts and bracteoles many; sepals 

 acute ; p-etals white, entire, with an inflexed tip ; carpophore not 

 forked ; ridges prominent, slender, blunt ; vittte 3 or more 

 together, long. 



iS. .-Egopodiu.m. — Leaves biternate ; bracts icc\ii bi-acteoles few or 

 absent ; sepals absent ; petals white, broad, unequal, with inflexed 

 tip ; ridges slender ; vittic absent. 



19. PiMPjNKi.i.A. — Leaves ]iinnate; bracts generally absent; 

 sepals inconspicuous ; petals white or yellow, deeply notched with 

 a long mflexed tip; carpophore forked ; ;'/(4'£'j" .slender, prominent ; 

 Z'/ttie many together, long. 



*** Fruit more or less beaked : seed grooved lu pro/il 



20. MvRRHis. — Leaves decompound; bracts ah&ent ; bracteoles 

 membranous; sepals inconspicuous ; petals white, obcordate with 

 a very short inflexed point ; fruit elongate but hardly beaked ; 

 ridges sharp, prominent, almost winged ; zvVAj.absent. 



21. Ch-Erophvllum. — Leaves decompound ; bracteoles several ; 

 sepals inconspicuous ; petals white or yellow, obcordate, with 

 inflexed tip ; fruit hardly beaked : ridges blunt, not prominent ; 

 vittce solitarv. 



22. Sc.ANDlx. — Leaves decompound; bracteoles 5tvtir&\; sepals 

 inconspicuous; petals white, often unequal; yruit i — 3 in. long; 

 ridges prominent, blunt. 



Tribe 4. Seselinecc — Umbels coinpouiui : fruit globose or ovoid, not 

 laterally compressed, prickly iior beaked : couimisjsure broad : primary 

 ridges the most conspicuous : lateral ridges distinct, rarely winged : 

 vittcB usually obvious, 

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