196 UIMBELLfFER.'E,. 



23. Sl^;sF.T,i. — Leaves 2-, 3-, or more, pinnate ; bracteolcs many, 

 entire ; sepals small, acute ; pilals white, obcordate with long 

 indexed tip ; //•////'slightly dorsally compressed , (■(///c/Z/t'/rforked ; 

 ridges thick, blunt, prominent ; vitliv. soKtary or 2 together ; seed 

 flat in front. 



24. l''i'.Ni'cui,UiM. -- Leaves decompound; hraets and hi-acleohs 

 absent ; sepals inconspicuous ; peials yellow, roundish, with a sli<;rt, 

 blunt, infiexed tip; carpapliore forked; ridges prominent, blunt; 

 viitee solitary. 



25. Cri'thmum. Flesliy ; leaves 2 — ;^-ternate ; /'/-(/rA- and Z'/v/t- 

 teoles many, short ; sepals incons[)icuous ; peials minute, white, 

 broad, with long infiexed tip ; carpeiphore fprked ; ridges thick, acute, 

 slightly winged ; villa many ; seed loose, flat 111 front. 



26. CExANTHi'.. — Leieves pinnate; Iraels few or none ; Iraeleeiks 

 many, whorled ; ,v(/'(//.i" lanceolate ; peials white, obcordate with 

 long inllexed tip ; earpophnre absent ; styles sub-erect ; ridges lilunt, 

 the lateral ones forming a corky rim round the carpel ; Jeilhe 

 solitary ; seed flat in front. 



27. ^vmus.\, differing mainly in having the hraels ^wdibraelenles 

 drooping and all on one side, a slender forked earpaplmre, and 

 re flexed slyles. 



*2 8. SfLER. — Leaves 3-tcrnate ; bracts i— 3 ; braeleoles sexeral ; 

 .vt/a/j- distinct ; /(/(/A olri>\ale, with inllexed tip ; y/v/// dorsally 

 compressed; 7<itteE one under each secondary ridge. 



29. SiLAUS. — Zca/w decompound ; br<ieteiPes many; sepals in- 

 conspicuous ; /('/(//j- yellowish, broad, with incurved tip ; earpophore 

 forked ; ridges slightly winged ; vitteP- many, obscure ; seed Hat in 

 front. 



30. MiaiM. — Leaves decompound; braels linear; braeleoles 

 many ; sepals inconspicuous ; petals yellowish, narrowed at both 

 ends, infiexed ; carpophore forked ; /////'/ much as in Silaus, but 

 dorsally compressed ; seed concave in front. 



31. H.\L6scf/\s. — Leaves I — 3-ternate" ; bracts few; braeleoles 

 many ; sepals invdW ; /cA/A white or pink, with short claw, notched, 

 with long inllexed point ; larpophore forked ; ridges acute, some- 

 what winged ; vittce 2 or more together ; j^tri/ almost flat in fionr. 



32. SRiiNU.M. — Leaves 2-pinnate; ^/'^^'A usually absent; braeleoles 

 many, subulate ; sepals inconspicuous ;, petals white, obcordate, 

 notched, inllexed ; carpophore forked ; ,/V"'/ dorsally compressed ; 

 ridges with membranous wings, the lateral longest, diverging ; jv'/At' 

 solitary. 



33. AngeliC/\. —L^eaves 2-ternate ; bracts few ; bracte(>les many ; 

 sepals inconspicuous ; petals white, notched, with short inllexed 

 ti[) ; earpophore ftjrked ; /rait much dorgally compressed ; lateral 



