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ridges with membranous wings, parallel, thin ; vittcB solitary or 2 

 together. 



*34 ARCHANCih.iCA, differing mainly in having minute sepals, 

 thicker dorsal and intermediate ridges, no viilce and loose seed. 



Tribe 5. Peuceddnea. — Umbels compound : fruit much dor sally 

 compressed : primary ridges most conspicuous, the lateral ones with 

 broadivings closely face to face, the others slender: vittCB usually obvious. 



35. Peuckdanum. — Leaves pinnate ; bracts absent, few or many ; 

 bracteoles many ; sepals small or inconspicuous ; petals yellow or 

 white, with an inflcxed point ; carpels flat ; lateral ridges forming 

 thin, flat, contiguous, parallel wings ; dorsal &.n6. ijitermediaie ridges 

 slender ; vittce as long as the fruit, linear. 



36. PastinAca. — 

 Leaves pinnate with 

 broad segments ; bracts, 

 bracteoles and calvx-teeth 

 absent ; petals yellow, 

 roundish, entire, with an 

 acute involute point ; 

 lateral ridges of carpels 

 forming thin, flat, distant 

 wings. 



37. Heracleum. — 

 Leaves pinnate with 

 broad segments ; outer 

 flowers irregular ; petals 

 white or pink, obcordate 

 with an mflexed point ; 

 fruit as in Peucidanum, but vittcE short, club-shaped. 



*38. TORDYLIUM. — Leaves pinnate ; bracts^ and bracteoles as 

 many as the pedicels, linear; sepals subulate j/t'/tr/i- white or pink, 

 sometimes 2-lobed, with inflexed tip ; lateral ridges forming thick, 

 flat, contiguous, parallel wings, dorsal and intermediate ridges 

 slender; viftiS i — 3 together. 



Tribe 6. Caucalinece. — Umbels genei-ally compound: secondary 

 ridges inore prominent than the primary, often prickly : vittce solitary, 

 under the secondary ridges. 



39. CoRiANDRUM. — Leaves decompound ; bracts absent ; bracte- 

 oles few, thread-like ; sepals acute ; petals white or pink, j-lobed, 

 often irregular, point inflexed ; fruit globose ; carpels coherent ; 

 ridges low ; vitta obscure ; seed curved. 



40. Daucus. — Leaves decompound ; bracts and bracteoles 



IIVDROC'JTVLI^: Vl-LCAEIS (]1. Iq8) 



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