Oofiandrum.'] tMBELLiPEliiE. 135 



the oatpels not readily sepatating, the libs scarcely pfominent, and no 

 vittae. 



The gtaus consists Of a single species. 



1. C. sativum.) Um. ,- DO. ProdAv. 250 ; Wight, Ic.i.hl&. An erect, 

 branching, glabrous annual, 1 to IJ ft. high, emitting a very disagreeable 

 smell when rubbed. Lowest leaves once or twice pinnate, with broadly ovate 

 or cuneate deeply cut segments ; the others more divided, with linear seg- 

 ments, few and slender in the uppermost. Umbels terminal, rather small, of 

 6 to 8 rays, without general involucre, and only a few slender bracts to the 

 partial ones. Mowers white. Emits about 3 lines diameter. 



In waste places, Ranee and others. A native of the Levant, a,nd introduced by cultiva- 

 tion, has now spread as a weed over a great part of Europe and Asia. 



Okder LII. ARALIACEiB. 



Calyx combined with the ovary, either entirely so or showing a minute 

 border round the summit, with as many teeth as petals, Petals usually 4 or 5, 

 or rarely more, valvate or rarely imbricate in the bud, inserted round an 

 epigynous disk, or sometimes none. Stamens as many, alternating with the 

 petals. Ovary inferior, 2- to B- or more ceUed, with one pendulous ovule in 

 each cell. Styles as many as cells, usually short, and sometimes united into 

 one Or rednced to a Small cone, stigmatic at the top. Fruit not readily sepa- 

 rating into Carpels, indehiscent, and usually succulent. Seeds solitary in 

 each cell. Embryo minute, in a fleshy albumen.-^Trees, shrubs, or climbers, 

 or very rarely herbs. Leaves simple or compound. Flowers usually small, 

 in heads or simple umbels, which are either solitaiy or arranged in racemes 

 or pailicles. 



A considerable Order, chiefly tropical, with a Very few spCcieS extending into more tem- 

 perate regions, both in the New World and the Old. 



Leaves twice or thrice pinnate. Petals imbricate. Styles free . . i 1. Abalia. 

 Leaves digitate, totals valvate. Styles united in a cone .... 2. PaeatbOPIA. 

 Leaves entire or lobed. Petals valvate. Styles united in a cone . . 3. Dendeopanax. 



1. AKALIA, Linn. 



Flowers polygamous. Umbels paniculate. Calyx distinctly S-toothed.. 

 Petals 5, imbricate in the bud. Styles 2 to 5, free. Berry 2- to 5-celled. — 

 Ti-ees, shrubs, or herbs. Leaves decompound, usually tvrice or thrice pinnate, 

 very rarely digitate,. 



A small genus, dispersed over North America and eastern Asia, 



1, A. chinensis, Linn. ; DG. Prod. iv. 259, A tree, with the branches, 

 leaves, and intiorescences more or less villous, and armed with scattered prickles. 

 Leaves twice or three times pinnate, usually with 7 to 9 pinnae, and 7 to 11 

 leaflets on each, or some of these replaced by a secondary pinna of 3 or 6 

 leaflets. Leaflets nearly sessile on the common stalks, ovate-cordate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, simply or doubly serrate, about 1|- in. long, often oblique at the 

 base. Flowers 20 to 30 or more in each umbel ; the umbels pedunculate, on 



