37. TTMBBLLirEE^. 145 



Suborder I. ORTHOSPERM^ 



Seed or albumen straight or nearly so. Umbels various. 



' Umbels imperfiict or simple; no fr, -stripes. "No carpophore,^' 



Tribe I. HYBROCOTYLE^. Fr, lateraUy flattened, its 

 back even or acute. Umbel irregular or imperfect. 



1. HYnaocoTYLE. Oal.' inconspicuous. Pet. ovate, entire. 

 Fr. of 2 flat nearly orbicular carpels, eacb with 5 filiform 

 ridges, of which the dorsal and 2 lateral are often inconspi- 

 cuous ; the 2 others arched. Stripes 0. Commissure linear. 



Tr. II. SANICTJLEM. Fr. ovoid; transverse section nearly 

 round. Umbel simple or imperfect. 



2. Saotcula. Cal. of 5 leajlike teeth. Pet. erect, obovate, 

 with a long inflexed connivent point. Fr. subglobose, covei-ed 

 with hooked spines ; ridges ; stripes many. 



3. ASTBANTIA. Cal. of 5 leaflilie teeth. Pet. erect, -with a 

 long inflexed point. Fr, icith 5 plaited dentate ridges ; 

 stripes 0. 



Tr. ni. ERYNOIEJE. Fr. ovoid; transverse section nearly 

 round. Fl. in a head-like umbel. 



4. Ebyngium. Cal. of 6 leaflike teeth. Pet. erect, oblong, 

 with a long inflexed point, Fr. cmered with chaffy scales, 

 without ridges or stripes. 



** Umbels perfect or compound, 



t Carpels with 6 primary ridges only. 



Tr. IV. AMMINEX. Fr. of two pentagonal carpels with 5 

 prominent ridges ; the commissure about as broad as either 

 of the other four sides. 



A. Leaves compound. 



6. CiCiTTA. Cal. of 5 leqflike teeth. Pet. obcordate with an 

 inflexed point. Fr. subdidymous. Carp, with 5 equal broad 

 flattened ridges, the lateral marginal ; stripes solitary. 



6. Apium. Cal. inconspicuous. Pet. roundish entire with an 

 oblique acute or small iuvolute point. Fr. roundish ovoid, 

 didymous. Carp, with 5 filiform equal prominent lidgea 

 and solitary stripes. — Inv. 0. 



7. Pbtrosblixtjm. Cal. minute or inconspicuous. Pet. 

 roundish entire with a narrow incurved point. Fr. ovoid. 

 Carp, with o filiform equal ridges and solitary stripes. Car- 



' By calyx, throughout this Order, the free margin is intended. 



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