150 37. VUBm/LlFE-RS. 



Sulsorder IH. OCELOSPERM^. 

 Seed with the base and apex curved inwards. 



Tr, Xin. COBIAWBIti:^. Fr. globose or AidjmouB. Primary 

 ridges of the carpels often inconspicuous, secondary more 

 prominent, all without wings. 



[40. CoEiANDBUM. Cal. of 5 teeth. Pet. obcordate with an 

 inflexed point, outer ones radiant and bifid. Fr. globose. 

 Oarp. scarcely separating, the primary ridges inconspicuous, 

 the 4 secondary conspicuous p'omineat keeled ; interstices- 

 without stripes ; commissure with 2 stripes.} 



Suborder I. Orthosperma. Tribe I. Hifdrocotyleae. 



1. Htdeocot'tle iirare. Pennywort. 



1. H. vulgaris (L.); 1. peltate nearly circular O-veined doubly 

 crenate, petioles pilose, umbels 3 — 6-n., fr. emarginate below. — 

 E. B. 7.51. — Fl. and fr. almost sessile. Umbels or rather heads 

 often proliferous in the centre and bearing a second head. St. 

 creeping extensively. L. upon stalks which considerably exceed 

 the peduncles. Ripe fr. with purplish dots. — ^Bogs and marshy 

 places. P. v.— Vin. E. S. L 



Tribe II. Saniculece. 



2. Sanic'tjla Linn. Saniole. 



1. S. europm'a (L.) ; lower L palmate 3 — 5-lobed, lobes trifid 

 unequally serrate, fertile fl. sessile, barren fl. slightly stalked. — 

 E. B. 98. — Umbels many, capitate, in an irregular slightly um- 

 bellate panicle. Styles persistent, reflexed. Fr. covered with 

 hooked prickles. St. ascending about a foot high. — Woods and 

 thickets. P. VI. Vn. E. S. I. 



3. AsTRiN'iiA Linn. 



Jl. A. mdfor (L.) ; lower 1. palmately 5 — 7-fid, lobes oblong 

 acute unequally incise-serrate, inv.-l. entire, cal. -teeth ovate- 

 lanceolate narrowed to an acute point. — E. B. 8. 2990. St. 29. 

 8. — Inv. equalling the umbel, usually straw-coloured. Oal.- 

 teeth exceeding petals. — Woods in " hilly districts. Above 

 Stokesay Castle, near Ludlow, where ]\Ir. Borrer considered it 

 to have been introduced " ages ago." P. VI. — VIII. E. 



