38. HBDBRACE^. 39. COEITACE^. ' 163 



89. Smtr'nitm: Linn. Alexanders. 



1. S. Olusdtnim (L.) ; st. terete, stem-1, temate stalked ser- 

 rate.—^. B. 230.— St. 3—4 feet high, stout, branched, leafy, 

 furrowed. Radical 1. very large, 3 — 4 times temate ; all with 

 large membranous sheaths and large ovate shining cut and serrate 

 leaflets. Fl. greenish yellow in rounded often dense umbels. 

 Fr. nearly black, aromatic. — Waste ground and near ruins. 

 B. ? V. VI. E. S. I. 



Suborder III. Ccelospermm. Tribe XIII. Coriandrea. 



40. CoKiAif'DETrM Linn. Coriander. 



[1. C. sativum {L.}.—K B. 67.— St. 12— T8 in. high, leafy, 

 round, striate. L. bipinnate, cut, with broad roundish or wedge- 

 shaped segments ; upper 1. more divided with linear segmenfa. 

 Fl. white, — Fields and waste places, scarcely naturalized. A. 

 VI.] E. S. 



Order XXXVHI. HEDEEACE^. 



Cal. 4 — 6-toothed, adnate to the ovary. Pet. 5 — 16, rarely 

 wanting; valvate in the bud. Stam. as many as the pet. and 

 alternate with them or twice as many, inserted below the margin 

 of an epigynous disk. Ovary with 2 or more cells. Styles as 

 many as the cells. Fr. succulent or dry, of several cells each 

 with 1 pendulous seed. Albumen fleshy. Embryo minute (not 

 so in our Sederd). — L. alternate without stipules. 



1. Hbdbba. Cal. superior, limb of 5 teeth. Pet. 5^10, not 

 cohering at the apex. Stam. 5 — 10. Styles 5 — 10, conni- 

 vent or combined into one. Berry 5-celled and 5-seeded, 

 crowned with the calyx. 



1. Hed'era. Linn. Ivy. 



1. H. SMix (L.) ; 1. coriaceous ovate or cordate and 5-lobed, 

 lobes angular, umbels simple downy erect. — E. B. 1267. — 

 Climbing by means of rootlike fibres. L. of the flowering 

 branches ovate-oblong, acute, entire. Berries black. Embryo 

 like that of Cornaceo'. — Ivy found in Ireland has been supposed 

 to be JS. canariensis. J.ofE. iii. t. 32. — Rocks, old walls, hedg-es. 

 Sh. X. XI. E. S. I, 



Order XXXIX. COENACEiE. 



Cal. 4-lobed, adnate to the ovary. Pet. 4, oblong, broad at 

 the base, inserted at the top of the calyx-tube ; valvate in the 

 bud. Stam. 4, Ovary 2-ceIled. Style fllifoiro. Fruit a drupe. 



