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PEXTAXDKIA TiilGYMA 



keeled. Channels without r//Y<r. Commissure with 2 m'ffB. * ^u 

 concave on the face, covered with a loose membrane. Involucre I 

 leaved, or 0. Involucels dimidiate, er unilateral, about 9-leaved 



1. C. sativum, L. Leaves pscudo-bi pinnate ; segme?its of thelo-> 

 ones broad-cuneate, incised-dentate, of the upper ones narrow and 

 Unear ; carpels hemispherical DC. 1. c. ' ; 



Co.vmon CoitiAXDHUM. Vulgo — Coriander. 

 Gallic^- Coriandre. Germanioc-/;<>r Koriander. Hispanice- CilAntr 



Root annual. Stem 1 to 2fcet high, rather slendi r, striate, smooth, a little branch. 

 ei at summit. Leaves smooth; segments of the lower ones broad.tcith around 

 ri outline at apex, sub-lobed and incised- toothed, cuneate at bc.se; upper on 

 much dissected, with the segments linear. Umb< Is spreading, 3 fo 5-i-av«d 1° ** 

 lucre of \ subulate leaf % sometimes 0. Umbellets of numerous short unequal rav' 



several of them abortive. Involuci Is of about [i unilateral subulate leaves a 'l 

 as the rays of the umb< Ui ts. Calyx with 5 acute teeth, 2 or 3 o/ ///«•„, tor rer I>'* 

 Ulfl Whit*, With a tinge of purple ; the outer ones enlarged, Id /id, or 2-lobe,> }V " 

 roundish-ovoid, mucronate by the conical base <f the styles. Carpels very cot 

 on the face, cohering by tin ir margins, so as to for,,:, apparently, a simple globoV* 

 fruit. Commissure with 2 linear-lanceolate vitt® in a loose membrane on th • fl 

 of the seed. c y«t<* 



Hab. Gardens: frequent. Fl. June-July. Fr. August-September. 



Obs. This is occasionally cultivated for its aromatic fruit,— uhich is <fu 

 WMd by the pastry Cook, and the Confectioner, -and also to impart a flavor to \inc 

 tures, 4c It ts the only ascertained sjxeies of the genus. 



OMygonum erectum. P. virginianum, ami P. amphibium. Oclandria Trigyni£\ 



Order a. Trigynia. 



a- Ovary inferior: Corolla mono pet alous. 



157. VIBURNUM. /.. JV>utt. Gen. 290. 

 [A name borrowed from the Latin Classics; Etymology obscure.] 



Valyx with the limb small, 6-toottod, persistent. Corolla rotate sub- 

 campanulate, or tubular ; limb 5-lobed. Stamens sqaU, longer 'than 

 the corolla. Stigmas mostly sessile. Berrv (or rather Drupe) oval 

 •r subglobose, by abortion 1-seedcd, crowned by the teeth of the calvx' 

 Seed compressed. 



Shrubs: branches mostly opposite ; leaves simple, opposite, pctiolate ; flowers 

 eyimse, terminal. Nat. Ord. 191. Lindl. Caprifoliace*. 



1. V. pituxiFouux, In Leaves roundish-oval, ovftte, orobovate ob- 

 tuse, or sometimes rather acute, serrulate; petioles margined, even • 

 cymes sessile. Beck, Bot. p. 156. 



Pliw-uatzs Vibuiiyum. Vulgd— Black Haw. Sloe. 



Stem 3 to 12 or 15 feet high, much branched, with numerous lateral sours, or abor- 

 tive branches; young branches virgate, glabrous, fuscous. Leaves 1 to 2 inches lone, 

 and nearly as wide as long, more or less orbicular, varying from ovate to oral and 

 Novate obtuse or with a very short abrupt point, finely serrate, smooth ; petioles 

 «nz third to half an inch long, with a narrow even margin. Cymes sessile, termi- 



