CLASS V. XXIX 



O.toER IE. D'igynia. — 2 Pistils or sessile Stigmas. 



* Corolla l-pctallcl. 



G:xr;\\^. — Cily* 4 or 5-3left. 0>r>lla tor 6 cleft. u^ii'ly with interui- liat • 

 plaited folds, ap >aa.l vr ;d At Vm siniim. Stylo shirt or iion;: stigaijus 

 2. persistent. — Bitter li'irbs, wlt'i so'.it irj or cy>no;e shotOj JIjio :rs. 2S7 



CuJCUtA— Whole plant yellow or red lish, with filif irm-gaked stem*, and 8iQr.ll 



BOales insteal of Leaves. 279 



A.P1CYSUV. — 'Jiilyx 5 part id. Corolla bMl-sbiped, 5 cleft, the b\se furnished' 

 with 5 triangular scales, alternating with the lobes. Aithrs arrow- 

 shaped, adh xim t > the sti^rm. — tfkints with milky acrid juice, opposite 



enlirc letois, and small pale, ft no rs. — Apocyuacie. 25>J 



^AS^'LEPIADACE-E. — Plants with milky jtticeand opposite or whorle il entire 



Leaves, regular^- a -r his I >wers, wkh a singular conueet'.ou of ih : anthers 

 with the stigma, aud cohesion of the pollen-masses into wax-like masses. 200 



1. Ascl: p:.\3. — Ca'yx and corolla refiexed. de>ply 5 parted. Crown of 5 hooded 



lobes, with or without an iuenrved horn rising froiu'lhe base of er.ch. 2':' J 



t. G^nolobu.s. — Corolla rotate, 5-partel. Crown a small wavy-lobed ring. Pol- 

 len-m iss-s 5 pair.-. — T.v.nina. shrubby or herb-icmus plant.*., with greenish- 

 vr purplish Jivtctrs. 233 



* * Corolla b-petaUcd. 



KhucaimA. — Oalyx bell-shaped, coherent with the ovary below. 5-cleft Petals 

 5, small, entire. Capsule with 2 b>aks. l-ce!led. — Fftrbs, wiiJi round 

 keartr&h iped r&dic U leaves, and greenish- white or purplish flowers. 127 



Pasax — Polygamaus. Calyx-teeth obsolete. Styles 2 or 3, short. Pratt a 2 

 or o celled, au 1 2 or 3-so> d d drupe, often fleshy. — Leaves p dm iWy com- 

 pound. Floiojrs tc'iile. in a single simple umbel on a Ivnjpedu/ieie, 143 



t.fUMliEEliTFERiE. — II rbaceoas plants with ho? vow stem*, alternate, mostly 



bomp > mJ leav a, with their p -tio es expanded or sheathin ; at the b.ise. 

 Plovers in umbels, Fruit consisting of 2 coherent carpels. 131 



•Inner face of the seed flat or nearly so. 



T. Uvorootylf,. — Flowers small white in simple umbels or clusters. Fruit 



orbicular, flattened.— Leaves roundish, or kiddey-form. 1S1 



2. Cp.antzia. — Flowers few, in simple invo'u^rate unibjls, white. Fruit glo- 



bular, with red vittaj. — Leaves linear, fleshy. 132 



3. Sanicula. — Flowers in irregular or compound umbels, greonish or yellow- 



ish. Fruit clothed with hooked prickles. — Leaves palmately lobsd or 

 parted. Ic3 



4: Daucus. — Flowers in concave umbels, ^hite. Fruit smooth, the carpels 

 strongly winged on the back and on the edge - — Leaves finely 2 or 3-pin- 

 nate or pinnatifui. 133 



5. IIp.raclf.um. — Flowers white, the marginal somewhat radiant, in large fiat 

 umbels. Fruit broadly wiug-inargined.— Leaves 1 or 2 ternate'y com* 

 pound. 134 



f. Pastinaca. — Flowers yellow, in large fiat umbels. Fruit wing-margined. — 



Leaves pinnately compound. Ifri 



T. AticnANOELiCA. — Flowers greenish or white, in perfect umbels, with a many- 

 leaved involucel. Capsule 3-ridged on the back. — Leaves 1 or 2 pinnately 

 tompound. 134 



8. Thaspium. — Flowers yellow or dark purple. Fruit elliptical or ovoid: cap- 



sule 5-winged. — Leaves 1 to l-ternately compound. lo'O 



9. Zizia. — Flowers yellow, in perfect umbels. Fruit oyal or somewhat twin. 



& ribbed. — Leaves dissected. ' 136 



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