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12. Cicuta. — Leaves pinnate; bracts few or absent; bracteoles 

 several, small, unequal ; sepals ovate, acute ; petals white, obcor- 

 date, with a long in flexed tip ; carpophore forked ; ridges flat ; 

 vittcB solitary, long. 



*I3. Ammi. — Leaves pinnate ; bracts with 3 — 5 linear segments ; 

 sepals absent ; petals white, obcordate, with a long inflexed tip ; 

 carpophore forked ; ridges slender ; vittce solitary. 



14. Carum. — Leaves pinnate; bracts few or absent; sepals 

 inconspicuous ; petals white, pink, or yellow ; deeply notched 

 with a long inflexed tip ; carpophore forked ; ridges slender, blunt ; 

 vittce solitary, rarely 2 together, as long as the fruit. 



15. Sison. — Resembling Carum, but with the upper leaves less 

 divided, and vittce very short. 



*i6. Falcaria. — Glabrous ; lower leaves ternate, upper pinnati- 

 sect ; bracts and bracteoles many ; flowers white, often imperfect ; 

 petals curved ; vittce solitary ; carpophore forked. 



17. SfuM. — Leaves pinnate ; bracts and bracteoles many; sepals 

 acute ; petals white, entire, with an inflexed tip ; carpophore not 

 forked ; ridges prominent, slender, blunt ; vittce 3 or more 

 together, long. 



18. ^Egopodium. — Leaves biternate ; brads and bracteoles few or 

 absent ; sepals absent ; petals white, broad, unequal, with inflexed 

 tip ; ridges slender ; vittce absent. 



19. Pimpinella. — Leaves pinnate ; brads generally absent ; 

 sepals inconspicuous ; petals white or yellow, deeply notched with 

 a long inflexed tip ; carpophore forked ; ridges slender, prominent ; 

 vittce many together, long. 



*** Fruit more or less beaked : seed grooved in front 



20. Myrrhis. — Leaves decompound; brads absent ; bracteoles 

 membranous ; sepals inconspicuous ; petals white, obcordate with 

 a very short inflexed point ; fruit elongate but hardly beaked ; 

 ridges sharp, prominent, almost winged ; vittce absent. 



21. ChjErophyllum. — Leaves decompound ; bracteoles several ; 

 sepals inconspicuous ; petals white or yellow, obcordate, with 

 inflexed tip ; fruit hardly beaked ; ridges blunt, not prominent ; 

 vittce solitary. 



22. Scandix. — Leaves decompound ; bracteoles several; sepals 

 inconspicuous; petals white, often unequal; fruit 1 — 3 in. long; 

 ridges prominent, blunt. 



Tribe 4. Seselinece — Umbels compound : fruit globose or ovoid, not 

 laterally compressed, prickly nor beaked : commissure broad : primary 

 ridges the most conspicuous : lateral ridges distinct, rarely winged : 

 vittce usually obvious. 

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