UMBEL LIFERS. 
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39. Conium. Cal. obsolete. Pet. obconlate with a short 
indexed point. Fr. ovate, laterally compressed. Carp, with 
5 prominent wavy or crenate ridges, the lateral marginal. 
Interstices striated : vittac 0. 
40. Physospekmum. Cal. of 5 teeth. Pet. obcordate with 
an indexed point. Fr. laterally compressed. Carp, reniform- 
globose, didymous, with 5 filiform slender equal ridges, the 
lateral within the margin. Interstices toith single vittce. 
41. Smyrnidm. Cal. obsolete. Pet. lanceolate or elliptical, 
entire, with an indexed point. Fr. laterally compressed. 
CarpTreniform-oblong, didymous, with 3 dorsal prominent 
sharp ridges and 2 lateral marginal nearly obsolete ones. In- 
terstices with many vittcs. 
Suborder III. CCELOSPERM.*E. 
Seed with the base and apex curved inwards in front. 
Tr. XI. CORIANDREM. Fr. globose or didymous. Pri- 
mary ridges of the carp, often obsolete, secondary more pro- 
minent, all apterous. 
42. Coriandrum. Cal. of 5 teeth. Pet. obcordate with an 
indexed point, outer ones radiant and bifid. Fr. globose. 
Carp, with the primary ridges obsolete, the 4 secondary 
conspicuous prominent keeled. Interstices without vittae. 
Commissure with 2 vittae. 
Suborder I. Orthospermce. Tribe I. Hydrocotylea. 
1. Hydrocotyle Linn. 
1. H. vulgaris (L.) ; I, peltate orbicular doubly crenate ; um- 
bels capitate of 5 fl. often proliferous, fr. emarginate below. — 
E. B. 751. — Fl. and fr. almost sessile. Umbels or rather heads 
often proliferous in the centre and bearing a second head. St. 
creeping extensively. L. springing from the joints of the stem, 
upon stalks which are considerably longer than the peduncles. 
— Bogs and marshy places. P. V. — VIII. Penny-wort. 
Tribe II. Saniculea. 
2. Sanicula Linn. 
1. S. europma (L.) ; lower L palmate 3 — 5-lobed : lobes trifid 
unequally serrate, fertile fl. sessile, barren fl. slightly stalked. — 
E. B. 98. — Umbels numerous, capitate, in an irregular slightly 
umbellate panicle. Styles persistent, reflexed. St. ascending, 
about a foot high. — Woods and thickets. P. VI. VII. 
