138 UMBELLIFER.?S — ARALIACE.E CORNEjE. 
Suborder III. Coelospermce. Tribe XL Coriandrece. 
42. Coriandrum Linn. 
*1. C. sativum (L.). Tlie only species.— E. B. 67— St. 12— 18 
in. high, leafy, round, striated. L. bipinnate, cut ; upper ones 
more divided into linear segments. Fl. white. — Fields and waste 
places, an escape from cultivation. A. VI. Coriander. E. S. 
Order XXXIX. ARALIACE7E. 
Cal. 4 — 5 toothed, adnate to the ovary. Pet. 5 — 16 rarely 
wanting, aestivation valvate. Stam. as many as the pet. and 
alternate with them or twice as many, inserted below the mar- 
gin of an epigynous disk. Ovary 2- or more celled. Styles as 
many as the cells. Fr. succulent or dry, of several cells each with 
1 pendulous seed, endocarp crustaceous. Albumen fleshy. Em- 
bryo minute (not so in our Hedera). — L. alternate without sti- 
pules. 
1. Adoxa. Cal. half inferior, limb trifid. Cor. superior, 
4 — 5-cleft, rotate with a short tube contracted at the throat. 
Stam. 8 — 10, in pairs alternate Avith the petals, anthers 
1-celled. Berry 4 — 5-celled ; cells 1-seeded. — This ought 
perhaps to be referred to Caprifoliacece. 
2. Hedera. Cal. superior, limb of 5 teeth. Pet. 5 — 10, not 
adhering at the apex. Stam. 5 — 10. Stj'les 5 — 10, conni- 
vent, or combined into one. Berry 5-celled and 5-seeded, 
crowned with the calyx. — Closely allied by its embryo to 
Cornem. 
1. Adoxa Linn. 
1. A. Moschatellina (L.). The only species. — E. B. 453. — 
Rhizoma white, fleshy, toothed, stoloniferous. St. solitary, erect, 
simple, 3 — 4 in. high, with 2 opposite leaves, and a head of 4 
whorled and 1 terminal flowers. Stam. often more or less com- 
bined, showing their number to be normally 4. Fl. with a musky 
smell. Terminal fl. divided in fives, the others in fours. — Woods 
and shady hedge-banks. P. IV. V. 
2. Hedera Linn. 
1. H. Helix (L.) ; 1. coriaceous ovate or cordate and 5-lobed : 
lobes angular, umbel simple downy erect. — E. B. 1267. — Climb- 
ing by means of rootlike fibres. L. of the flowering branches 
ovate-oblong, acute, entire. Berries black. — Rocks, old walls, 
hedges. Sh. X. XI. Ivy. 
Order XL. CORNER. 
Cal. 4-lobed. Pet. 4, oblong, broad at the base, inserted at 
