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a long injlexed connivent point. Fr. subglobose, covered ivith 
hooked spines, ridges 0, vittic numerous. 
3. Astuantia. Cal. of .5 leaflike teeth. Pet. erect, conuiveut, 
with a long iuflexed point. Fr. with 5 plicate-dentate ridges, 
vittte 0. 
4. Eryngium. Cal. of 5 leaflike teeth. Pet. ereet, oblong, with 
a long iuflexed point. Fr. ohovate, covered with chaffy scales 
without ridges or vitta;. 
** IVith perfect or compound umbels. 
t With primary ridges only. 
Tr. 111. AMMINEjE. Fr. laterally compressed or didymous. 
5. CicuTA. Cal. of b leaflike teeth. Pet. o6corrfa#e with an in- 
flexed ])oint. Fr. subdidymous. Carp, with 5 equal broad 
flattened ridges, the lateral marginal ; interstices with single 
vitta;. 
6. Apium. Cal. obsolete. Pet. roundish entire with a small 
involute point. Fr. roundish ovate, didymous. Carp, with 
5 filiform equal ridges with single vitta; in the interstices. — 
Involucre 0. 
7. Pf.troselinum. Cal. obsolete. Pet. roundish entire with 
a narrow’ ineuvved point. Fr. ovate. Carp, with 5 filiform 
equal ridges w’ith single vitta: in the interstices. Carpophore 
bijiartite. — Involucre, partial of many, general of few' leaves. 
8. Trinia. Cal. obsolete. Pet. of the barren fl. lanceolate 
w'ith the ])oint inflexed, of the fertile fl. ovate w'ith a short 
indexed j)oint. Fr. ovate. Carp, with 5 filiform jjrominent 
equal ridges with a single vitta beneath each of them. Inter- 
stices without vitta. 
9. Helosciadium. Cal. of 5 teeth or obsolete. Pet. ovate 
entire with a straight or iuem-ved apiculus. Fr. ovate or 
oblong. Carp, with 5 filiform prominent equal ridges. 
Interstices with single vitta. Carpophore entire. 
10. SisoN. Cal. obsolete. Pet. broadly obcordate, deeply 
emarginate with an inflexed point. Fr. ovate. Carp, with 
5 filiform equal ridges. Interstices with single abbreviated 
clavate vitta. 
11. jEgopodiu.m. Cal. obsolete. Pet. obovate, emarginate 
with an inflexed jioint. Fr. oblong. Carp, with 5 filiform 
ridges. Interstices without vitta. Stylopode conical. 
12. Carum. Cal. obsolete. Pet. obcordate xoith a narrow 
acute inflexed point. Fr. oblong. Carpels with 5 filiform 
ridges. Interstices w’ith single vitta;. Stylopode depressed. 
