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CLASS V. ORDER III. 
ate ; ribs 5-acute ; angles a little furrowed, hispid ; the joining sides furrowed, 
and attached to a 2-cleft columella-like receptacle; style sabulate, permanent 
rendering the seed caudate; involucrum none or few-leaved; fruit stiped, 
Qblanceolate, polished, part of it hispid, (sweet cicely.) 
[Seeds with wing-like ribs.] 
Herac'lium. Seeds with winged margins, and 3 ribs on the back, obtuse, 3 
grooves on their outer sides; germ oval, emarginate at the apex ; petals emar- 
ginate, inflexed ; general involucre 0 ; partial involucre 3 to 7-leaved ; flowers 
somewhat radiated, (cow parsley.) 
Cni'dum. Involucre 1-leaved or 0; fruit ovate, solid; ribs 5, acute, somewhat 
winged ; intervals sulcate, striate. 
Angel,'''ica. Seeds with 3 ribs on their backs, and winged margins; intervals 
between the ribs grooved; germ oval, corticate; general involucrum none, 
(angelica.) 
Pastina'ca. Seeds emarginate at the apex, somewhat winged ; ribs 3 beside? 
the wings ; intervals striate ; joining sides 2-striate ; germ oval, compressed, 
perianth calyx entire ; petals entire, incurved, sub-equal ; involucrum none, 
(parsnip.) 
Ane'thum. Seeds flat or convex, 5-ribbed ; germ lenticular^ compressed ; 
calyx and petals entire ; involucrums none, (fennel, dill.) Ex. 
[Seeds with 3 ribs nearly egual] 
Hydrocot'yle, Umbel simple ; fruit compressed, sub-rotund, (marsh pen- 
ny-wort.) 
Crith'mum. Fruit elliptical, ribbed, crowned ; petals elliptical, acute, incurv- 
ed, equal ; styles short or thick, with swelled bases. Ex. 
Ca^rum. Seeds oblong-ovate, striate; petals carinate, emarginate, inflexed; 
involucrum about 1-leaved. (caraway.) Ex. ^ 
[Seeds ivith 5 ribs nearly equal.'] 
Co'nium. Seeds 5-ribbed ; ribs at first crenate with flat intervals between 
them ; germ ovate, gibbous ; perianth entire ; petals unequal, cordate, inflexed ; 
general involucrum about 3 to 5-leaved; partial ones mostly 3-leaved unilat- 
eral, (poison hemlock.) 
Cicu'ta. Seeds gibbous-convex ; ribs 5, obtuse, converging, with intervening, 
tuberculate grooves and prominences; joining sides flat; germ sub-globose, 
compressed laterally ; calyx obsolete, 5-toothed ; petals cordate, inflexed ; par- 
tial involucrums 5 or 6-leaved, or wanting, (water hemlock.) 
Si'uM. Fruit somewhat prismatic, with 5 obtuse ribs; perianth minute; petals 
cordate, inflexed; involucres many-leaved, entire, (water-parsnip.) 
A'piUM. Seeds convex externally; ribs 5, small, a little prominent; germ 
sub-globose; perianth entire; petals equal, roundish, inflexed at the apex; 
involucrum 1 to 3-leaved or wanting, (celery, parsley.) Ex. 
CoRiAN^DRUM. Seeds sub-spherical; germ" spherical; perianth 5-toothed; 
petals cordate, inflexed, outer ones largest; involucrum 1-leaved or wanting, 
(coriander.) Ex. 
LiGusTicuM. Germ oblong, v/ith 5 acute ribs , intervals sulcate ; universal 
and partial involucres, (lovage.) 
JiIthu'sa. Fruit ovate, sub-solid, having bark ; ribs acute and turgid; inter- 
vals acute-angled; joining sides flat, striate; involucrum 1-sided, or none, 
(fools' parsley.) 
ORDER III. TRIGYNIA. 
A. Flowers superior. 
Vibur'^num. Calyx 5-parted or 5-toothed, small ; corolla bell-form, 5-cleft, 
with spreading or reflexed lobes; stigmas almost sessile; berry or drupe 1- 
seeded. (snow-ball, sheep-berry, high cranberry.) 
Sambu'cus. Calyx 5-parted or 5-cleft, small ; corolla sub-urceolated, 5-cleft ; 
stigma minute, sessile ; berry globose, 1-celled, 3-seeded. 
B. Flowers inferior. 
Rhus. Calyx 5-parted ; petals 5 ; berry 1-seeded, small, sub-globular, (su- 
mach, poison ivy.) 
Staphyle'a. Calyx 5-parted, coloured ; petals 5 on the margin of a glai du- 
