Plate 23. 
CEANTZIA LINEATA. 
Family, Umbellifer^ .-—Leaves alternate. Flower head an umbel. 
Petals separate. Stamens situated round the ovary. Fruit dry. 
Genus, Crantzia : — Herbaceous, marsh plants, small, creeping, smooth. 
Leaves hollow, linear, transversely jointed. Umbel simple, 
bracts of the involucre minute. Flowers white. Calyx teeth 
small. Petals concave, apices acute. 
Crantzia lineata, Nutt. Plant varies in size, often being 
long and straggling, usually about 4 in. high. Stem creeping, 
terete. Leaves very narrow, li-3 in. long, succulent, erect, 
no leaf stalks, each marked with 5, rarely 6, transverse lines. 
Umbels solitary, springing from axils of leaves, 8-12- 
flowered. Flowers stalked. Calyx teeth may be absent. 
Petals roundish-oval. Styles very short, curved. Fruit nearly 
spherical. 
In moist places, fresh- water lagoons, streams, etc. Abundant. 
Flowers in January. 
East and West Falklands. 
Description of plate:—!, portions of plant in flower and fruit; 
2, flower ; 3, petal ; 4, flower with petals removed ; 5, 6 and 7, stamens ; 
8, fruit ; 9 and 10, sections of fruit. All except 1 enlarged. , 
