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CENA'NTHE* *. 



Linnean Class and Order. Penta'ndria f, Digy'nia. 



Natural Order. Umbelli'ferte, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 218. — Sm. 

 Gram, of Bot. p. 132. — Lindl. Syn. p. 111.; Introd. to Nat. Syst. 

 of Bot. p. 4. — Rich, by Macgiliiv. p. 463. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 

 517. — Umbellate, Linn. — Rosales; subord. Angelicoste ; 

 sect. Angelicin^e; type, Angelicacea; ; subty. Angelicid.® ; 

 Burn. Outl. of Bot. pp. 614, 762, 770, 773, & 774. 



Gen. Char. Flowers (fig. 1.*) more or less separated or im- 

 perfect, the outermost very irregular and abortive ; the innermost 

 smaller, regular, and producing fruit. Calyx (see fig. 1.) superior, 

 of 5 large, spear-shaped, acute, somewhat unequal, permanent 

 teeth. Corolla (fig. 1.*) of 5, inversely heart-shaped petals (fig 2.), 

 with inflexed points ; in the fertile flower nearly equal ; in those 

 of the circumference very unequal. Filaments (see fig. 1*.) 5, 

 thread-shaped, longer than the corolla. Anthei's small, roundish. 

 Germen (see fig. 1.) inferior, oblong, furrowed. Styles (see fig. 3.) 

 awl-shaped, slender, tumid at the base. Stigmas small, blunt, 

 recurved. Fruit (fig. 3.) oblong, or somewhat egg-shaped, with a 

 spongy or corky bark ; crowned with the permanent calyx, and 

 elongated, somewhat spreading styles. Carpels ( seeds of Linn.,/ 

 (fig. 4.) with 5, blunt, convex ridges, of which the lateral ones are 

 marginal and a little broader. Interstices ( channels J with single 

 vitta. Seed taper, convex. Axis wanting. Universal involucrum 

 various, sometimes wanting ; partial, many-leaved. Flowers white. 



The solid, unarmed, oblong, ribbed, somewhat spongy fruit ; 

 the carpels with 5, blunt, convex ridges ; the interstices with single 

 vittce ; the taper, convex seed; the 5-toothed permanent calyx; and 

 the inversely heart-shaped petals, with inflexed points ; will dis- 

 tinguish this from other genera in the same class and order. 



Five species British. 



GfINA'NTHE CROCA'TAJ. Hemlock Water-drop wort. Dead 

 Tongue. Five-fingered Root. Water Lovage. 



Spec. Char. Knobs of the roots oblong or elliptic, sessile. 

 Stem branched, furrowed. Leaves all bipinnate ; leaflets wedge- 

 shaped, deeply toothed. Umbels of many rays ; general and par- 

 tial involucrums of many leaves. Fruit linear-oblong, with slender 

 intermediate ribs, longer than the pedicels. Don. 



Engl. Bot. t. 2313. — Hook. FI. Lond. t. 201. — Woodv. Med. Bot Suppl. t. 

 267. — Sphephensoo’s and Churchill’s Medieal Botany, v. i. t. 35. — Linn. Sp. 

 PI. p. 365. — Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 121. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 319. Engl. 

 FI. v.ii. p. 70. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p.382. — Gray’s Nat. Ait. v. ii. p. 509. — 

 Lindl. Syn. p. 120. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 123. — Light f. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 162. — 

 Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 99. — Hook FI. Scot. p. 92. — Grev. FI Edin. p. 62. — Thorn- 



Fig. 1. Germen and Calyx. — Fig. 1*. Corolla and Stamens. — Fig. 2. A se- 

 parate Petal. — Fig. 3. The Fruit, crowned by the Styles. — Fig. 4. A Carpel. — 

 Fig. 5. A transverse section of the Fruit.— Fig. 6. Ditto of a Carpel. — Figs. 1*, 

 2, & 6, slightly magnified. 



* From oinos, Gr. a vine ; and anthos, Gr. a flower ; alluding to the vinous 

 smell of the flowers. Hooker. 

 t See Anchusa sempervirens, folio 48, note L- 

 j So called in consequence of the yellow juice which it yields. 



