41. UMBELL ACEiE . 
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(1| line long) in fl., rather longer in fr., a little shorter than the 
cal.-tube, fleshy stiff erecto-patent nearly or quite smooth. Pet. 
inserted at the top of cal. -tube pure w. with 3 faint gr. nerves 
at base, oval or slightly obovate-oblong or spathulate, 2-3 times 
the length of sep., 3-4 lines long, 2 lines broad. Styles diva- 
ricate nearly smooth ; stigmas clavate downy. Caps, globoselv 
half-ovate. Seeds extremely minute ellipsoidal mucronulate at 
one end, dark reddish-brown roughly granulate. 
Saxifraga granulata L. was reported to the late Dr. C. Lemann by 
his sister to have been once observed by her on rocks by the 
road (Caminho central) along the brink of the Curral between 
the Jardim and Pico G rande, close to the remains of the first 
of the houses of refuge formerly built for travellers in remote 
and dangerous passes of the mountains by the late Robert Page, 
Esq. I have repeatedly searched (as Dr. Lemann had before 
me) in vain on and about the spot for the pi. in question ; and 
I cannot doubt, which was also Dr. Lemann’s own conviction, 
that either some detached pi. of S. maderensis, or possibly of 
Arabia albida Stev., or Cerastium vagans Lowe, had been mis- 
taken for it, all three being found plentifully at or about the 
place. 
Order XLI. TJMBELLACE^E. 
Fl. umbellate mostly regular and perfect. Cal. adherent to 
ov. 5-toothed or entire, the teeth rim or border often obsolete. 
Pet. 5 inserted at top of cal. -tube imbricate or involute in bud 
and notched with an inflexed middle lobe or point, the outer 
sometimes enlarged and radiant. Stam. 5 free alternate and in- 
serted with the pet., incurved in bud. Ov. inferior adnate to 
the cal. -tube, 2-celled, cells each 1-ovulate. Styles 2 persistent 
more or less thickened at the base into a fleshy cone or disk (sty- 
lopod). Fr. diy of 2 one-seeded indehiscent carpels (mericarps) 
coated by the cal. and adhering by their inner face ( commissure ) 
to a bifid or bipartite axis ( carpophore ) from the base of 
which they finally separate upwards remaining suspended or 
pendulous from its top. Seed single pendulous adnate to the 
pericarp rarely free consisting almost entirely of albumen. Em- 
bryo minute at top of the large horny alb. — Ilerb. or suffr. re- 
sinously aromatic pi. with alternate 1. dilated and sheathing at 
their base and mostly more or less decompoundly pinnatipartite. 
Fl. in twice-compound umbels (with or without general and 
partial bracts or involucres) small, mostly w., rarely y. p. or 
purplish. Styles and carpels one outside the other with respect 
to the centre of each partial or secondary umbel. Fr. aromatic ; 
carpels each with 5 stronger ( primary ) ribs and often 4 inter- 
mediate ( secondary ) ribs or striae, having longitudinal linear 
