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42. ARALIACE.E. 
Suborder III. CCELOSPERM-E. 
Tribe IX. Coriandrece . 
17. Coriaxdrum L. 
1. C. SATIVUM L. Coriander. Coentro. 
The only established sp. — Desf. i. 258; Brot. i. 462; EB. t. 67 ; 
Sm. E. FI. ii. 67; FI. Gr. t. 283; DC. iv. 250; WB.ii. 170; 
Koch 353 ; Bab. 151. — Herb. aim. Mad. reg. 1. £. Vineyards 
and waste ground in and about Funchal, the Valle &c. Apr.- 
Sept. — Whole pi. smooth of delicate and slender habit with 
fine flaccid drooping foliage. St. slender erect straight 1-2 
ft. high loosely branched upwards. Lower 1. temately pinnate 
with broad roundish or obovatelv wedge-shaped leafy unequally 
cut or toothed lfts. ; upper 2-pinnate with narrow or linear 
segments. FI. large conspicuous pure w. or pinkish with large 
drooping deeply bifid radiant pet. Umbels stalked 2-3-rayed 
mostly 3-rayed. Gen. inv. 1 setaceo-linear, or more frequently 0; 
partial several linear leafy on the outer half only of the ray. 
Fr. globose in. in diam. shining. Whole pi. very fetid with a 
strong smell of bugs (Cimex lectularius L.). 
Order XIII. ARALIACE^E. 
FI. perfect mostly regular. Cal. mostly 4-5-tootlied or entire 
adnate to the ovary. Pet. 5-10 or more, very rarely less or 0 ; 
c estivation valvate. Stam. alternate with and as many or rarely 
twice as many as pet., inserted below the edge of an epigynous 
disk. Ov. inferior 2- or many-celled, each cell 1-ovulate, ovule 
pendulous. Styles as many as cells of ov. Fr. a dry or 
fleshy 1-many-celled berry, each cell 1-seeded. Seed pendu- 
lous with copious albumen ; embryo (except in Hederd) mi- 
nute. — Mostly shr. or tr. often climbing, with stimulant and 
resinously aromatic properties. L. alternate ivitkout stip. often 
quinately lobed palmate or pedate. FI. small umbellate or 
capitate. 
1. Redera. Cal. superior 5-toothed. Pet. 5-10 wholly 
free and not cohering at the tips. Stam. 5-10. Styles 
5-10 connivent or concrete. Berry drv 5-10-celled 5-seeded 
crowned witli the persistent cal. Embryo large axile as 
long as the seed. 
1. Hedera L. 
Ivy. 
1. II. Helix L. Common Ivy. Hera. 
St. woody climbing attaching itself by root-like fibres; 1. 
