i 9 0 CLASS. V . PENTANDRIA. 
V. Flore supero , pentapetalo ; sporis nudis i 
umbellatae . 
A . Uftibellae involucro ( peripodio FURII 
munitae; umbellulae involucratae . 
^gi. ERYNGIUM, (PANICAUT) tourn. lirn* 
juss. lam. tab. 187. C umbella anomala 4.) — Flores 
aggregato capitati; congesti in receptaculo conico, dis- 
i uncti paleis lanceolatis asperisque; involucrum polypliyl- 
lum , calyx proprius pentaphylius, superus, persistens; 
corollae petala quinque oblonga, curva; fructus calyce 
coronatus, ovali oblongus, bipartibilis , glaber aut mu- 
ricatus; (umbellulae distichae aut formantes umbellam 
involucratam, ramosam, saepe irregularem ; folia sim- 
plicia aut composita, saepe spinosa. Folia Cardui vel 
Bromeliae , in his integerrima , margine ciliato spi» 
nulosa ) 
jrg2. ARCTOPUS, (ARCTOPE, oursine) iikn. 
juss. lam. tab. 855 (umbella anomala 4.) Polygama 
dioica Flores masculi: umbella composita; involu- 
crum et involuceila pentaphylla; calyx minimus# 
quinquepattitus : corolla pentapetala ? stamina quinque ; 
ovarium nullum; styli duo; flores hermaphroditi: umbella 
simplex ; involucrum magnum, monophyllum , patens, 
quinquepartitum, laciniis spinulosis; flores masculi 
multi umbellae centrum vel discum occupant; fiores 
feminei quatuor circum circa radia tim positi; flores 
masculi in disco, calyce minimo, quinquepartito ; petalis 
quinque, integris, oblongis; stamina quinque: flores le- 
ntitiei quidem in peripheria calyce et corolla ut in mas- 
culis 5 styli cluo} fructus quatuor hispidi, biloculares, 
dispori, involucro persistente et connivente reconditi, 
(flores masculi in distincta planta) juss. — Habitus 
Eryngii ; folia coalita, sinuata, ciliata J fiores terminales, 
ad medium foliorum positi). 
783. HYDROCOTYLE, (HYDROCOTYLE, Hy- 
dro cote) TOURN. LINH. JUSS. LAM, tab. igS. SOLA NITRA 
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