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CLASS V. ORDER III. 
ate ; ribs 5-acute ; angles a little furrowed, hispid; the joining sides furrowed, 
and attached to a 2-cleft columella-like receptacle; style subulate, permanent 
rendering the seed caudate; involucrum none or few-leaved; fruit stiped, 
oblanceolate, polished, part of it hispid, (sweet cicely.) 
[Seeds with wing-like ribs.] 
Herac'uum. Seeds with winged margins, and 3 ribs on the back, obtuse, 3 
grooves on their outer sides; germ oval, emarginate at the apex; petals emar- 
ginate, indexed; general involucre 0; partial involucre 3 to 7-leaved; flowers 
somewhat radiated, (cow parsley.) 
Cni'dtjm. Involucre 1-leaved or 0; fruit ovate, solid; ribs 5, acute, somewhat 
winged; intervals sulcate, striate. 
Angelica. Seeds with 3 ribs on their backs, and winged margins; intervals 
between the ribs grooved; germ oval, corticate; general involucrum none, 
(angelica.) 
Pastina'ca. Seeds emarginate at the apex, somewhat winged ; ribs 3 besides 
the wings; intervals striate; joining sides 2-striate; germ oval, compressed, 
perianth calyx entire; petals entire, incurved, sub-equal; involucrum none, 
(parsnip.) 
Ane'tiium. Seeds flat or convex, 5-ribbed; germ lenticular, compressed; 
calyx and petals entire ; involucrums none, (fennel, dill.) Ex. 
[Seeds with 3 ribs nearly % equal.] 
Hydrocot'yle. Umbel simple; fruit compressed, sub-rotund, (marsh pen¬ 
ny-wort.) 
Crith'mqm. Fruit elliptical, ribbed, crowned ; petals elliptical, acute, incurv¬ 
ed, equal; styles short or thick, with swelled bases. Ex. 
Ca'rum. Seeds oblong-ovate, striate ; petals carinate, emarginate, indexed; 
involucrum about 1-leaved, (caraway.) Ex. 
» [Seeds with 5 ribs nearly equal.] 
Co'nium. Seeds 5-ribbed ; ribs at first crenate with flat intervals between 
them ; germ ovate, gibbous ; perianth entire; petals unequal, cordate, inflexed ; 
general involucrum about 3 to 5-leaved; partial ones mostly 3-leaved unilat¬ 
eral. (poison hemlock.) 
Cicu'ta. Seeds gibbous-convex ; ribs 5, obtuse, converging, with intervening, 
tuberculate grooves and prominences; joining sides flat; germ sub-globose, 
compressed laterally ; calyx obsolete, 5-toothed ; petals cordate, inflexed ; par¬ 
tial involucrums 5 or 6-leaved, or wanting, (water hemlock.) 
Si'um. Fruit somewhat prismatic, with 5 obtuse ribs; perianth minute; petals 
cordate, inflexed ; involucres many-leaved, entire, (water-parsnip.) 
A'pium. Seeds convex externally; ribs 5, small, a little prominent; germ 
sub-globose; perianth entire; petals equal, roundish, inflexed at the apex; 
involucrum 1 to 3-leaved or wanting, (celery, parsley.) Ex. 
Corian^drum. Seeds sub-spherical; germ spherical; perianth 5-toothed; 
petals cordate, inflexed, outer ones largest; involucrum 1-leaved or wanting, 
(coriander.) Ex. 
Ligusticum. Germ oblong, with 5 acute ribs, intervals sulcate; universal 
and partial involucres; (lovage.) 
AEthi^sa. Fruit ovate, sub-solid, having bark; ribs acute and turgid; inter¬ 
vals acute-angled; joining sides flat, striate; involucrum 1-sided, or none, 
(fools’ parsley.) 
ORDER III. TRIGYNIA. 
A. Flowers superior. 
Vibur"num. Calyx 5-parted or 5-toot.hed, small; corolla bell-form, 5-cleft, 
with spreading or reflexed lobes; stigmas almost sessile; berry or drupe 1- 
seeded. (snow-ball, sheep-berry, high cranberry.) 
Sambu'cus. Calyx 5-parted or 5-cleft, small; corolla sub-urceolated, 5-cleft; 
stigma minute, sessile ; berry globose, 1-celled, 3-seeded. 
B. Flowers inferior. 
Rhus. Calyx 5-parted; petals 5; berry 1-seeded, small, sub-globular, (su¬ 
mach, poison ivy.) 
Staph yle'a. Calyx 5-parted, coloured ; petals 5 on the margin of a glandu- 
