PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. Five Chives. Two Pointals.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Fructus ovalis, compresso-planus, striis utrinque 3.
Fruit oval, flatly compressed, with three stripes on both sides.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Ferula foliis supra-decompositis: foliolis multifidis, decurrentibus: umbellâ primordiali sessili.
Ferula with leaves more than doubly compound: leaflets many-cleft and decurrent: the first umbel of flowers sessile.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A perfect flower.
2. A male or abortive flower.
3. The pointals.