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HYPECOUM procumbens.
Pi'ocumhent Hypecoum.
Natural Order. P apa v r u a c ea ;. JDC. syst..'2. p. (il.
JIYPEOOUM. Sépala 2 lanceolata. Pétala 4. in®qualia, 2 exteriora
majora, interiora sicpiùs apice 3-ilila, lobo medio coeliloariformi.
Stamina 4, petalis opposita. Ovarium elongatum. .Stiymaia 2 substipitata.
Capsula siliqumf'ormis, longa, bivalvis, s®pibs articnlationi-
bus transvorsè nodosa, placontis 2 latoralibns. Semina inter artieu-
lationos solitaria, alternatim utriqno placent® adlixa, exarillata. Embryo
fdiformis, arcnatus. Albumen carnosnm.—Herb® annua,parvee,
succo flavo feetee. Radices simplices, perpendiculares. Folia ¡/labra,
glauca, radicalia petiolata pinnatisecta, segmentis in lobos plurimos
pinnatim multifidis. Scapi caulesvo scepiùs plurimi bifidi aut ficho-
tomi. Folia ccàdiua floraliave sub ramis pcdicellisve sita, sessilia, ra-
diealibuscceterùmsimilia. Flores terminales, fla v i, reverá solitariiscd
subumbellatìm nasccnlcs. I)C. syst. 2. p. 101.
I I . procumbens, foliis dccompositis, laoiniis lineari-lanccolalis acutis,
petalis 3-lobis extcrnis dorso glabris, siliquis arcuatis. Sprcng.
syst. veg. 1. p. 401.
Hypecoum procumbons. D C .sy st.n a t.2 . p.XGl. P r o d r . p . \ 2 ' i .
"lleem. et Schult, syst. 3. p. 4H2. Willden. sp. pl. 1. p. 7 0 4 . Sibili, f l .
grcee.'2. p. 46. i. 1.55. Schkuhr. handb. \. p. 90. Z. 2 7 . Smith in
Re,es cycl. n. 1.
Root annual, simple, perpendicular, of a pale yellow colour.
Leaven glaucous, smooth : radical ones several, petiolate,
pinnately multipartite: leaflets bipinnatiiid, the segments
linearly lanceolate, acute, entire or toothed a little:
stcm-leaves with shorter foot-stalks, and less divided. Scapen
several, erect when in flower, but becoming procumbent or
bending when in fruit, branching at the point into 2 to 5
branches; at first when in flower approaching to an umbel,
but afterwards lengthening out into a sort of raceme. Ploral-
leaves many parted at the base. Pedicle.n erect, cylindrical,
continuing to increase in size with the seed pod. Plowers
bright yellow. Sepals 2, lanceolate, acute, streaked. Petals A,
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