544 UMBELLIFERZ (Sond.) [A nnesorhiza. 
mericarps ovate. Oenanthe interrupta, Thunb.! Prod. 50, Fl. Cap. 253. O. 
obscura, Spreng.! Lachtenst. pyrethrifolia, Cham. § Schlecht.! l.c. 397. L. 
Sprengehiana, E. & Z.] 2212. Physospermum terebinthaceum, E. Mey. 
Has. Zwartland, Thunb. ; Ruytersbosh, Mundt. ¢ Maire ; Zwartkopsriver, 
E. § Z., Zeyh. 2680, Drege, 7631, 7632; Buffelriver and near Port Natal, Drege, 
Krauss, Nov.—Peb. (Herb. Thunb. reg. Berol. Hk. D. Sd.) 
Stem 1-24 feet, subangulate or terete, striate, somewhat branched. Radical 
leaves on short or longish, 1-2 lines broad petioles. Leaves 3-4 inches long, -2-3 
inches broad, ternate, the lateral segments at the base with an ovate, sessile, pinna- 
tifid leaflet ; the middle segment usually twice longer than the quite similar lateral 
ones ; rhachis winged, dentate ; leaflets with mucronulate serratures. Sheaths at 
the ramifications of the stem without limb or with a very short one. Involucre 
and involucels about 6-leaved ; leaflets of involucre 4-6 lines long. Rays of umbel 
1}-2-uncial. Fruit 2 lines long and broad; mericarps a little contracted at the 
sides with roundish back ; ribs filiform, obtuse; commissure with a longitudinal 
Wars x! 
6. L. Beiliana (E. & Z.! 2211); leaves petiolate, decursively and 
nterruptedly pinnate or bipinnatisect ; leaflets ovate, cuneate, serrato- 
ciliate or inciso-serrate, glabrous; wmbels 3-5-rayed; fruit ovate-oblong ; 
mericarps oblong. L. pyrethrifolia, E. Mey. non Cham. § Schl. Oenanthe 
wnterrupta, Thunb.! Herb, ex prte. not of Fl. Cap. Zeyh. 732, 740. 
_ Var. 8, simplicior; leaves decursively pinnate ; lobes 3-9, ‘mostly larger, elliptic 
or elliptic-ovate, minutely and bluntish-toothed or ciliate. JZ. pyrethrifolia meek 
inebrians, E. § Z./ 2209, 2210. L. triradiata, E. Mey. E f 
Has. In the districts of Cape, Worcester, Stellenbosh and George. Noy.—Feb. 
(Herb. Thunb. Hk. D. Sd.) a 
istinguished at first sight from LZ. interrupta by the less compound leaves and 
few-rayed umbels. Stem 1-3 feet, with spreading branches. Leaves on short or 
very long petioles. Rachis winged, toothed. Lobes 6-12 lines long, 3-6 lines 
_ broad, sharply and ciliolate-serrated ; in var. B, nearly quite entire, ciliate or crenate, 
_ or shortly and bluntish-toothed, mostly coriaceous and often 14 inch long, 8 lines 
wide. Involucral leaves 3-4, lanceolate. Rays of umbel 14-3-uncial. Umbellules 
9-12-rayed, with § or 6 subulate involucel-leaflets. Fruit 24 lines long, 14 line broad. 
Mericarps a little contracted at the sides, with roundish back and obtuse ridges. 
XV. ANNESORHIZA, Cham. & Schlecht. 
Margin of the calyx 5-toothed, persistent. Petals elliptical, acumi- 
nate, more or less emarginate, with an inflexed point. Fruit 5-angled, 
prismatic, crowned by the calyx and inflexed styles. Mericarps convex 
on the back, unequal, one of them 3-winged, the central dorsal rib and 
the two lateral being wing-like, the two intermediate filiform ; the other 
4-winged, the central dorsal being filiform, the lateral and intermediate 
tidges winged ; (in one species the mericarps are equal or subequal, 
with prominent, scarcely-winged ridges). Furrows with single vitte. 
Commissure bivittate. Carpophore bipartite. Linnea, vol. 1, 398. DC. 
l.¢. 139. Endl. Gen. n, 4420. 
Biennial or perennial herbs, known by fhe colonial name Anyswartel. Stem erect. 
Radical leaves petiolate, pinnati-partite, cauline small and scale-like.  Umbels with 
many rays. Involucres many-leaved. Flowers white. Name from avynoov, anise, 
(pia, a root. 
ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES, 
_ 1. Biennial, with 1-2 roots : 
"Fruit oblong, 24-3 lines long; mericarps unequal... ... ... (1) Capensis. 
