Annesorhiza. | UMBELLIFER (Sond.) 545 
Fruit oblong, much cuneated, 4—5 lines long; mericarps equal (2) filicaulis. 
Fruit oblong, scarcely cuneated, 2-2} lines long ; mericarps 
2. Perennial, with 5 or more roots: — 
a Leaves glabrous : i NS a 
Fruit oblong-cuneate, 6 lines long ; mericarps unequal... (4) 
Fruit ovate-oblong, 2-3 lines long; mericarps equal ... (5) elata, 
Leaves hairy : age 
Lobes of leaves pinnatifid-incised ; umbels 5-6-rayed ... (6) villosa. 
Lobes of leaves ovate, obtuse, toothed ; umbels 3-5-rayed (7) hirsuta. 
i Capensis (Cham. & Schlecht.! 1. c.); glabrous; leaves tripinnati- 
fid, segments trifid or pinnatifid, lobes spreading, lanceolate-subulate ; 
umbels 3—8-rayed ; involucre 3—5-leaved, deciduous ; fruit oblong, a little 
narrower at the base ; mericarps unequal. HE. § Z.12213. Chaerophyllum 
Capense, Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 253. Myrrhis Capensis. Spreng. Spec. Umb. 
132. -- + Siete a 
Has. Near Lurisriver, 7hunb.; in mountains near Capetown and in Hottentotts- . 
holland, Mundt. § Maire, E.d&Z. Dec.—June. (Herb. Thunb. reg. Berol. Hook. D.) 
Root (rarely 2) fusiform, a finger long, much corrugated when dry. Stem 1-14 
feet high, branched, terete, leafless. Leaves radical, nearly triangular, about 4 
inches long and wide, on longish petioles; ultimate lobes 1-2 lines long, } line broad, 
quite entire, rugulose, acute or mucronulate. Rays of umbel 1-2 inches long. Leaves 
of involucre ovate-lanceolate, 2-3 lines long ; leaflets of involucel as long or shorter 
than the (10-16) pedicels. Fruit 2}-3 lines long, straw-ccloured. Stylopodium 
short, conical, often purplish. The root is called by the colonists Vlackte A nyswortel. oe 
The leaves are incorrectly described by Ecklon and Zeyher. _ a ro 
2. A. filicaulis (E. & Z.! 2216); glabrous; leaves .. . . ; umbels Neen SluAc 
3—s-rayed; rays unequal; leaves of involucre 2-3, very short ; umbel- MMe, 
lules 5-12-radiate ; fruit oblong, much cuneated ; mericarps nearly equal. Ph. ee 
Has. Sandy places near Olifantriver, Clanwilliam. Jan. £.gZ.! (Herb. Sd.) Mae th, mm abhe 
Stem 2-2} inches long, filiform, branched above. Radical leaves unknown, as 6- Fenohu.. Ly 
well as the root. Scales appressed, cuspidate. Rays of umbel filiform, 1 inch long, 9: pial nels SPT 
some of them twice or thrice shorter. Leaflets of involucel subulate. Fruit 4-5 bated 
lines long. Stylopodium longer than in the preceding, and styles erect-spreading. S\evsA: . «tu i 
The plant is only known by a few imperfect specimens. Wa 
3. A. montana (E. & Z.! 2214); quite glabrous ; leaves bi- or tri- o.4.gt. Wk. 
(3) montana. 
a 
% 
innate, segments pinnatifid ; lobes ovate-oblong, shortly dentate, mu- x php 
doniiiate! Sih terminal rotundate 3-lobed ; umbels 3~-5-rayed, rays¢mom. o» Wf 
subequal ; leaves of involucre 5, lanceolate; umbellules 18—24-radiate ; 2 robe are 
fruit oblong, scarcely cuneated ; mericarps unequal. Acroglyphe flexuosa, iat Co. , 
EL. Meyer, ex parte. mn —_ Bomaahe 
» Jb. Th mnouhtains néar Capetown and in Zwartland, #.4 Z.; Wetkamp, Zeyh. ;~“ “rg 
 Bergriver, between Paarl and Pont, Drege. Feb.-April. (Herb, Hk. Sd.) Ondntin 
: solitary or geminate, fusiform, 2 inches to } foot long, a finger thick, called = 
by the colonists Berg.-Anyswortel. Stem terete, 2-3 feet at the base of the branches, 
with whitish margined, cuspidate scales. Leaves petiolate, the 3 primary branches _ 
3-5 inches long; the ultimate lobes about 6 lines long, 4 lines broad, paler and — 
reticulated above. Rays of umbel tinch long. Fruit 2-24 lines long, with depressed 
stylopodium and spreading styles, » dee ; 
4, A. macrocarpa (E. & Z.! 2219); quite glabrous; stem striated, 
branched above, leaves ternately 3—4-pinnatisect ; segments multipar- 
tite, divaricate ; lobes minute, linear-subulate ; umbels 5-8-rayed, rays 
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