648 UMBELLIFERZ (Sond.): [Deverra. 
1. G. gummifera (Sond.) leaves aggregated, dimorphous, the radical 
with obovate, trifid, - trilobed, anaes segments, the cauline with 
linear or subulate segments, the uppermost linear, entire. Bubon gum- 
miferum L. Comm. hort. Amst. 2,t. 58. EH. & Z.!2250. Herb. Un. Itin. 
n. 563. Peucedanum Caledonicum, E. & Z.! 2233. Krauss, 1180. Gin- 
anthe inebrians et tenuifolia, Thunb.! fl.cap.253. Lichtensteinia inebrians, 
#. Meyer. L. pyrethrifolia, DC. 1. c. 135. Sieb. Fl. Cap. exs.n. 211. Le- 
pisma paniculatum, E. Meyer, ex parte. 
Has. On Platteklip, Table Mountain and Cape Flats, Paarlberg, Dutoitskloof, 
Ezelsbank, Klynriviersberge, and near Tulbagh. Oct.Jan. (Hb. Thun. Hk. D. Sd.) 
Root perpendicular, a finger thick, when dry, blackish, subwoody. Stem 2-5 
feet high, leafy, terete, striate, branched or panicled above. Lower or radical leaves 
on longish, subangulate or striate petioles ; petiole and its ramifications articulate 
and sulcate. Leaves pinnate or bipinnate ; segments obovate-cuneate, incised and 
toothed-serrate, rugulose, 6-12 lines long, 4-8 lines broad ; terminal lobe 3-fid, the 
lateral ones often bi- or trifid. The following stem-leaves Sp boeer and more cut, 
with narrower ovate or oblong-cuneate, pinnatifid, or serra egments ; the upper 
leaves with linear-lanceolate or linear-subulate lobes, 6-2 lines long. Umbels with 
_ 10-16 rays, 1-2 inches long. Involucre of many lanceolate-subulate leaves, 3-4 
lineslong. Involucels shorter than the pedicels. Fruit about 3lineslong. Ginanthe 
tenuifolia, Herb. Thunb. is the same as QO. inebrians, but without radical leaves. 
- XVUIL. FOENICULUM, Adans. 
Margin of the calyx tumid, obsolete, toothless, Petals roundish, 
entire, involute, witha subquadrate, retuse point. Fruit in a trans- 
verse section nearly circular. Mericarps with 5 prominent, obtusely- 
keeled ribs, the lateral marginal and a little broader, Furrows with 
single vitte. Commissure bi-vittate. Seed semicylindrical. D0. 1. ¢. 
142. Endl. Gen. n. 4425. 
Biennial or perennial herbs. Root fusiform. Stem terete, branched. Leaves 
triply-pinnate, decompound, with linear, setaceous leaflets. Involucra and involucels 
almost wanting. Flowers yellow. Name fro . Il of the plant 
resembling that of hay yetow. Name from fanum, hay ; the smell of the p 
1. F, officinale (All. Ped. 2. 25); radical leaves rather distinct ; 
leaves all tripinnate, with capillary, elongated leaflets ; umbels 6-10- 
Gana ac. ae 3. Zeyh. 2683. Anethum Feniculum, L. Hayn. Arz. . 
Has. Naturalised in various parts of the Colony, near Capetown, on hills near 
Zwartkopsriver and Van Reteadve: “* Fennel. ” Dec.—May. (Herb. D. 8d.) 
‘XTX. DEVERRA, DC. 
Margin of the calyx obsolete, toothless. Petals ovate, acuminate, 
with inflexed points. Styles short, at length spreading. Fruit ovate 
hae laterally subeompressed, covered with patent scales or 
ars.  Mervarps semiterete, with often obsolete ridges ; solitary vittz 
in the furrows, and two in the : take 
DC. 1. ¢. 143. Endl. Gen. n, 4427. commissure. Carpophore bipartite. 
panei nearly leafless, glaucous, rigid, broom-like subshrubs. Petioles sheath- 
plants or nearly so; but in 
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