554 UMBELLIFERE (Sond.) [Peucedanum. 
emarginate or subentire, with inflexed points. Fruit dorsally com- 
pressed, flat or lenticular, with a dilated, flattened margin. Mericarps 
with subequidistant ribs, the 3 intermediate or dorsal ones filiform, the 
2 lateral confounded with the dilated margin. Furrows with single 
vitte, the lateral sometimes 2-vittate. Commissure 2-vittate. Carpo- 
phore 2-partite. Seed flat in front. Koch. Ub, 92. f. 28. e290. DC. 1. ¢. 
176. Peucedanum et Dregea, E. § Z.! Peucedanum et Sciothamnus, Endl. 
Gen. 4463, 4464. 
Glabrous, perennial herbs or shrubs. Leaves simply pinnate, ternately-sect or 
multifid. Umbels terminal. Involucres and involucels many-leaved. Flowers 
white or yellow. Name from mevkyn, & pine, and davos, parched; so called on 
account of the strong smell, which resembles resin. 
? ANALYSIS OF THE 8, AFRICAN SPECIES, 
1. Shrubs : 
Leaflets entire. 
Umbels with many rays. Fruit obtuse at both ends (1) Capense. 
Umbels with 4-6 rays, Fruit emarginate at both 
sere nar he acer erga ag ERLE + +. (2) abbreviatum. 
Leaflets cuneate, 3~5-toothed or incised s+ se «. (3) Ecklonianum. 
Leaflets or lobes linear-subulate .... ... sve eee ee (4) Striatum, 
2. Perennial herbs, with depressed stylopodium : © : 
_ Lobes of leaves terete, angustate, pungent ... ... ... (10) pungens, 
_ Lobes of leaves linear-subulate, capillary or filiform, + 
eaves SMA i ee (8) triternatum. 
Leaves trichotomously decompound : 
Lobes capillary or sulcate, refracted s+ s+. s.. (5) capillacenm. 
Lobes subulate, erect or spreading, not refracted : 
oa _ Lobes subulate, sulcate, triquetrous; fruit 3 lines 
long ; stem sulcate-striate ... ... --- (6) Ferulaceum. 
+ Lobes long, subulate, sulcate, triquetrous ; fruit 
Z 5-6 lines long; stem sulcate... ... ++ a (7) Sieberianum. 
J Lobes filiform, sulcate ; stem finely striate .... (9) lateriflorum. 
Lobes of leaves ovate or oblong, or linear-oblong : 
Radical leaves 3-nately sub-2-pinnate ; lobes acute, 
serrate-toothed ; fruit 5—6 lines long ... ... ... (11) connatum. 
Radical leaves pinnate, lobes cuneate, mucronately- ao 
toothed ; fruit 4 lines long tes) ste eae nee ee. (12) platycarpum, 
Radical leaves 2-pinnatisect ; lobes linear-oblong, 
3. Perennial herbs with conical stylopodium : 
Stem. deeply suleate, lobes of leaves lanceolate ...\) ..»- (16) suleatum., 
Umbel 20-30-rayed ; fruit obtuse at each end ; lobes 
of leaves linear, spréadin; ter ste see eee a. (14) Cynorhiza. 
Umbel 12—-20-rayed ; fruit elliptical, emarginate at 
both ends ; lobes of leaves lanceolate... ... (15) Zeyheri. 
Umbel 10_16-rayed ; fruit obovate, emarginate at the 
apex ; lobes of leaves subcapillary, secundate ... (17) millefolium. 
Sect. te Shrubs. Dregea, E.& Z.! Sciornamnus, Endl. (Sp. 1-4.) 
. 8 Bipcaiey _? 
1. P.Capense (Sond.) ; fruticose 3 leaves pinnate, bipinnate or subtri- 
pinnate ; leaflets ovate, oblong, or lanceolate, with revolute or thickened 
ye 3 umbels many-rayed ; Sruit elliptic-oblong or obovate, obtuse at 
oth ends. 
Van. a, latifolium; leaflets ovate or obl + Mutronate ; umbels with 20-40 rays- 
pdm Lavense, Thun!’ Fh. Oop, 66. Drogen Capone es at ae 
