132 THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 



petals with a very short inflexed point; leaves decom- 

 pound ; vittae I in each furrow or o ; fruit almost winged. 

 M. odorata, L., Cicely ; aromatic, leaves densely pubes- 

 cent, fruit large, shining; mountain pastures, common. 



22. CONOPODIUM, Koch. 



Flowers white ; general and partial involucre o or of 

 very few bracts; calyx-teeth o; petals of outer flowers 

 often irregular ; vittae several in each furrow. Not alpine. 



C. denudatuniy Koch {Bunium flexuosumy With.), Earth- 

 Nut ; bracts o, leaves 3-ternate ; dry banks ; Dauphiny, 

 Pyrenees. 



23. SCANDIX, L. 



Flowers white; leaves bi- or ter-pinnate, with linear 

 segments ; umbels simple ; bracts of general involucre i 

 or o, of partial involucre membranous ; calyx-teeth small 

 or o ; fruit very elongated. Not alpine. 



5. Pecten Veneris^ L., Shepherd's Needle, Venus's 

 Comb ; a cornfield weed. 



24. CHiEROPHYLLUM, L. 



Leaves decompound ; bracts of general involucre few 

 or o, of partial involucre many; fruit oblong or linear, 

 ribbed, not beaked ; vittae i in each furrow. 



A. Petals not ciliate: — C. temulumy L.; leaves bi-pin- 

 nate, pubescent ; hedge-rows, very common. C. aureuviy 

 L.; leaves ter-pinnate, leaflets pinnatifid, stem thickened 

 at the joints, often spotted, glabrous ; mountain woods. 



B. Petals more or less ciliate: — C. eleganSy Gaud.; 

 petals cihate only at the tip, bracts of partial involucre 

 linear, membranous ; rare ; St. Bernard, Vorarlberg. C. 



