UMBELLIFEREAE 337 



mosiis, glaber, glauciis, aliquando basi rubeolus, ramis Raten- 

 tentibns; folia radicalia primordialia simpliciter pinnata, fo- 

 liolis parvis, cuneato-ovatis, bi-trilobis vel integris; succes- 

 siva et caulina inferiora bipinnata, foliolis lanceolatis, bi - 

 trifidis vel integris; superiora simpliciter pinnata, foliolis li- 

 nearibus, quidquam elongatis; petioli foliorum inferiorum te- 

 retes, striati, basi expansi iu vaginam longam, angustam, 

 striatam, margine membranaceam; vagina petiolaris similis, 

 successive brevior, plerumque sustinet folia superiora loco 

 petioli; involucrum universale aut nullum aut monopliyllum, 

 foliolo lineari, brevi, rarius elongato, basi margine membra- 

 naceo; involucella polyphylla, umbellulis subbreviora, foliolis 

 brevibus, acuminatisque; napuli radicales fasciculati, cylin- 

 draceo-clavati, clava in fibram desinente, nunc crassiore et 

 nunc tenuiore. 



Floret Aprili, Majo. %. 



Aetnae, in saxosis vulcanicis detritis humidisque pedemon- 

 tanae regionis: Catania, Cihali, Fortino, S. Giovanni Galer- 

 mo. — Alias species hujus generis, ideo 0. flstulosam, 0. pJiel- 

 landrium et 0. pimpinelloidem, nunquam in saxosis vulca- 

 nicis vidi, at semper in humidis argillosis et sabulosis (Spon- 

 de del Simeto). 



Icon. Cup. Panph. Sic. ed. Bihl. Pan. 1. tah. 198 et 2. 

 tah. 117. sub nomine: Oenanthe Thapsiae foliis, Sparganii 

 cajntulo. 



Oenanthe globulosa. Lin. Sp. Pl. pag. 364. — DC. Prodr. 

 4. pag. 138.— Ten. Fl. Nap. 3. pag. 316.—Moris Fl. Sard. 

 2. pag. 226. — Beich. Fl. Gerni. exc. 3. pag. 464. — Guss. 

 Syn. Fl. Sic. 1. pag. 328.—Torn. Fl. Sic. vag. 266. 



Phellandrium globulosum . Bert. Fl. It. 3. pag. 230. 



Oenanthe paucedanifolia. Maur. Cent. XIII. pag. 16. 



Genus 5. Foeniculum. 



Flores biumbellati, umbellis aut planis aut concavis, non 

 involucratis, umbellulis pauci-multifloris, fertilibus, aequipe- 

 talis, non involucellatis; scapus elongatus, farctus; pedicelli 

 seu radii, plus minus elongati et scapo conformes; calyx tu- 

 bulosus, margine tumidus et obsoletus; petala oblonga, flava, 



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