142 LXIII. UMBELLIFERD. 
an inebriating drink. Leaves pinnate-parted, the lower with broader, the 
upper with narrower segments. Involucres many-leaved. 
18. FHANICULUM, Adans. 
Calyx-margin tumid, obsolete. Petals roundish, entire, in- 
volute, with a retuse point. Fruit in a cross-section nearly 
circular; carpels with 5 prominent, bluntly keeled ribs, the 
lateral marginal and a little broader; furrows 1-vittate ; com- 
missure 2-vittate. Seed semicylindrical.— FV. Cap. ui. p. 548. 
F. officinale (Fennel) is naturalized in various places. Leaves all 3- 
pinnate, with capillary, elongated leaflets. 
19. DEVERRA, DC. 
Calyx-margin obsolete. Petals ovate, acuminate, with in- 
flexed points. Styles short, at length spreading. Fruit ovate 
or roundish, laterally subcompressed, covered with granules or 
hairs ; carpels semiterete, often with obsolete ridges; 1 oil- 
vessel in the furrow, and 2 in the commissure; carpophore 2- 
parted.— #7. Cap. 11. p. 548. 
Aromatic, nearly leafless, glaucous, rigid, broom-like herbs. Involucre 
4-6-leaved, deciduous. Flowers white.—2 species, both Eastern; D. 
aphylla with hairy, and D. Burchellii with tuberculated fruit. 
20. SESELI, Linn. 
Calyx-margin 5-toothed, the teeth short, thick, sometimes 
obsolete. Petals ovate, with inflexed points, emarginate or 
nearly entire. Fruit oval or oblong, its cross-section nearly 
circular, crowned by the reflexed styles ; carpels with 5 pro- 
minent, filiform or elongated, thick ridges, the lateral marginal 
and often a little broader; furrows 1-vittate, the outer rarely 
2-vittate ; commissure 2-vittate, rarely 4-vittate. Seed semi- 
terete.— Fl. Cap. i. p. 549. 
Biennials or perennials, with 3-foliolate pinnate or decompound leaves. 
Involucre obsolete; involucel many-leaved. Flowers white, rarely yellow. 
—8 species, of which 2 are Eastern. 
21. POLEMANNIA, E. and Z. 
Calyx-margin shortly 5-toothed. Petals elliptical, entire, 
with an acuminate, inflexed point. Fruit oblong, its cross- 
section nearly circular, crowned with the depressed-conical 
stylopod and short styles; carpels with 5 prominent, blunt 
ridges, the lateral marginal a little larger ; furrows 1-vittate ; 
commissure 2-vittate; carpophore 2-parted.— #7. Cap. i. p. 
550. 
Glabrous shrubs with petioled, 3-foliolate leaves, the leaflets wedge- 
