694 Umbelliferae. 
p- 106. — Odontites semicomposita Spreng. Prodrom. Unbellif., p. 33. 
— Bupleurum glaucum Ledeb. Flor. Ress. H, p. 261. — Boiss. Flor. 
Or. II, p. 842. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., p.79 no, 461. 
— Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg. Supplem., p. 718. — Sickenberg. 
Contrib. Flor. d’Eg., p. 239. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Primit. Flor. 
Marmaric., p.648 no. 132. — An annual plant, 10—30 cm high, 
sometimes somewhat more, dichotomously branched from the base. 
Leaves linear or sometimes oblong-lanceolate. Umbels unequally 
3-—5-rayed, near the top of the branches; bracts of the involucel 
a little longer than the flowers, 3-nerved, linear-lanceolate. Fruit 
pedicelled, nearly globular, twin, granular-muricate, with nearly 
obsolete ribs. — Flow. March to April. 
M. ma. Marmarica: Matruqa; Mariut; Alexandria-West and 
-East; Mandara; Abukir. — M. p. Brullus; Damietta; Qatiya; Bureyq; 
El-’Arish. — N.d. N.f. N. v. Scattered on waste places and in 
sandy places. 
Local name: zafran (Ascherson). 
Also known from the other parts of the Mediterranean region. 
382. (5.) Apium Linn. 
Calyx-teeth inconspicuous. Petals ovate or broad, with a short 
inflexed tip, the margins not recurved, scarcely imbricate. Disk 
rather thick, confluent with the conical base of the styles. Fruit 
short, slightly compressed laterally. Carpels ovoid, with 5 prominent 
ribs, the lateral ones close to the rather narrow commissure, with 1 
vitta under each furrow, and usually 2 at the commissure. Carpo- 
phore undivided. Seed nearly terete, straight. — Erect or prostrate 
herbs. Leaves ternately or pinnately dissected. Umbels compound, 
leaf-opposed or terminal, without involucral bracts. 
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The genus, whether limited to 3 or 4 species, or further extended to 
include several species distinguished upon slight grounds by modern botanists, 
will be found to extend over most of the temperate and warmer regions of 
the globe. 
981. Apium graveolens L. Spec. Plant. I (1753), p. 379. — 
Boiss. Flor. Or. II, p.856. — Rcehbch. Ic. XXI tab. 13 fig. I — 
Aschers.-Schweinf. Il]. Flor. d’Eg., p.80 no.462. — Sickenberg. 
Contrib. Flor. d’Kg., p. 239. — A biennial plant, 50—80 em high, 
glabrous; root spindle-shaped; stem hollow, deeply grooved. Leaves 
somewhat fleshy, the lower petioled, pinnatisect into 5, cuneate, 
incised-lobed segments, toothed at the apex. Umbels short-peduncled 
or sessile. — Flow. March to April. 
