Apium. — Helsosciadium. 695 
M. ma. Mariut; Montaza, Alexandria-West and -East; Mandara; 
Abukir. — M. p. Rosetta; Damietta. — N.d. N. v. O. D. a. sept. 
Scattered on way-sides on wet soil and on waste places, rarely 
cultivated. 
Local name: qarrabis; generally: kerafs. 
Common in all parts of the Mediterranean region and Middle Hurope, 
Western Asia to Belutshistan. 
383. (6.) Heliosciadiam Koch. 
Calyx-teeth obsolete. Petals ovate, concave, entire or slightly 
emarginate, inflexed at the apex. Stylopodia depressed, margins 
entire; styles short, divergent. Fruit ovate, laterally compressed; 
primary ridges blunt, equal; secondary ridges rounded, rather 
prominent; mericarp 5-sided. Vittae solitary, conspicuous, opposite 
the secondary ridges, but 2 in the commissural face of each mericarp. 
Carpophore undivided. — Herbs. Leaves pinnate. Umbels regularly 
compound, usually opposite the leaves; involucre none; involucels 
of 0 or many leaves. Flowers white. 
A genus of moderate size, scattered over the whole world. 
A. Leaf segments lanceolate, crenate ....... 1. H. nodifiorum. 
B. Leaf segments cuneate, dentate ........ 2. H. crassipes. 
982. (1.) Heliosciadium nodifiorum (L.) Koch Gen. Umbell. 
(1824), p. 126. — Boiss. Flor. Or. II, p. 856. — Aschers.-Schweinf. 
Ill. Flor. d@’Eg., p.80 no. 463. — Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. d’Eg., 
p. 293. — Apium nodiflorum Rchbch. Ic. XXI, tab.15. — Sium 
nodiflorum LL. Spec. Plant. I, p. 361. — DC. Prodrom. IV, p. 104. — 
A perennial plant, 10—50 cm high, sometimes somewhat more, 
glabrous, rooting at the lower part of the stems. Leaves pinnate, 
consisting of 3—6 pairs of ovate-lanceolate, serrate leaflets, with 
oblique base. Umbels opposite the leaves, sessile or short-peduncled; 
bracts of the involucre lanceolate, scarious-margined; fruit ovate, 
1,5—2 mm long, with prominent ribs. — Flow. March to April. 
M. ma. Along ditches; Mariut; Montaza; Alexandria-West and 
-EKast. — N.d. Alexandria; Damietta. — 0. Little Oasis. — D. 1. 
Wady Natrun. 
Local name: djazar °afarit (Ascherson). 
Also known from the other parts of the Mediterranean region and 
Middle Europe, Mesopotamia and Persia. 
983. (2.) Heliosciadium crassipes (Spr.) Koch Gen. Umbell. 
(1824), p. 126. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., Supplem. p. 758. 
