702 Umbelliferae. 
993. (2.) Pimpinella Anisum L. Spec. Plant. 1 (1753), p. 399. 
— Boiss. Flor. Or. I, p. 866. — Rchbch. Ie. Flor. Germ., tab. 1685. 
— Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., p.80.— An annual plant 50 em 
high or sometimes more, puberulent. Lower leaves round-cordate, 
incised, the intermediate trisect with wedge-shaped, cut-lobed 
seements; the upper sessile, divided into linear, entire or trifid 
lobes. Umbels with 10—12 rays, about twice as long as the 
fruiting umbellets; involucre and involucel with one linear bract 
or 0; petals puberulent without; fruit puberulent, ovate-pyriform, 
3mm long, 2mm broad, tapering at the apex. — Flow. January 
to March. 
M. ma. M. p. N. d. N.f. N. v. O. D. a. sept. Cultivated every- 
where and-often naturalized. 
Local name: yasstin (Ascherson); generally: yanisin. 
Cultivated everywhere in Kurope and the other parts of the world. 
390. (13.) Seandix Tourn. 
Leaves dissected. Umbels compound, with partial involucres 
of several bracts, and white flowers. Fruit linear, with a very long, 
smooth beak. Carpels (below the beak) with 5 obtuse ribs, without 
vittas. Albumen of the seed with a longitudinal furrow on the 
inner face. 
A small but distinct genus, ranging chiefly over the Mediterranean 
region and west-central Asia. 
994. Scandix Pecten Veneris L. Spec. Plant. I (1753), p. 368. 
— Boiss. Flor. Or. II, p. 914. — Rehbch. Ic. XXI, tab. 188 fig. HI—VY. 
— Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., p.81 no.471. — Sickenberg. 
Contrib. Flor. @Eg., p. 240. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Kg., 
Supplem. p. 758. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Primit. Flor. Marmaric., p. 649 
no. 135. — <A branching annual, erect or spreading, 12—30 cm 
high, and more or less hairy. Leaves twice or thrice pinnate, with 
short segments cut into narrow lobes. Umbels terminal, of 2 or 3 
rays, without general involucres; partial involucres of several lanceo- 
late bracts, often 2 or 3-lobed at the top. Flowers almost sessile, 
small and white, with a few large outer petals. Fruits attaining 
near 5 cm; the carpels at the base cylindrical and ribbed, 8 or 
10 mm long, the remainder occupied by a stiff, flattened beak, often 
compared to the tooth of a comb. — Flow. March to April. 
M. ma. Alexandria; Mex; Ramle, recently introduced. 
Also known from the other parts of the Mediterranean region, Europe, 
Caucasia, Persia, Afghanistan and Belutshistan. 
