Foenieulum. — Crithmum. 705 
times pinnate, with very narrow, linear or subulate segments, rather 
stiff in dry situations, very slender when cultivated. Umbels rather 
large, of 15, 20, or more rays, more or less glaucous. Fruit about 
6 mm long, the vittae very conspicuous. — Flow. February to April. 
M. ma. Marmarica: Matruqa; Bir-el-qasabah. — M. p. N. d. 
N. f. N. v. D. a. sept. Cultivated and often naturalized. 
Local name: shamar. 
Apparently of South Huropean origin, but has long been cultivated 
and establishing itself readly in stony or sandy hilly situations, especially 
near the sea, it is now diffused over temperate and subtropic regions of the 
World. 
998. (2.) Foeniculum piperitum DC. Prodrom. IV (1828), 
p- 142. — Boiss. Flor. Or. II, p. 971. — Rehbeh. Ic. German., p. 1931. 
— A perennial herb, 1—2m high, stem terete, striate. Leaves 
2-pinnatisect into linear, rigid lobes; the upper reduced to a caudate 
petiole. Umbels 5—7-rayed. — Flow. March to April. 
N. d. Between, Alexandria and Hzbet-el-Khurshid. 
Also known of the other parts of the Mediterranean region of Europe 
and Northern Africa. 
394. (17.) Crithmum Tourn. 
Leaves succulent, dissected. Umbels compound, with general 
and partial involucres. Petals entire. Fruit ovoid, not compressed, 
without distinct calycine teeth. Carpels of a thick, succulent or 
somewhat corky consistence, with 5 acute ribs becoming prominent 
when dry, but not winged; the vittae numerous, slender, and irregular. 
Seeds loose in the cavity, with numerous fine vittae on the outside. 
A single species, very different from any other Kgyptian Umbellifera, 
but closely allied to the large Mediterranean and Asiatic genus Cachrys, with 
which some botanists unite it. 
999. Crithmum maritimum L. Spec. Plant. I (1753), p. 354. 
— Boiss. Flor. Or. I, p. 977. — Rehbch. Ic. XXI tab. 59. — Aschers.- 
Schweinf. Il. Flor. d’Ee., p. 81 no. 474. — Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. 
d’Eg., p. 240. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Primit. Flor. Marmaric., p. 649 
no. 137. — A perfectly glabrous perennial, seldom above 30—40 cm 
high, almost woody at the base; the young branches, foliage, and 
umbels, thick and fleshy. Leaves twice or thrice ternate, with thick 
linear segments about 2,5 cm long. Umbels of 15—20 or more 
rays. Involucres of several small linear or lanceolate bracts. Petals 
very minute, fugacious. Fruits about 6mm long. — Flow. March 
to April. 
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