Ferula. — Anethum. — Tordylium. 707 
compound, of many primary and secondary rays, terminal, subterminal, 
and lateral. Involucre and involucels none or of few caducous 
leaves. Flowers yellow, polygamous. 
A large genus, inhabiting South Europe, Western and Central Asia, 
and North Africa, 
1001. Ferula sinaica Boiss. Diagnos. Plant. Orient., Ser.I fase. X 
(1849) p. 40. — Flor. Or. I, p. 987. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Il. Flor. 
d’Eg. Supplem., p. 758. — Aschers. Flor. Sirbon., p. 812 no. 16. — 
Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. d’Eg., p. 246. — A perennial plant, 1 m high 
or more, glabrous, glaucescent. Leaves much dissected, all the 
ribs thickened, lobes linear, 3—5 cm long, obtuse, mucronulate, 
flaccid; those of lower leaves 2 cm broad, of the upper ones narrower, 
stem-leaves reduced gradually to a lanceolate sheath, with short, subu- 
late lobes. Central umbels peduncled; fruit unknown. — Flow. March. 
M. p. Between Bir-Mabruky and Bureyq. — D.i. Ekhfén: El- 
Gels-Mohamediya. 
Local name: kalkh. 
Also known from Sinai. 
397. (20.) Anethum Tourn. 
Calyx-teeth obsolete. Fruit lenticular, surrounded by a dilated, 
flattened margin. Ribs filiform, the three intermediate acutely keeled, 
the lateral confluent with margin. Vittae as the broad as intervals, 
1 in each. — Tall herbs, with dissected leaves, and yellow flowers. 
A small genus widely distributed in the Mediterranean region and Europe. 
1002. Anethum graveolens L. Spec. Plant. I (1753), p. 377. — 
Boiss. Flor. Or. I, p. 1026. — Rehbch. Ic. XXI, tab. 127. — Aschers.- 
Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., p. 81 no. 475. — Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. 
d’Eg., p. 240. — An annual herb, 30—50 ecm high, glabrous. Leaves 
bipinnatisect into long, setaceous lobes. Umbels many-rayed; in- 
volucre and involucel 0; fruit elliptical. — Flow. March to April. 
N.d. N.f. N. v. O. Siwa; Little Oasis; Farafra; Dakhel; Great 
Oasis. 
Local name: kerawia; generally: shebet; shebit. 
Also known from Algeria, Tunisia, Tripolitania, Europe, Caucasia and 
Persia. 
398. (21.) Tordylium Linn. 
Leaves dissected. Umbels compound, with general and partial 
involucres. Flowers white or pink, the outer petals often larger. 
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