UMBELLIFER^. (PARSLEY FAMILY.) 331 



nous, long-petioled, cordate-ovate^ crenate, often .15 long, undivided or 

 palmately 3-parted, with lanceolate, doubly serrate segments ; upper 

 stem-leaves sessile, coriaceous, 0-6-palmatisect into lanceolate and lin- 

 ear, serrate-prickly, defiexed, falcate segments. Involucre leaves 5-6, 

 linear-lanceolate, with prickly-point and margins, thrice as long as .01 

 to .014 long heads — Summer — Dry fields and hillsides ; common. 



1 1 1 ^11 tlie palecB tricuspid. 



7. E. tricuspidatum, L. 21 Dichotomous-corymbose. Root- 

 leaves long-petioled, cordate-orbicular, undivided or 2-3-lobed, acutely 

 crenate, stem-leaves sessile, palmatisect into lanceolate, prickly-serrate 

 segments. Involucre leaves 5-6, keeled, linear-subulate, prickly for 

 their whole length, three to four times as long as heads — Summer — 

 (Tristram says in a '' locality not noted.") 



8. E. Creticum, Lam. 21 Qurs ^anni. Bliaxik-eVarqabdni. .3 

 to .5, 'blue^ divaricately much branched, corymbose. Root-leaves 

 soon withering, long-petioled, oblong in outline, bipinnatipartite, with 

 cut-toothed, prickly segments ; the stem-leaves sessile, 3-8-palmatipar- 

 tite into lanceolate-linear, cut-toothed, prickly divisions. Involucre 

 leaves 5, linear-subulate, with 3 prickles at base, and sometimes others 

 along the margins, 3-4 times as long as the .008 long heads — Summer 

 — Fields and rocky places ; common, 



Var. oblouguin, Post. Root-leaves undivided, cordate-oblong, 

 doubly crenate, or dentate — Beirut. 



Var. lobatuiii, Post. Root-leaves oblong, entire, or 2-3-lobed, 

 crenate — Coast. 



Var. spinulo§iiin, Post. In-volucre-leaves prickly to apex. 

 Stem-leaves sub-petioled — Coelesyria. 



9. E. maritiiniiiii, L. 2^ .3 to .5, glaucous, corymbose ; root- 

 stock stoloniferous. Leaves coriaceous, coarsely incised-prickly, the 

 radical long-petioled, cordate-reniform, undivided or palmately lobed, 

 the upper clasping, palmately lobed. Involucre leaves 5, hroad-rhomhoid, 

 pricTcly toothed or lobed ^ somewhat longer than the .02 to .04 longheads; 

 upper papillsB of the at length fungous calyx-tube, prickly ; calyx-lobes 

 tender — Summer — Sandy places along the coast. 



3. ACTINOEEMA, Fenzl. Actinolema. 



Flowers polygamous, the central hermaphrodite, nearly sessile, the 

 others staminate. Calyx-limb leafy. Petals erect, connivent, oblong- 

 lanceolate, notched at slender tip. Ribs of mericarp 5, equal, prominent, 

 obtuse, crested-dentate at back, spongy, tubercled at sides ; vittae 1 

 under each rib, large ; carpophore adnate — Annual, 2-3-chotomous herbs, 

 with simple, axillary and alar, solitary, 2-4-flowered umbels ; involucre 

 light green and white, reticulated, translucent. 



A. eryng[ioidc§, Fenzl. .2 to .4, glabrous. Lower leaves 

 oblong, crenate or dentate, tapering to a short petiole ; those of forks 

 2-3, narrower, prickly-serrulate, the uppermost palmately tricuspid or 

 lobed. Leaves of involucre 5-6, unequal, oblong-elliptical, tapering at 

 base, prickly-denticulate, longer than the green flowers, calyx-lobes ob- 

 ovate-cuneate, truncate at apex, the keel ending in a prickly point ; 



