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tJMBBLLIPERJE. (PARSLEY FAMILY.) 



A. seselifolium, D.C. .3 to 



. 5, glabrous, with slender stem, corym- 

 bose above. Radical and lower leaves 

 petioled, ovate in outline, . 1 long, 2- 

 3-pinnatisect, lobes oblong to linear, 

 obtuse, decurrent ; lobes of upper 

 leaves few, linear, elongated. Umbels 

 5-12-rayed ; leaves of involucre and 

 involucel linear-setaceous — Spring — 

 Fields ; not very common. 



Fruiting umbel of A. seselifolium 



9. CORIANDRUM, L. Coriander. Ktizbarah. 



Calyx-teeth unequal. Fruit globular-ovate. Stylopodium conical, 

 entire. Mericarps hemispherical, the primary ribs 5, wavy, the lateral 

 remote from the margin, the secondary 4, filiform, more prominent. 

 Dorsal vittae obsolete, commissural 3. Internal face of albumen con- 

 cave — Annual, white-flowered herbs, with slender, dichotomous stems, 

 and a heavy smell. 



1. C sativum, L. .4 to .5, glabrous. Leaves of ttco Mnds, 

 the lower petioled, impari-pinnatisect into 2-3 pairs of ovate-cuneiform, 

 obtuse, incised-dentate segments, the upper short-petioled or subsessile, 

 2-^-pinnatisect into linear-setoxeous loies. Umbels 5-10-rayed, involucre 

 0, or composed of 1, small, setaceous bract, involucel usually of 3, short, 

 linear-lanceolate bracts — Spring — Fields among grain ; common. 



2. C. tordylioides, Boiss. .4 to .5, glabrous. All the leaves 

 similar^ petioled, imparipinnatisect into 1-2 pairs of oblong-ovate, ob- 

 tusely incised and dentate segments. Umbels 5-10-rayed ; involucre 0, 

 or of l-x>, short, membranous-margined bracts ; involucel of oo , linear- 

 lanceolate, membranous-margined bracts — Spring — Fields among 

 grain ; Ccelesyria to Damascus, Aintab, and northward. 



10. BIFORA, Hoffm. Bifora. 



Calyx-margin obsolete. Fruit broader than long, twin. Stylopo- 



dium minute, conical. Mericarps near- 

 ly globular, the commissural face perfor- 

 ated, the primary ribs 5, insconspicuous, 

 the lateral semicircular, distant from mar- 

 gin the secondary also not prominent. In- 

 tervals rugose-tubercled. Vittae 0. Seed 

 concave on its inner surface — Annual, 

 white flowered herbs, with a heavy odor. 



B. testiculata, L. .5, gla- 

 brous, corymbose. Lower leaves petioled, 

 2-pinnatisect into oblong-cuneate, in- 

 cised-dentate lobes, the upper sessile, bi- 

 pinnatisect into linear lobes. Umbel 

 2-3-rayed; umbellet with 2-6-flowers, 



Fm. 165. 



Fruiting umbel of B. testiculata. 



