UMBELLIFER^. (PARSLEY FAMILY.) 



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bipartite. Umbel with 4-10, long rays ; bracts of involucre oblong, mu- 

 cronate; fruit shorter than pedicel, elliptical-linear, mericarps aliJce, all 

 the ribs winged to base of pericarp, the lateral as broad as the seeds, 

 the dorsal narrower ; seed half as long as pericarp— Spring — Aintab. 



2. C anisoptera, 2^ .6tol. Leaves oblong-lanceolate in out- 

 line, pinuatisect into 4-5 pairs of entire or 2-3-divided, oblong or ob- 

 long-lanceolate, crenate leaflets. Umbels with 4-10, long rays ; bracts 

 of involucre and involucel ovate-oblong, short ; fruit shorter than pe- 

 dicel, elliptical-club-shaped ; one mericarp 3- the other 5-winged, the 

 Offings, produced to the base of the pericarp, the lateral broader than the 

 seed, the dorsal narrower; seed half as long as pericarp — April and 

 May — Fields ; lower and middle mountain regions. 



3. C. creiiata, Boiss. If .6tol; lower 

 leaves undivided, oblong, cordate or cuneate 

 at base, crenate: the others ovate in outline, 

 the largest ,4 to .5 long, .3 to .4 broad, bipinna- 

 tisect into oblong, sessile leaflets, often cuneate 

 at base, the largest .1 long, .03 broad, crenate. 

 Umbels with 4-1 2-rays, .1 to .2 long in fruit; 

 bracts of involucre and involucel lanceolate, 

 obtuse or acuminate; fruits elliptical, .015 long, 

 .006 broad, two-thirds to one-third as long as 

 contracted pedicels, one mericarp 3-winged, 

 the other 3-5-winged, the lateral wings broader 

 than seeds, the dorsal narrower, disappearing 

 towards base of fruit ; seed half as long as peri- 

 carp — May to July — Fields, vineyards and 

 thickets ; lower and middle mountain zones 

 throughout. 



Fig. 171. 



Immature umbellet ot C. 

 crenata.' 



4. C. luierocarpa, Boiss. If .6. Lower leaves ovate in out- 

 line, bipinnatisect into oblong-lanceolate, crenulate leaflets. Umbels 

 6-7-rayed ; leaves of involucre and involucel oblong, acute ; fruit two- 

 thirds as long as pedicel, .008 to .01 long, one mericarp 3- the other 4- 

 winged, the lateral wings as broad as the diameter of the seed; seed 

 three-quarters as long as pericarp — April and May — Syria ; place not 

 noted (Boiss.). 



Farther study may show all our species to be varieties of C. crenata. 



Tribe V. AOTMINEiE. 



* Petals entire, retuse, or dentate, with inflexed tip, yellow or white. 



20. BUPLEVRUM. 2L{! Leaves undivided. Flowers yellow or greenish-yellow, 



21. APIUM. @ If Leaves pinnate, with cuneate-lobed segments. Flowers white. 



22. HELOSCIADIUM. 2^ Leaves pinnate, with ovate leaflets (Fig. 175). Aquatics, with 

 white flowers. 



23. PETROSELINUM. Lower leaves 2-pinnate, upper 3-sect. Flowers greenish, or 

 reddish-yellow. 



24. RIDOLFIA. 2f Leaves dissected into capillary lobes. Flowers yellow, 



25. DEVERRA- Branches stifT, interlaced, leafless. Desert herbs 



