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UMBELLIFERJS. (PARSLET FAMHiY.) 



* Root fusiform-cylindrical. 



1. C. polyphyllum, Boiss. et Bl. @ .5 to .6; stem stout, 

 with alternate branches, zigzag. Leaves oblong-lanceolate in outline, 

 petioled, 2-3-pinnatisect into linear, acute lobes. Umbels unequally 6- 

 12-rayed; bracts of involucre 5-7 long, setaceous; involucel 0; fruit 

 club-shaped, .005 long, .001 broad; styles 2-3 times as long as flattened, 

 conical stylopodia — May - - Fields ; Beirut ; Hums. 



* * Boot globular or spheroidal^ more or less Tcrwbby. 



t Intervals with one oil-tube, 



2. C. eleg^ans, Fenzl. If .4 to. 6 ; stem dicho- 

 tomously branched almost from base. Lower leaves 

 long-petioled, triangular-ovate, 2-3-pinnatisect into 

 short, linear, divergent lobes ; upper 1-2-pinnatisect 

 into long, lineai'-JUiform lobes. Umbels 5-10-rayed ; 

 bracts of involucre and involucel short, membranous- 

 margined, lanceolate-subulate; pedicels 1-3 times as 

 long as obovate-truncate, .004 long, . 002 broad fruit ; 

 styles setaceous, wavy, many times as long as depressed 

 stylopodia — April to August — Fields to subalpine 

 and alpine regions. 



A species with pretty flowers, .002 broad. 



Fig. 178. 



Fruiting umbellet^of 

 C. elegans. 



Var. juiiceum, Boiss. Stem slender, almost naked. Leaves 

 reduced to few linear lobes or one. Umbels with 2-5-slender rays. 

 Fruits smaller than in type — Hermon. Cassius. 



Var niiiiimum. Post. 



Dwarf, .05 to .1 high, almost leafless. 

 Alpine regions of Jebel Sun- 



Umbels contracted, .01 to .02 broad 

 nin. 



Var. IVoeaninn, Boiss. Plant more rigid. Lobes of leaves 

 narrower. Fruit elongated, pyrif orm — Hermon. 



Fig. 179. 



3. C. brachyactis, Post. If (Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. London, 1888, p 432) .2, sj^ar- 

 ingly dichotomous almost from base, cymose 

 above. Root-leaves * * * ; stem-leaves few, 

 small, dissected into linear-spathulate lobes. 

 Rays 7-8, nearly equal, .01 long, a little longer 

 than umbellets; bracts of involucre and invol- 

 ucel membranous, lanceolate-subulate, shorter 

 than rays and pedicels, or nearly as long ; pe- 

 dicels slender, shorter than .003 long, .0015 

 broad fruits ; style twice as long as diameter 

 of fruit, six times as long as flattened stylopo- 

 dium — June — Akherdagh. 



4. C. nudum, Post. 1i (Trans. Lmn. Fruiting umbel of c.brachyacus. 

 Soc. London, 1888, p. 432), .5 to .6, stem terete, alternately branched 

 above, paniculate. Root-leaves * * * ; middle stem-leaves with broad 

 sheathing petiole, 1-pinnatisect into 2-pairs of oblong-elliptical, acute, en- 

 tire leaflets, .014 long, .003 broad; upper Iqqnq^ reduced toamerrcbranous. 

 icarious-margined, abruptly caudMe, sheathing petiole. Umbels with 12- 

 14, unequal rays, %-d times as long as the .015 long, fruiting, 15-20-flow- 



