356 UMBELLIFER^. (PAKSLEY FAMILY.) 



in each interval — Perennial herbs, with Tvhite flowers, and 3-3-pinnate- 

 ly dissected leaves. 



C Orientale, Bolss. If .6 to 1 or more, glabrous, with ascend- 

 ing branches. Leaves ovate-triangular in outline, the segments cu- 

 neate-ovate, pinnatisect or -partite into linear or oblong, obtuse, entire 

 or lobulate lobes. Umbels many-rayed ; bracts of involucre and invol- 

 ucel setaceous, the latter about as long as pedicels ; fruits ovate, .003 

 long — Summer — Thickets and woods ; middle and subalpine zones 

 of Lebanon, Cassius, Amanus, and northward. 



42. FGEJ^ICULUM, Hoffm. Fennel. Shumrah. Razianij. 



Calyx-margin tumid, entire. Stylopodia large, conical. Fruit ob- 

 long-terete. Ribs of mericarps 5, prominent, obtusely keeled. Oil- 

 tube 1 in each interval — Tall, biennial, or perennial herbs, with pin- 

 nately dissected leaves, and yellow flowers. 



1. F. officinale, All. % Fennel. Shumar. 1 or more ; stem 

 terete, striate. Leaves dissected into capillary lobes, the upper reduced 

 to a caudate petiole. Umbels 13-20-rayed — Summer — Borders of 

 fields, and hillsides ; not uncommon, 



2. F. piperitum, D.C. If 1 to 2; stem terete, striate. Leaves 

 3-pinnatisect into linear, rigid lobes ; the upper reduced to a caudate 

 petiole. Umbels 5-7-rayed — June — Dry hills; Galilee, Lebanon, 

 Cassius, and northward. 



43. KUlVDMAlVRfIA, Scop. Kundmannia. 



Calyx-teeth ovate. Stylopodia conical. Fruit terete, prismatic-/* 

 cylindrical. Ribs of mericarps filiform, obtuse, equal. Oil-tubes nu- 

 merous in each interval. Inner face of albumen flat — Perennial, gla- 

 brous herbs, with pinnatisect leaves and yellow flowers, 



K. Syriaca, 2f .6 ; stem erect, flexuous, branching from base. 

 Leaves tender, triangular in outline, bipinnatisect into ovate, subses- 

 sile, serrate or 2-3-fid segments, .015 to .02 long, .005 to .01' broad. 

 Umbels with 15-25, .02 long rays; bracts of involucel ovate-triangular, 

 very short ; fruit * * — June and July — Fissures of rocks above 

 Antioch. 



44. CRITHMIJltl, L. Crithmum. 



Calyx-teeth obsolete. Fruit ovoid-oblong, scarcely flattened. 

 Mericarps semiterete, pentagonal, the lateral ribs at margin. Pericarp 

 pithy, thick, at length separating from the endocarp, which is adnate 

 to the semiterete seed, and everywhere covered with oil-tubes — Gla- 

 brous, maritime herbs, with a woody base, fleshy leaves, and greenish- 

 white flowers. 



C maritimum, 5 -3 to ,4 ; stems stout. Leaves bipinnatipar- 

 tite into linear-lanceolate and oblong, acute leaflets, .02 to .05 long. 

 Umbels many rayed ; bracts of involucre and involucel lanceolate, 

 deflexed ; fruit .005 to .006 long, .003 broad — Summer — Hanging 

 from rocks by the sea. 



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