UMBELLIFEU.^. (PARSLEY FAMILY.) 



* Commissural oil-tubes 3. 



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1. H. Amaiiuin, Boiss. et Ky. (|) © Tall. Leaves appressed- 

 pubescent, g-reeu above, grey beneath, piiinatipartite into 2 pairs of 

 oblong segments, which are piuiiati partite intoohong^ acute, denticulate 



Inliorescence bristly pubescent ; umbel 

 many-rayed; fruit round-ovate, retuse, sparsely 

 beset with small bristles — May and June — Al- 

 pine Amanus, near Spruce forests. 



* * Commissural oil-tuhes 0. 



2. H. liuinilc, S. et S. 21 .2 to .6, papil. 

 lose-pubescent ; neck scaly ; stems sparingly branch- 

 ed. Leaves oblong in outline, pinnatipartite into 

 2-5 pairs of ovate to cuneate-obovute, acutely 

 dentate or incised, sometimes pinnatisect leaflets. 

 Kays 3-6 ; fruit puberulent or glabrous, ovate- 

 elliptical, .008 long — August and September — 

 Stony places in alpine regions of Lebanon, Her- 

 mon, Berytdagh, and northward. 



Fruiting umbellet 

 of H. humile. 



57. SYNEL.COSCIADIUM, Boiss. Sykblcosciadium. 



Calyx-teeth long, lanceolate, unequal, at length deciduous. 

 Fruit with a broad, flat margin. Ribs almost obsolete, the lateral 

 close to the margin. Styles at length indurated, erect. Oil-tubes 

 1 in each interval, filiform — Annual, strigose, dichotomous herbs, with 

 white flowers, and unequally rayed umbels, contracted in fruit. 



Fig. 195. 



Fruiting umbel of S. Carmeli. 



S. Carmeli, Lab. © 1 to 2, retrorsely hispid below. Leaves 

 pinnate, of two and- a \vAi to four and a half pairs of large, ovate- 

 i>blong, coars<^--toothed or lobed, to linear, entire leaflets. Rays 3-6; fruit 

 round, retuse, .008 in diameter — May to July — Common along 

 coast, and iu middle zone of mountains. 



58. 1IAL.ABA1I.A, Hofl[m. Malauaila. 



Calyx-margin obsolete. Fruit round or obovate ; with a broad 

 margin, translucent within, thickened and pithy witliout. Ribs fili- 

 form, the lateral at margin. Oil-tube 1 in each interval, the lateral 

 at margin of seed — Perennial, yellow-flowered herbs, with non-radiat- 

 ing flowers. 



