Fig. 199. 



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65. CHJETOSCIADIUM, Boiss. Ch^tosciadium. 



Calyx-teeth short, subulate. Fruit oblong, somewhat dorsally 

 compressed, apex narrowed into patellar stylopodia, crowned with the 

 calyx-teeth. Mericarps all irregularly covered with long bristles. Ribs 

 and intervals obsolete. Oil-tubes obscure, 4 dor- 

 sal, 2 commissural. Inner face of seed con- 

 cave — Annual herbs, with aspect of Pimpi- 

 nella, and white flowers. 



C. tricliosperma, L. .1 to .4, 



appressed-hairy, dichotomous from base. 

 Leaves oblong-ovate in outline, 2-pinnatisect, 

 segments ovate to oblong, pinnately parted 

 into oblong, acute lobes, Rays 3-6 ; invo- 

 lucre ; bracts of involucel subulate ; liristles 

 3-4 times as long as breadth of seed — Spring Fruiting umbel of c. 



— Fields ; common. trichosperma. 



66. CUMIBfUm, L. CiDiMiN. Gammun. 



Calyx-teeth subulate, unequal. Fruit oblong, tapering at base and 

 apex, somewhat compressed laterally, and somewhat constricted at com- 

 missure. Primary ribs filiform, obtuse, secondary as prominent or more 

 so, more or less long-setulose. Oil-tubes under each secondary rib 1, 

 thick. Stylopodia conical, tapering into rigid styles. Inner face of 

 seed somewhat concave — Annual herbs, with minute, white or reddish 

 flowers. 



C, Cyniiiium, L. © .3 to .5, dichotomously branched from 

 base. Leaves biternately dissected into long, filiform lobes. Ray 3-5, 

 short ; bracts of involucre and involucel setaceous ; fruits .005 long, 

 .002 broad — Spring — Fields; cultivated, and escaped from culti- 

 vation. 



67. TUROEIVIOPSIS, Boiss. Turgeniopsis. 



Calyx-teeth short. Fruit laterally compressed. Primary ribs 5, 

 filiform, narrow, papillose, the lateral at the edge of the mericarp ; the 

 secondary 4, broad, obtuse, with 2-3 rows of barbed bristles springing 

 from a tubercle. Oil-tubes 1 under secondary ribs, slender or obsolete. 

 Inner surface of seed concave — Annual, white-flowered herbs, with 

 leaves dissected into capillary lobes. 



T. faeiiiculacea, Fenzl. © .3 to. 4, glabrous, dichotomously 

 branched. Rays 2-3'; involucre ; bracts of involucel capillary ; fruit 

 elliptical, .008 long, .005 broad, much longer than pedicel ; bristles 

 half as long as breadth of seed — April and May — Rocks and stony 

 places ; middle and subalpine zones of Lebanon, Antilebanon, Cassius, 

 and northward, 



68. TORILIS, Ilofl^m. Hedge-Parsley. 



Calyx 5 -toothed. Fruit laterally compressed. Primary ribs 5, 

 setulose, secondary 4, hidden by the numerous prickles which occupy 

 the whole interval. Oil-tubes 1 under each secondary rib. Inner face 

 of albumen grooved — Annual, setulose herbs, with white or reddish 

 flowers. 



