UMBELLIFER^. (PARSLEY FAMILY.) 375 



* Prickles in one tow. 



1. C. daucoicles, L. Bur-Parsley. .1 to .3, dichotomous 

 irom base. Leaves ovate in outline, tripinnatisect into short, linear-oUong 

 lobes. Umbels long-peduncled, equally 2-5-rayed ; fruit oblong, .012 

 long, .006 broad, including prickles, crowned witb lanceolate CdXjiii- 

 teeth ; prickles hooked, a little longer tban diameter of mericarps ; 

 styles as long as stylopodia — Summer — Fields ; middle and subalpine 

 zone of Lebanon and northward. 



2. C. tenella, Desf. .3 to .6 ; branches ascending. Leaves 

 oblong in outline, tripinnatisect into linear-setaceous lobes. Umbels 

 long-peduncled, with 5-9, unequal rays ; fruit oblong in outline, .005 

 long, .003 broad, including prickles; prickles thrice as long as linear 

 mericarp ; styles very short — Spring — Fields and grassy places ; 

 common. 



* * PricMes in 3-3 roios. 



3. C. leptopliylla, L. .3 to .5, ^m. 201. 

 dichotomously branched. Leaves oblong in 

 outline, bipinnatisect into linear lobes. Umbels 

 with short or moderately long, thick peduncles, 

 and 3-4, short, thick rays ; fruit oblong, .005 

 long, .003 broad, including prickles ; prickles 

 in 3 rows, twice as long as diameter of mericarp ; 

 stigmas sessile — Spring — Fields and dry places ; 

 common. 



Var. erytlirotriclia, Post. Prickles 

 in two rows, purple, turning blackish — A lit- 

 tle longer than diameter of fruit. ( C. erythro- Fruiting umbel ofC. 

 tricha, Boiss. et Haussh.) leptophyiia. 



4. C. Oaillardoti, Boiss. .3 to .4, dichotomously branched. 

 Leaves ovate to lanceolate in outline, bipinnatisect into oblong-linear lobes. 

 Umbels short- or long-peduncled, 3-3-rayed ; fruit oblong, .008 long, 

 .005 broad, including prickles ; prickles in three rows, 4-5 times as 

 long as diameter of mericarp ; styles as long as stylopodia — Spring — 

 Stony places at base of Jebel Qaisun (Damascus) ^ Ras Beirut ; Sarada 

 (above el-Huleh). 



5. C. fallax, Boiss. et Bl. .3 to .6, slender, dichotomously 

 branched. Leaves bipinnatisect into lanceolate, incised or pinnatisect 

 segments, the terminal of the upper leaves often elongated, nearly 

 entire. Umbels long-peduncled, •3-5-rayed ; fruit ovate, crowned by 

 the short calyx- teeth '; prickles in three rows, longer than diameter of 

 ovate mevic^r^ ; styles sAor« — Spring — Fields and thickets; lower 

 and subalpine Lebanon. 



70. TURCJERTIA, Hoffm. Turgenia. 



Calyx 5-toothed. Fruit laterally compressed, somewhat twin. 

 The two ribs next to the raphe tubercled or armed with a single row of 

 prickles, the seven dorsal each armed with 1-3 rows of nearly equal 

 prickles. Oil-tubes 1 under each secondary rib. Albumen involute — 

 Annual, scabrous herbs, with white or purplish flowers, the central sta- 

 minate. 



