UMBELLIFER^. (PARSLEY FAMILY.) 345 



1. D. tortuosa, Desf. Soquhlt. QasVch. Shebet-el-Jebeh 71 

 .4 to .6, glabrous, dichotomously branched from base. Root-leaves and 

 lower stem-leaves rounded in outline, bipinnatisect into linear-subulate, 

 rigid, divergent lobes ; the upper reduced to oblong sheaths. Umbels 

 with 6-8 rays, .015 to .02 long; persistent bracts ^m. 177. 



of involucre oblong-ovate, and of involucel ovate, 

 membranous-margined, shorter than pedicels; 

 fruits shorter than pedicel, sparingly hirtulous — 

 Spring — Borders of the lesser desert, and south- 

 ward. 



2. 1>. triradiata, Hochst. 21 QasuhJi. Qaz- 

 zuh. .4 to *, glabrous; stems erect, juncaceous, 

 alternately branched, loosely panicled above. Up- 

 per stem-leaves reduced to short, ovate-triangular 

 sheaths. Umbels 3-6 rayed ; bracts of involucre 

 and involucel caducous, the latter ovate, hooded, Fruiting umbel of D. 

 as long as flowers ; fruits shorter than pedicel, tnradiata. 



densely long-hirsute — Spring — Sinai. 



26. AMm, L. Ammi. Khilleh. 



Calyx-teeth obsolete or minute. Stylopodia flattened. Fruit 

 ovate or oblong, laterally flattened. Ribs of mericarps 5. filiform, 

 equal, the lateral at margin. Intervals with 1 oil-tube. Carpophore 

 2-parted. Inner face of albumen flattish — Annual or biennial herbs, 

 with white flowers. 



A. majus, L. KhiJleh-Sheitdniyah. .6 to 1. Leaves ovate in 

 outline, 1-3-pinnately parted into oUong or oUanceolate, acutely serrulate 

 leajfets, those of upper leaves, or of a'l, linear^ entire^ dentate or incised. 

 Rays of umbel slender, .03 to .06 long in fruit; bracts of involucre 

 with 3-5, long, filiform lobes ; fruit .002 long, oblong, smooth, with slen- 

 der, prominent ribs — May to July — Fields and waste places ; common 

 in lower regions. 



2. A. Copticum, L. Leaves oblong in outline, bipinnati- 

 sect into linear-capillary, crowded lohes. Rays of umbel .01 long, slender; 

 bracts of involucre short, linear, rarely trijid; fruit .001 long, ovate, 

 muriculate ; lihs thicMsh, obtuse — Spring — Fields; Jordan Valley 

 (Tristram). 



3. A. Tisnaga, L. Khillah. Suflin. Leaves ovate in out- 

 line, fan-shaped, tripinnatisect into linear, divaricate lobes. Umbels 

 ^en&e, yfiih. very numerous, .04 to .06 long, stiff rays, spreading in 

 flower, contracted in fruit, arising from a dilated disk ; bracts of invol- 

 ucre long, filiform, tripartite, at length deflexed ; fruiting pedicels thick ; 

 fruit .0015 to .002 long, ovate, with thick ribs — April to July — Fields, 

 especially in clayey soil ; common. The umbels of stiff, fruiting pedi- 

 cels are sold as bundles of toothpicks. 



27. CARUM, L. Caraway. Cardwiyah. Taqrad, Taqdab. 



Calyx-margin obsolete or 5-toothed. Fruit ovate or oblong, later- 

 ally flattened. Ribs of mericarp 5, filiform, prominent, acute or thick- 

 ened. Intervals with 1 or 3 oil-tubes. Carpophore forked at apex or 

 undivided. Inner face of albumen flat — Biennial or perennial herbs, 

 with a fusiform or tuberous root, and white or cream-colored flowers. 



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