354 XJMBELLIFER^. (PAKSLET FAMILY.) 



2. S. Iberica, M.B. .3 to .5. Rays 5-9, elongated; bracts of 

 inTolucel deflexed, oblong-linear, 2-lobed ; beak thrice as long as fruit ; 

 styles 6 times as long as stylopodia — Spring — Fields ; less common 

 than the last. 



1 1 Fruit sessile. 



3. S. pinnatifida, Vent. .1 to .4. Umbels simple or 2-3- 

 rayed ; bracts of involucel pinnatifid into 3-5, setaceous lobes ; beak .02 

 long, twice and a half to three times as long as seed ; styles very short 

 — Spring — Fields and stony places ; middle and sul3alpine mountain 

 zones, especially east of the Jordan and Coelesyria. 



* * Beah of fruit laterally flattened. 



4. S. australis, L. .1 to .3. Umbels simple, or with 2-3, 

 rather long rays ; bracts of involucel oblong, narrowly membranous- 

 margined, ciliate, undivided^ or 2-dentate ; ray flowers small; fruit 

 hirtulous ; beak twice as long as seed ; styles as long as or longer than 

 stylopodia — Spring — Fields; Lebanon; Coelesyria. 



5. S. grandiflora, L. © .2 to .4. Umbels simple or with 2-5, 

 long, spreading rays ; bracts of involucel ovate, membranous-margined, 

 2-toothed ; ray fowers large ; pedicels short ; beak slender, nearly 

 cylindrical, 3-4 times as long as seed ; styles 3-4 times as long as stylo- 

 podia — April — Shefura ; Mar Sarkis. 



Var. miiltifida, Post. Bracts of involucre more or less cleft into 

 linear-subulate lobes — Sheturah. 



* * * Beak of fruit cylindrical-awl-sTiaped. 



6. S. PalaBStina, Boiss. .15 to .2. Rays of umbel 6-12, at 

 l^ngtYi. chib- shaped^ spongy; bracts of involucel linear, ciliated, bifid; 

 petals minute, nearly equal ; central fruit of umlellet sessile, indehiscent, 

 spongy, ovate-conical, tapering into a terete, awl-sliaped healc, as long as 

 the seed ; the peripheral fruits on thickened pedicels, laterally compres- 

 sed, with a beak twice as long as seed ; styles twice as long as stylopo- 

 dia — Spring — Overflowed places ; Galilee, Esdraelon, and Hattin. 



Tribe Vlf. SESELiINEtE. 

 ~ * Petals white, notched or bilobed, with a strap-shaped, infiexed tip, 



39. CENANTHE- 2f tlalyx-teeth acute. Swamp or aquatic herbs. 



40. SESELI. 2]! Calyx-teeth thickened. Herbs growing in alpine woods. 



41. CNIDTUM 2i! Calyx-teeth obsolete. Herbs growing in shady places. 



* * Petals yellow, entire or somewhat retuse, with ivflexed tip. 



42. F(ENICULUM. 2L Calyx-margin tumid, entire. Lobes of leaves linear or capillary. 



43. KUNDMANNIA. 2^ Calyx-teeth ovate. Leaflets ovate, .015 to .02 long. 



44. CRITHMUM. ^ Calyx-margin obsolete. Leaflets linear-lanceolate, fleshy. Maritime 

 herbs. 



39. <ENA]*THE, L. Oenanthe. 



Calyx-teeth acute. Stylopodium conical. Fruits terete, oblong, 

 top-shaped, or cylindrical, crowned with the erect style. Ribs of mer- 

 icarps 5, obtuse, the lateral or all pithy. Oil-tube 1 in each interval. 

 Inner surface of albumen flat. Carpophore — Swamp or aquatic herbs, 

 with dissected leaves, and white, polygamous, often radiating flowers. 



