358 UJCBBLLIFEK^. (PARSLEY FAMILY.) 



46. SILER, Scop. SiLER. 



Calyx 5-dentate. Mericarps somewhat convex, with 5, primary, 

 filiform, prominent ribs, the lateral somewhat broader, and 4, secondary 

 ribs similar to the primary. Oil-tubes solitary under the secondary ribs. 

 Inner face of albumen concave. Stylopodia depressed-conical — Tall, 

 glabrous herbs, with leaves like an Aqailegium, and white flowers. 



S. trilobum, L. 2^! 1. Leaves glaucescent beneath, the lower 

 long-petioled, 2-3-ternateIy divided into obovate-cuneate or orbicular, 

 crenate-toothed leaflets, .02 to .04 long, the terminal 3-lobed or parted. 

 Umbels long-peduncled, many-rayed ; involucre and involucel almost 

 ; fruit oblong-elliptical — Summer — Woods and thickets ; middle 

 and subalpine zone of Lebanon and Cassius, to Akherdagh, and north- 

 ward. 



47. FERUL.A, L. Fbrula. 



Flowers polygamous. Calyx-teeth small or obsolete. Fruits 

 surrounded by a non-inflated margin. The dorsal ribs slender, the 

 lateral near the margin. Oil-tubes solitary, or 3-4, or numerous in in- 

 tervals, slender, obscure — Perennial, paniculate or verticillate, corym- 

 bose herbs, with yellow or greenish-white flowers, decompound leaves, 

 with linear or filiform lobes, the central umbel of the fertile branches 

 generally sessile or short-peduncled, the lateral staminate or polyga- 

 mous. 



* Oil-tube 1 in internal. 



t Sheaths of stem-leaves ovate-conical or oblong-conical, clasping. 



1. F. Hermonis, Boiss. % 8allu\ Zellu\ 1 to 1.5; branches 

 naked at base. Leaves glabrous, much dissected into crowded, linear, 

 obtuse, .003 to .004 long lobes ; lower leaves .4 to .5 long and broad ; 

 stem-petioles .1 long, .03 in diameter at base, the upper similar, but small- 

 er, with diminishing limb. Umbels 6-10-rayed, the central sessile; involu- 

 cre 0; bracts of involucel oblong, very short; styles 3-4 times as long as 

 cup-shaped stj'lopodia ; fruit oblong, .008 long, .004 broad — July — 

 Alpine regions of Hermon and Antilebanon. 



2. F. meifolia, Fenzl. If 1 to 1.5, branches naked at base. 

 Leaves scabrous, much dissected into crowded, setaceous, acute, .003 

 \ong, muriculate lobes ; lower leaves .3 to .5 long and broad, stem 

 petioles .13 long, .06 in diameter at base, the upper similar but smaller, 

 with dimiaishing limb. Umbels 10-18-rayed, the central sessile ; bracts 

 of involucre few, deciduous ; of involucel 5-10, very short ; styles 3-4 

 times as long as urn-shaped stylopodia ; fruit oblong, .008 long, .004 

 broad — June — Subalpine region of Mt. Cassius. 



t t Sheaths of stem-leaves lanceolate, not turgid, or boat-shaped. 



3. F. ^iiiaica, Boiss. If Shumar. 1 or more, gbabrous, glau- 

 cescent. Leaves much dissected, all the ribs thickened, lobes linear, .03 

 to .05 long, obtuse, mucronulate, flaccid ; those of lower leaves .03 

 broad, of upper narrower, stem-leaves reduced gradually toalanceolate 

 sheath, with short, subulate lobes. Central umbels peduncled ; fruit * * 

 — May — Mt. St. Catherine (Sinai), which is called from the large 

 quantities of this species Um-Shiimar. 



