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4. F. Blanche!, Boiss. 71 Alu-et-tayyib. .3 to .5. Leaves 

 velvety with tohite jjajpillary hairs, the radical subternate, witli tripin- 

 natisect divisions ; lobes oblong, .002 to .005 long, entire or 3-3-fid ; 

 stem-leaves with a boat-shaped petiole, and reduced limb, with longer 

 hies. Central umbel sessile or peduncled ; mericarps Iroad-elliptical, 

 .015 long, with a margin as l/roadas seed; ribs rather prominent ; oil- 

 tubes 1 in each interval and 4 in commissure — April and May — North- 

 ern part of Syrian Desert, between Qaryetein, Biras, and Palmyra. 



* * Oil-tubes 3-3, or ly abortion 1, in intervals. 



5. F. communis, L. 2^ 1 to 3, glabrous. Leaves often .5 to 

 .6 long, dissected into filiform lobes, often .02 to .03 long ; primary 

 ribs quaternate to decennate, secondary quaternate to sexennate, the upper 

 leaves reduced to an oblong, boat-shaped sheath with little or no limb. 

 Central umbel nearly sessile ; fruit obovate or elliptical, .015 long, 

 .008 broad; margin one-third as broad as seed — Spring — Waste 

 fields and dry hills ; common to 1000 m. 



Var. ri§^i<lula, Post. Lobes of leaves .005 to .01 long — Jebel 

 Siaghah (Moab). 



6. F. Tingitana, L. 2f 1 to 3, glabrous. Leaves glaucescent, 

 lucid, quaternacely divided near base, the divisions 3-pinnatisect, the 

 segments pinnately cut into oblong, .003 to .004 long, .0015 broad lobes, 

 somewhat revolute at margin ; upper leaves reduced to an oblong sheath. 

 Central umbels sessile or short-peduncled ; fruit elliptical, .01 long, 

 .005 broad ; margin one-fourth as broad as seed ; ribs slender, promi- 

 nent — May and June — Rocky places near coast. 



7. F. Bilasi, Post. If 3 to 3, glabrous ; stem thick, pithy. 

 Lower leaves .3 to .35 long and broad, triangular in outline, ternately 

 decompound into minute, linear lobules, with scabrous margin ; stem- 

 leaves borne on a moderately turgid, ovate petiole, the uppermost 

 reduced to lanceolate sheaths. Umbels 3-9-rayed, the central nearly ses- 

 sile, rays of lateral umbels quite unequal, of terminal nearly equal ; fruit 

 elliptical, someiohat inflated, .007 long, .004 broad, margin one-seventh 

 as broad as seed — June — Eocky places ; Jebel Bil'as (Syrian Desert), 

 between Hamath and Palmyra. 



§. F. Barbeyi, Post. % .6 to 1, glabrous, glaucous ; stem 

 slender, terete. Leaves triangular in outline, .15 long, ternately 3-4- 

 pinnatisect into minute, oblong, scabridulous lobes, those of stem with 

 ovate, turgid petioles, the uppermost reduced to lanceolate sheaths. 

 Umbels nearly equally 3-10-rayed, the central one short-peduncled, 

 rays .03 long ; fruit oblong-elliptical, .01 long, .004 broad, margin 

 half as broad as seed ; ribs filiform, the marginal more distant ; inter- 

 vals irregularly 3-vittate — June — Rocky places ; Jebel Bil'as (Syrian 

 Desert), between Hamath and Palmyra. 



48. FERULiAOO, Koch. Ferulago. 



Flowers polygamous. Calyx 5-toothed. Fruit with a thin or thick- 

 ish margin. Dorsal ribs 3, filiform, prominent, sometimes winged, the 

 lateral obsolete at margin. Oil-tubes numerous, the dorsal covered by 

 the pericarp, and nestling in grooves of the albumen, the commissural 



