UMBELLIFER/E. (PARSLEY FAMILY.) 



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cled, with 4 to 10 rays .03 to .05 long ; bracts of involucre and involu- 

 cel ovate-triangular, short ; fruit about as long ag pedicels ; mericarps 

 elliptical, .007 long, .005 broad ; ribs thick, margin narrow— Zxxuq 

 and July— Rocky places ; Judea to Lebanon, C'assius, Amanus, and 

 northward, principally in lower and middle mountain zones. 



* *Dorsal oil-tiibes 4-7, larger than commissural; secondary petioles not 

 furnished with a segment at their tase. 



t Lohes of leaves filiform, long, not easily distinguished from axis. 



Fig. 186. 



5. F. Blanclieaiia, Post. (Boiss. Fl. Or. 

 'Supplement, p. 265.) If 1 to 2, glabrous, ghuces- 



cent ; stem stout, ending in a thyrsoid panicle, .4 

 to .5 long. Lower leaves .5 to .6 in diameter, with 

 broad, fleshy, oblong petioles, septennate to octonnnte, 

 the divisions dissected in a similar manner into fiH- 

 fmnn, crowded lobes, .03 to .07 long; stem-leaves 3- 

 4-pinnately dissected into similar lowes. Rays 10-15, 

 .02 to .03 long in fruit ; bracts of involucre and in- 

 volucel oblong-triangular, large ; mericarps .008 

 long, .005 broad, elliptical, the 3 dorsal ribs narrow- 

 winged, margin half as broad as seed ; dorsal oil- 

 tubes 7-8, commissural 6 — July and August — Al- 

 pine regions of Akherdagh. 



t t Lobes of weaves oblong or linear, 



6. F. Auranitica, Post. If (Journal Linn. 

 Soc, Jjond. Bot. xxiv, p. 430.) 1 to 1.3, glabres- 

 cent, glaucous ; &iQ\\itQvtie, leafy tobase of the umbes, 

 corymbose above. Lower leaves ovate in outline, .5 long, 3-4-pinnate- 

 ly dissected into oblong-linear, .01 long lobes, with scabrous, revolute 

 margins ; upper leaves gradually diminishing, 1-3-pinnatipartite into 

 linear-setaceous, .005 to .015 long lobes. Umbels 12-14-rayed ; bracts 

 of involucre and involucel filiform, numerous ; pedicels once and a half 

 to twice as long as fruit ; mericarps .008 long, .005 broad ; ribs thick, 

 pithy ; margin very narrow — May — Qureyah (Hauran). 



7. F. frigida, Boiss. 2f .4 to 1 or more, Fig. 187 

 glaucescent ; neck fibrous ; stem stout, sparingly 

 paniculate above. Leaves scabrous, the lower .3 to 

 .4 long, ovate in outline, with stiff stout ribs, 4-pin- 

 natisectinto oblong, .0015 to .002 long, obtuse, fleshy 

 lobes, the upper 1-2-pinnatisect into fewer and longer 

 lobes. Umbels (except the central one which is some- 

 times sessile) long-peduncled; rays 8-15, more or less 

 unequal, .02 to .04 long; bracts of involucre and in- 

 Yolncel oblong-lanceolate ; mericarps .008 long. .003 

 broad, elliptical ; ribs thick, subulate ; margin half 

 as broad as seed — July and August — Alpine and 

 subalpine Lebanon, Antilebanon, and Cassius. 



,Yar. laxa, Post. Stem more slender, some- 

 what leafy.* Lobes of lower leaves .003 to .01 long, 

 of upper .01 to .02 long. All the umbels peduncled, 

 peduncles and rays slender — Under the Cedars of Lebanon. 



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Immature truinng 



umhellet ot F. 



frigida 



