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UMBELLIFEK^. (PARSLEY FAMILY.) 



§. F. braeleata, Boiss. et Hanssk. 2( 1 to 1.3; stem stoutish 

 ending in deaae thyrsus, about .2 long. Leaves minutely pubescent, 

 greyish, tlie lower .3 long, ovate in outline, 4-pinuatipartite, the ulti- 

 mate segments dissected Into linear-oblong, acute, .002 to .003 long 

 lobules. Branches of thvrsus opposite t)r whorled ; rays .03 to .03 

 long in fruit ; bracts of involucre and involucel numerous, straw-color- 

 ed, oblong, acumiiiate, the latter longer than the pedicels ; mericarps 

 elliptical, .006 long, .003 broad, longer than pedicels, narrow margin- 

 ed ; dorsal lihs 'd, sometohat winged — July — Calcareous rocks above 

 Behesne (tJofdagh). 



Fig. 188. 



49. JOIIRE^'IA, D.C. Johuenia. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx obtusely or obsoletely 5-toothed. 

 Fruit surrounded by a thickened, more or less pithy margin. Ribs all 

 containing oil-tubes, the lateral near or at margin. Oil-tubes 0, or 

 very indistinct in intervals and commisures — Biennials or perennials, 

 with yellow flowers, and pinuatisect leaves ; involvcre — 



1. J. seliiioides, Boiss. et Bal. @ 1 to 3 ; stem ending in a 

 h'oad, ojienjxiiiide Leaves triangular in outline, the lower .3 or more 

 long, 2-3-pinnatisect into linear-lanceolate lohes ; ui per reduced to lin- 

 ear-acuminate sheaths. Umbels sj^reading, nearly equally 7-20-rayed ; 

 piericarps elliptical, .005 long, .008 bioad, with distinct, green disk, 

 twice as broad as pithy margin — >Iay — Rocks, four hours south of 

 Antioch. 



2. J. dicliotoiiia, D.C. @ 1; 

 stem dichotomously stiff branched above. 

 Leaves oblong in outline, the lower 3-3- 

 pinnatisect into LineaT -lanceolate lohes; 

 the upper reduced to linear-lanceolate, 

 acuminate bracts. Umbels very une- 

 qually 5-8-ray^d, contracted in fruit; 

 mericarps elliptical, .004 long, .003 

 broad, with green disk, twice as broad 

 as pithy margin — June and July — 

 Middle zone of Lebanon, Antilebanon, 

 Cassius, and Amanus. 



3. J. fiing^Oia, Boiss. (D 1, stem 

 dichotomously stiff-U'anched above. 

 Leaves oblong in outline, the lower 3-3- 

 pinnatisect into narrow-linear lobes, 

 with somewhat revolute margins ; the 

 upper reduced to lanceolote-linear, acu- 

 minate bracts. Umbels unequally 5-7- 

 rayed ; mericarps elliptical, .003 long, convex, with indistinct, pithy 

 disk — June — Mountains between Aintab and Marash ; Jebel Bil'as, 

 (Syrian Desert). 



4. J. Porteri, Post. (Supplement. Fl. Or. Boiss. p. 266) 2|! 

 1, stem naked, stiff, dichotoinous above. Leaves all radical, oblong- 

 lanceolate in outline, with three and a half pairs oi remote, orate, coarsely 

 dentate or incised, .02 Jong leajlets. Umbels in forks nearly sessile, with 

 few, very short rays, the others long peduncled, with 6-13 unequal 



Fruiting umbel of J, dichotoma. 



