UMBELLIFER^. (PARSLEY FAMILY.) 365 



1. T. lanatuin, Boiss. .3to .6 ; stem and h^anches densely 

 woolly. Leaves apppressed white-woolly, hlpinnatisect, the segments 

 ovate-oblong, obtusely lobed and denticulate. Bracts of involucel 

 linear-setaceous, very short ; marginal flowers less radiating than in the 

 following ; fruits round, .01 "in diameter, pruinose with small 

 tubercles intermixed with lai-ger ones ; margin moderately wrinkled — 

 Spring— Mt. Tabor (Tristram). 



* Inner fruits of umhellets of ten urn-shaped^ outer Jiat, rounded; vittce 



of dorsal intervals 1, of commlssurai 2 ; margin as h-oadasseed, the inner 



portion jiat, pellucid, the outer thick, pithy ^ wrinkled. 



Fig. 193. 



2. T. iKgyptiacum, L. 



.3 to .4, sparingly hirsute, dichoto- 

 mously branched from base. Leaves 

 puberi.lent, oblong-ovate in outline, 

 pinnatipartite into ovate segments, 

 those uf lower leaves crenate-lobed, of 

 upper incised-dentate. Bracts of in- 

 volucel setaceous, somewhat shorter 

 than umbel let ; marginal flowers 

 larger, radi-.ting; fruit round, .01 in 

 diameter, with finely tubercled and 

 sparingly papillose disk, and gla- 

 brous, moderately wrinkled margin 

 — Spring — Fields ; common through- 

 out, except in alpine regions and 

 deserts. Fruiting umbel of T. iEgyptiacum. 



3. T. Syriacum, L. © .2 to. 3, pubescent, sparingly branched. 

 Lower leaves simple, the others pinnatipartite into round-ovate to cuneate- 

 obovate, crenate or coarse-dentate leaflets, the terminal much larger. Bracts 

 oi involucel oblanceolatespathidate, much longer than tmibellet; flowers 

 small, slightly radiating ; fruit round, .01 in diameter, papillose-hairy; 

 margin strongly wrinkled — Spring — Fields ; common. 



* * Fruits all -flattened. Oil-tubes solitary in intervals, 



4. T. IIa§$elqiiistiee, D.C. .3 or more, pubescent, stem 

 flexuous. branched. Lower leaves simple, the others pinnatipartite in- 

 to 1-2 pairs of ovate, crenate-dentate or lobed leaflets the lower pe- 

 tioled. Bracts of involucre and involucel setaceous, the latter longer 

 than umbellet ; flowers radiating ; fruits ovate, .006 long, minutely 

 tubercled at disk, ?i\idi the whole margin inflated and wrinkkd — Spring 

 — Fields ; Aintab and north-eastward. 



* * * Fruits all fattened. Intervals with 3 oil-tubes. 



5. T. Apulum, L. .1 to .6, soft-hairy. Leaves pinnatipar- 

 tite into 3-4 pairs of ovate, crenate, incised or lobed leaflets, those of 

 upper leaves parted into linear lobes. Bracts of involucre and involu- 

 cel linear, acuminate, the latter shorter than umbellet ; flowers radia- 

 ting ; fruits orbicular, .008 in diameter, disk papillose, inner part of 

 margin narrower than seed, pe'iucid, outer pithy, strongly wrinkled — 

 Spring — Valleys in Gilead (Tristram). 



