370 UMBELLIFERiE. (PARSLEY FAMILY.) 



secondary rib. Inner face of albumen flat — Annual herbs, with white 

 flowers, 



1. O. graiidiflora, L. .2 to .4, glabrous or pubescent. 

 Lower leaves oblong in outline, bipinnatisect into minute, oblong lobes. 

 Umbels long-petioled, with 5-8, short, nearlj^ equal rays ; bracts of in- 

 volucre lanceolate, of involucel oblong, all scarious-margined ; outer 

 petals radiating, ten times as long as thQ rest ; prickles of secondary 

 ribs shorter than breadth of mericarp — Spring — Moab. 



2. O. platycarpos, L. © .2 Fig. 197. 

 to .4, glabrous or sparingly setulose. 

 Lower leaves oblong-ovate in outline, 

 2-3 pinnatisect into minute, crowded, 

 oblong lobes. Umbels long-peduncled, 

 with 2-3, short rays ; bracts of involucre 

 lanceolate, and of involucel ovate, mem- 

 hranous-margined, the latter shorter than 

 flowers ; outer petals radiating ; fruit 

 crowned by calyx-teeth ; prickles of 

 secondary ribs usually in one roio, with 

 triangular base and hooked apex, the 

 outer twice as long as breadth of seed 

 — Spring — Fields ; common. 



Yar. intermeclia, Boiss. Prick- Fruiting umbeiiet of o. 



les more slender, and shorter, those of piatycarpos. 



inner ribs free at base — Around Mt. Cassius. 



3. O. maritima, L. .1 to .3, grey-'oehety, branching from 

 neck. Leaves ovate-oblong in outline, 2-3-pinnatisect into minute, 

 ovate-oblong, obtuse lobes. Rays unequal, 3-5 ; bracts of involucre 

 and m.Yo\MCQ\ filifoi'm, or the former dissected into filiform lodes ; fruit 

 elliptical, .01 long, .006 broad; prickles in 1-2 rows, triangular at base, 

 hailed at tip, usually shorter than breadth of seed — Spring — Sands 

 along the coast. 



Var. breviaculeata, Boiss. Prickles of fruit short. 



64. DAUCUS, L. Carrot. Jezar. 



Calyx-teeth 5, tender, sometimes 0. Fruit ovate or oblong, some- 

 what dorsally compressed. Primary ribs filiform, bristly, secondary 

 equal, with a wing more or less cleft into one row of prickles. Oil- 

 tube one under each secondary rib. Inner face of albumen flat — 

 Monocarpic, often hispid or bristly herbs, with white or yellowish 

 flowers. 



* Involucre 0. 



1. D. pulclierriinu§, Willd. (5) Lezzdqali. .6 to 1, erect, stout, 

 stiff-branched above. Leaves glabrous, or velvety hirtulous, triangular- 

 ovate in outline, 3-4 pinnately dissected into minute, oblong, obtuse 

 lobes ; the upper reduced to a dilated, sheathing petiole. Rays numer- 

 ous, long ; bracts of involucel oblong-lanceolate, ciliate ; fruit oblong, 

 .01 long, .000 broad, including prickles ; prickles of secondary ribs 

 grooved on either side at triangular base, setaceous at apex, scabrous to 

 villous, longer than diameter of seed — Spring — Vineyards and fields ; 

 Coelesyria to Antilebanon, Antioch, Aintab, and northward. 



