378 UMBELLIFER^. (PARSLEY FAMILY.) 



sect, the segments pinnately parted into short, linear-oblong, simple or 

 bifid lobes. Umbel small, few -rayed ; bracts of involucel linear-seta- 

 ceous, setulose ; petals radiating ; central flower sometimes sterile ; 

 prickles hristle-lihe^ twice as long as diameter of seed — April to 

 July — 



Var. bracliylaeiiiu§, Boiss. Involucres shorter than umbels — 

 Coast to Amanus, Aleppo, Aintab, Marash, and northward. 



7. I>. aureus, Desf. 1 to 1.5, setulose, drying yellow ; 

 stem somewhat corymbose. Leaves triangular-oblong in outline, much 

 dissected into oblong and linear lobes, the secondary axes of the 

 divisions at right angles to the primary. Umbels many-rayed ; bracts 

 of involucre ^nnnatdy dissected into setaceous lobes, shorter than the 

 rays, bracts of involucels trifid, as long as flowers ; fruit .004 long, .002 

 broad, including prickles ; prickles lanceolate, twice as long as diame- 

 ter of seed -»- Sjjring — Fields; Coast and hill country of Palestine 

 and Lebanon to 800 m ; Cilead. 



XXX Base of iwickles nearly free. Lobes of leaves often .01 or more long. 



8. I>. Carota, L. (D Carrot. Jezar. 1 to 1.5, branching, 

 scabrous. Leaves triangular to oblong in outline, 2-3-pinnatisect into 

 ohlong-lanceolate, incised-dentate segments^ those of upper leaves linear- 

 lanceolate. Umbel with very numerous rays, at length contract- 

 ed into a nest-like form ; bracts of involucre trifid or pinnate, of invol- 

 ucel linear, white-margined, entire or 2-3-fid ; petals radiating ; central 

 flower sterile, purple ; fruits .004 long, .003 broad, including prickles;' 

 prickles setaceous, as long as diameter of seed or longer, with 1-3 recurv- 

 ed harhs — Spring and Summer — Fields and waste places ; every- 

 where. 



Var. glabrescens, Post. G-labrescent — Antioch. 



Var. maximus, Post. Tip of jDrickles barbed — Common. {D. 

 maximus, Desf.) 



9. D. Blanche!, Rent. (D 1 to 1.5, retrorse-hispid below, 

 scabrous above. Leaves triangular-lanceolate in outline, bii3innatipar- 

 tite into someiohat rJiombic^ incised to pinnatipartite segments, lobes 

 of upper leaves lanceolate to linear. Rays of umbel unequal, numerous ; 

 bracts of involucre one-third as long as rays, pinnatisect into linear 

 lobes, of involucel shorter than umbellet, entire or trifid, membranous- 

 margined ; petals radiating ; fruit scarcely .003 long, ovate ; prickles 

 lanceolate, directed upward, sliorter than interval — Summer — Near 

 convent of Mar Sarkis (Besherri). 



1 1 Fruiting umbellet convex. Prickles setaceous, separated to base. 



10. D. Jordanicus, Post. (Trans. Linn. Soc, 1888, p. G35) 

 .5 to .6, sparingly papillose, glabrescent; stem branching from base, 

 corjTiibose. Leaves oblong in outline, 2-3-pinnatipartite into linear- 

 subidate, obtuse lobes. Umbels long-peduncled, rays 8-12, unequal, the 

 longest .08 long in fruit ; bracts of involucre linear, simple, callous 

 at apex, of involucel ovate-acuminate, scarious-margined, ciliate, shorter 

 than pedicels ; petals moderately radiating ; fruit half to two-thirds 

 as long as pedicel, .004 long, .003 broad, including setaceous jDrickles, 



• which are longer than diameter of seed ; styles 4-5 times as long as 

 sty lopodia— April — El-Ghor. 



