Peueedanum,] Lxviii. umbellifer^ (hiern.) 10 



disk flattened, wavy ; stylopods small or long and conical. Fniit oviil 

 or obovate, much compressed laterally, with winded margins, convex 

 on the back. Primary ridges on the back of the fruit, all or 3 interior 

 ones, conspicuous, glabrous, often with filiform less conspicuous, inter- 

 mediate ridges. Carpophore bipartite or bifid. Vittse solitary or 2 or 

 3 together between the primary ridges, 2 or 4 in the commissural face 

 of each mericarp. Seeds compressed, plane or sulcate on the face. — 

 Glabrous or occasionally hairy, usually glaucescent and perennial herbs, 

 or glaucous and glabrous shrubs or even trees. Leaves pinnately de- 

 compound or pinnate. Umbels regularly' compound. Involucre of 

 0, 1, or few leaves j involucels of few or several leaves. Flowers white, 

 yellow, or rarely purplish, polygamous, those of the central umbels 

 usually perfect. 



A large genus, inhabiting also Europe, Asia, S.W. Tropical America, and South 

 Africa. 



Herbs. Fruit oval, much compressed dorsally throughout. 

 Leaves bi- or multi-pinnate. 

 Petals white or yellowish. Fruit pale. 

 Vittae solitary between the primary ridges. 

 Leaves without conspicuous veins. 



Segments of leaves setaceo-linear 1 . P. graveolens. 



Segments of leaves linear 2. F. aUai folium. 



Segments of leaves oval or ovate 3. P. Petitianum. 



Leaves with pale principal veins 4. P. altum. 



Vittae 2 or 3 together between the primary ridges .... 5. P. Orantii. 



Petals and fruit purplish 6. P. atropurpurea . 



Trees. Fruit obovate, much compressed but thickening upwards 



with strong disk. 

 Leaves simply pinnate. Vittseoo. (Steganotcenia). 



Leaves irregularly denticulate ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate at both ends 7. P. araliaceum. 



Leaves serrato-setose ; leaflets ovate-acuminate at apex, not 



attenuate at base 8. P. fraxinifolium. 



1. P. graveolens, Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 919. Glabrous 

 erect glaucescent annuaj herb, 1 to 2 ft. high or more. Root fusiform, 

 whitish brown. Stem terete, finely striate, pale, branched above, 

 slfender. Leaves decompound with. setaceo-linear lobes. Petioles wholly 

 dilated and sheathing. Umbels at the ends of stem and branches, of 

 many primary rays, 1 J to 1 J in. long in fruit, each of many secondary 

 rays ^-^ in. long. Involucre and involucel none. Flowers yellow. 

 Calyx-teeth obsolete. Petals oval, with long inflected blunt point, 

 nearly entire. Stamens exceeding petals. Stylopods depressed ; styles 

 short, reflexed. Fruit oval-oblong, glabrous, dorsally compressed, | in. 

 long. Primary ridges equidistant, prominent, the lateral ones winged 

 when ripe. Vittae solitary between the ridge, and 2 in each commis- 

 sural face. — Anethum graveolens^ Linn. \ DC. Prod. iv. 186 : Rchb. Ic. 

 t. 1968. 



Nile Iiand. Abyssinia, Petit ! Schimper, 6000 ft. alt. 



Tigre name, Silan. 



A. Richard in Fl. Abyss, i. 329, reports Anethum segetum, L., DC. Prod. iv. 180, 

 Carum Bidolfia, Benth. and Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 891, from Abyssinia, as collected by 



