1^2 LXIII. UilBELLIFEEJE. 



an inebriating drink. Leaves pinnate-parted, the lower with broader, the 

 upper with narrower segments. Invokicres many-leaved. 



18. FCENICULUM, Adans. 



Calyx-margin tumid, obsolete. Petals roundisli, entire, in- 

 volute, with a retuse point. Fruit in a cross-section nearly 

 circular ; carpels with 5 prominent, bluntly keeled ribs, the 

 lateral marginal and a little broader ; furrows 1-vittate ; com- 

 missure 2-vittate. Seed semicylindrical. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 548. 



F. officinale (Fennel) is naturalized in various places. Leaves all 3- 

 pinnate, with capillary, elongated leaflets. 



19. DEVERRA, DC. 



Calyx-margin obsolete. Petals ovate, acuminate, with . in- 

 flexed* points. Styles short, at length spreading. Fruit ovate 

 or roundish, laterally subcompressed, covered with granules or 

 hairs ; carpels semiterete, often with obsolete ridges ; 1 oil- 

 vessel in the furrow, and 2 in the commissure ; carpophore 2- 

 parted. — -F/. Cap. ii. 'p. 548. 



Aromatic, neai'ly leafless, glaucous, rigid, broom-like herbs. Involucre 

 4-6-leaved, deciduous. Flowers white. — 2 species, both Eastern ; D. 

 aphylla with hairy, and D. Burchellii with tuberculated fruit. 



20. SESELI, Linn. 



Calyx-margin 5-toothed, the teeth short, thick, sometimes 

 obsolete. Petals ovate, with inflexed points, emarginate or 

 nearly entire. Fruit oval or oblong, its cross-section nearly 

 circular, crowned by the reflexed styles ; carpels with 5 pro- 

 minent, filiform or elongated, thick ridges, the lateral marginal 

 and often a little broader ; furrows 1-vittate, the outer rarely 

 2-vittate ; commissure 2-vittate, rarely 4-vittate. Seed semi- 

 terete. — Fl. Cap. ii. p.. 549. 



Biennials or perennials, with 3-foholate pinnate or decompound leaves. 

 Involucre obsolete ; involucel many-leaved. Flowers white, rai'ely yellow. 

 — 3 species, of which 2 are Eastern. 



21. POLEMANNIA, E. and Z. 



Calyx-margin shortly 5-toothed. Petals elliptical, entire, 

 with an acuminate, inflexed point. Fruit oblong, its cross- 

 section nearly circular, croA\aied with the depressed-conical 

 stylopod and short styles ; carpels with 5 prominent, blunt 

 ridges, the lateral marginal a little larger ; furrows 1-vittate ; 

 commissure 2-vittate; carpophore 2-parted. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 

 550. 



Glabrous shrubs with petioled, 3-foholate leaves, the leaflets wedge- 



