144 LXITT. rilBELLIFEEiE. 



multifid. Involucre nianj-leaved. Flowers white or yellow. — 17 Cape 

 species, dispersed. 



26. BUBON, Linn. 



Calyx-margin obsolete. Petals obovate, entire, with an 

 acute, involute point. Fruit dorsally compressed, lenticular, 

 with a narrow, flattened margin ; carpels with 5 equidistant 

 ribs, the 3 intermediate filiform, the 2 lateral lost in the 

 flattened margin ; furrows 1-vittate ; commissure 2-vittate ; 

 carpophore 2-parted. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 561. 



Glabrous and resiniferous shrubs. Leaves ternately compound ; leaflets 

 veiny. Umbels many-rayed ; involucre and involucels of many linear 

 leaves. Flowers greenish-yellow. — 5 species, dispersed. 



27. ANETHUM, Linn. 



Calyx-margin obsolete. Petals roundish, entire, involute, 

 with a refuse point. Fruit dorsally compressed, lenticular, 

 with a flattened margin ; carpels with filiform, equidistant 

 ridges, the 3 dorsal sharply keeled, the 2 lateral subobsolete, 

 confounded with the margin ; furrow filled up with a broad 

 vitta, 2 in the commissure. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 561. 



A. graveolens, Linn, (" Dill "), is naturalized in old gardens. It is grown 

 for its pungently aromatic seeds. Annual, glabrous, with decompound 

 leaves and yellow flower ; no involucres. 



28. PASTINACA, Linn. 



Calyx-margin obsolete or minutely-toothed. Petals round- 

 ish, entire, involute, the apex broad and refuse. Fruit dor- 

 sally flattened, with a dilated, flat margin ; carpels with very 

 slender ridges, the dorsal and 2 intermediate equidistant, the 

 lateral near the outer edge of the dilated margin ; furrows 1- 

 vittate ; commissure 2- or more-\ittate ; carpophore 2-parted. 

 Seed flat.— i^/. Cap. \\. p. 561. 



Herbs, with a fusiform, often fleshy root (Parsnip). — P. Capensis, Sd., 

 our only species, has pinnate leaves, pubescent beneath, the lateral leaflets 

 subsessile, entire or 2-fid, terminal 3-lobed ; lobes toothed. Flowers 

 yellow. 



29. CAPNOPHYLLUM, G^rtn. 



Calyx-margin obsolete. Petals oblong, subemarginate, with 

 a sharp, inflexed point. Fruit dorsally compressed, lenticular, 

 with a flat, dilated margin ; carpels with the 3 dorsal ridges 

 thick, keeled, flexuous or tubercled, the 2 lateral passing into 

 the dilated margin ; furrows 1-vittate ; commissure 2-vittate. 

 ~Fl. Cap. ii. p. 562. 



C. Africanum, our only species, is a glabrous, glaucous annual, growing 

 in sandy ground near the sea in the Western districts. Leaves 2-3-pinnate ; 

 segments capillary -multifid. Umbels many-ranged. Flowers white. 



