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283. AMMI. 



Division of upper L. digitate. Rays numerous, 

 equal,' often above 100 ; indurated after flower- 

 ing, a. b. 8, -9. Fields and road-sides, s. Fr. 

 Italy. 



5. crinituni. L. supradeconipound. Lts. 

 lineari-setaceous, smooth, on a bristly stalk. 

 Sheaths somewhat ventricose, with a scariose 

 margin. Bracts on a sheathing base. Outer 

 Rays longest. Pr. smooth. Upper part of 

 Stem somewhat bristly, a. b. 5. Clayey fields. 

 Sic. Calab. 



284. GASPARRINIA. 



1. virescens. Root fusiform. Stem 

 branched, furrowed. L. bipinnate ; outline 

 oblong. Lts. linear, short, acute, p. 6. Rocky. 

 Mont Afrique, near Divio in Bm-gundy. Castel 

 Grande in Lucania. Aspramoute. 



285. PETROSELINUM. 



1. sativum. L. decompound, shining. 

 Lower Lts. ovato-cuneate, trifid and dentate ; 

 upper lanceolate, nearly entire. Partial Bracts 

 fililbrm. Umbel of many rays. b. 6, 7. Hocks. 

 Sardinia. 



3. segetum. Root-L. pinnate. Lts. ovate, 

 lobed, incise, serrate. Umbel of few unequal 

 rays. a. b. 8. Hoist fields. Eng. s. and w. 

 Pr. Not in G. 



286. SISON. 



1. Amoxcium. L. pinnate; the upper ones 

 temate, multifid. Umbels erect. Stem erect. 

 Branches thin, rigid, zigzag, p. 8. Hedges. 

 Very rare in G. or wanting. 



2. lateriflorum. " Stem ditfuse, dicho- 

 tomous, divaricate. Divisions of Lts. 3-3-par- 

 tite, capillary. Umbel of about 3 rays, oppo- 

 site L. ; sessile, or rarely on short staUis. Invo- 

 lucel 0. a. 6. Pisa." — Beet. 



287. BUNIUM. 

 A. Stripe solitary. 



1. verticillatum. Root fascicled. Fibres 

 clavate. L. pinnate, multipartite ; outline 

 linear. Segments crowded, whorled ! lineari- 

 filLform. p. 7, 8. Hoist grassy, w. Eur. 



2. divaricatuiu. Root subglobose. Tuber 

 at base of attenuate stem. L. decomporuid. 

 Segments linear. Umbel of 6-12 rays, divari- 

 cate after flowering, p. 5. Fields. Istria. 



Koch tkinJcs Carum divaricatum not the same 

 as Bunium divaricatum of Bertoloni ; but I 

 see no reason for the suspicion. 



3. Hulbocastanum. Root a subglobose 

 tuber at base of attenuate stem. L. somewhat 

 tripinnate. Segments linear, acute. Umbel 

 of 12-24 rays, erect after flowering, p. 6, 7- 

 Marly fields, m. and s. Em-. 



B. Stripes two or more. 



4. flexuosuiu. Root a subglobose tuber 

 at base of attenuate stem. Pr. flask-like. 

 Ridges very small. Kernel curved. PL 

 nearly equal. L. 2-3-pinnate. Segments 

 linear, filiform, p. 5, 6. Shade, vf. Europe. 

 Corsica. 



5. capillifoliuxu. Root a subglobose tu- 

 ber at base of attenuate stem. Pr. oblong- 

 lanceolate. Ridges very small. PL very radi- 

 ant. Lts. of upper L. elongated, capillary, 

 nearly simple, p. 5, 6. Woods. Nebrodes. 

 iEtna. 



6. montanum. Root subglobose. Stem 

 attenuate ? Pr. not longer than the outer 

 pedicels. Ridges prominent, acute. Lower 

 L. tripinnate. Segments linear, 1 -nerved, with 

 a mucro. Bracts lanceolate, with a scariose 

 margin. Rays of umbel 6-10. p. 5-7. 

 Corn. Monte Maggiore in 1st. Piume. 



7. alpiimin. Root a somewhat oblong, 

 knobby tuber. Stem flexuose, attenuate. Pr. 

 elliptic-oblong, twice as long as pedicels. Ridges 

 prominent, acute. L. bipinnate, pinnatifid. 

 Segments lineari-lanceolate, short, uniform, 

 nerveless, obtuse. Rays of umbel 6-10. Bracts 

 ovato-lauceolate. p. 7, 8. High. Monte 

 MageUa. Monte Vittore. 



8. aphyllum. " Root subglobose, fleshy. 

 Stem terete, erect, nearly simple. Stem-L. 

 reduced to a striate sheath. Each involucre of 

 4-5 acuminate bracts, p. Nebrodes." — DC. 

 Not mentioned by Guss. or Bert. 



288. CRYPTOT^NIA. 



1. Thomasii. Umbels disposed in a leaf- 

 less panicle. Pr. ovoid. Lts. rhombeo-ovate, 

 unequally dentate, p. 6. Shady rivulets. 

 La Serra in Calabria ulterior. Aspramonte. 



289. PIMPINELLA. 



A. Fruit hairless. Root perennial. 

 1. magna. L. pinnate. Lts. all ovate. 



