108 BOTANY OF SOCOTRA. 



approach this species in many characters. And we have likewise a specimen 

 (n. 190), undoubtedly of this species, which by its somewhat contracted and 

 stouter habit affords a step towards the foregoing. It may be that these are 

 forms of one species, but as there is no complete transition, I have kept them 

 distinct. 



4. FCENICULUM. 

 Fosnimlum, Adans. Fam. PL ii. 101 ; All. Flor. Pedem. ii. 25 ; Beuth. et Hook. Gen. PI. i. 902. 

 A small genus, including species in cultivation all over the world. 



F. vulgare, Gartn. Fruct. i. 105, t. 23, f. 5 ; Clarke in Hook. Flor. Brit. 

 Ind. ii. 095 ; Wight Ic. t. 515. 

 F. officinale, All. Flor. Ped. ii. 25 ; Boiss. Flor. Orient, ii. 975. 



Nom Vern. Kommor (B.C.S.). 



Socotra. Cultivated at Galonsir. B.C.S. n. 456. 



Distkib. Cultivated widely. 



5. PEUCEDANUM. 



Peucedanurn, Linn. Gen. n. 339 ; Bentli. et Hook. Gen. PL i. 918. 



A vast genus, chiefly spread in the northern hemisphere of both worlds, but 

 also found in South America and South Africa. 



P. cordatum, Balf. fil. in Proc. Koy. Soc. Edin. xi. (1882), 544. 



Annuum glabra m erectum; foliis bipinnatisectis, segmentis latis planis plerumque sessilibus 

 palmatim trifidis, laciniis acute dentatis v. subincisis membranaceis ; umbellis primariis 

 10-20-, secundariis 8-12-radiatis ; fructu pedicello breviore elliptico basi alte-cordato, 

 vittis vallecularibus solitariis, cornmissuralibus biuis approximatis, alis fructui a?quilatis. 



Herba annua erecta circa 2-pedalis, radice fusiformi cauleque pallido tereti striato vix ramoso. 

 Folia longe petiolata basi dilatata amplexicaulia, radicalia fere pedalia, caulina 4 poll, 

 louga, pinnatisecta 3-jnga, pitinis infimis pinnatisectis petiolulatis, supremis subsessilibus 

 et incisis segmentis planis latis magnitudine variantibus nunc 2 poll, nunc f poll. diam. 

 lateralibus palmatim trifidis terminalibus sa;pe purpureis, laciniis acute dentatis v. subin- 

 cisis basi subcordati3 v. subcuneatis v. borizontaliter expansis inoequalibus glabris 

 subpunctulatis membranaceis margine subtiliter revolutis. Umhellarum rhacbis 3-5 poll, 

 longa rarius sub umbellis ramosa ; umbelke primaria3 10-20-radiatse radiis in fructu 

 1-lf poll, longis, secundaria; 8-12-radiatao radiis J— | poll, longis. Invohicra et 

 involucella circa 8-pbylla phyllariis herbaceis subulatis obtusis. Flores ignoti. Fructus 

 \ poll, longi pedicellis breviores elliptici basi cordati ad faciem commissuralem albido- 

 furfuracei glabri, alis subasquilatis, jugis prominulis, vittis vallecula3 angustis solitariis, 

 commissural binis latis approximatis. 



Socotra. Common on the hills. B.C.S. n. 290. Schweinf. n. 572. 

 Distkib. Endemic. 



A broad-leaved species, easily distinguished from others in the genus by the 

 manner of cutting of the leaves, and especially by the cordately based fruits. 



