UMBJBLLIFERffi. 



peculiar to this species among British 

 Umbellates. Fruit about 1^ lines long, 

 with very small reflected styles. 



A common weed in fields and gar- 

 dens, throughout Europe and Russian 

 Asia, except the extreme north. Abun- 

 dant in England, but does not appear 

 to extend far north into Scotland. Fl. 

 summer and autumn. 



347 



Fig. 420. 



XVIII. FENNEL. FGEMCULUM. 



Leaves finely dissected. Umbels compound, without involucres. 

 Petals yellow, entire, inflected at the top, but not pointed. Fruit oval, 

 slightly compressed laterally, without visible calycine teeth. Carpels with 

 5 prominent ribs, and single vittas under the furrows. 



A single, or perhaps two species, with the yellow flowers and habit 

 of Anethum (or Dill-seed), from which it has been separated, as having 

 the fruit somewhat laterally compressed, not flattened from front to 

 back. 



1. Common Fennel. Fceniculum vulgare, Gsertn. (Fig. 421.) 

 {Anethum Foeniculum, Eng. Bot. t. 1208.) 



Stock perennial, but usually of short duration. Stems erect, 

 branched, 2 or 3 feet high, or when cultivated, still taller. Leaves 3 

 or 4 times pinnate, with very narrow, linear or subulate segments, 

 rather stiff in dry situations, very slender when cultivated. Umbels 

 rather large, of 15 to 20, or more rays, more or less glaucous. Fruit 

 about 3 lines long, the vittas very conspicuous. 



On dry, rocky banks, apparently of south European origin, but has 



