Kundmannia sicula, (L.) DC. Silaum Miller Trochiscanthes Koch Meum Miller Meum athamanticum, Jacq.

1. K. sicula (L.) DC. View in CoL , Prodr. 4: 143 (1830)

(Brignoliapastinaci- folia Bertol.). Glabrous perennial 30-70 cm. Lower leaves usually 2-pinnate with a pair of supplementary segments at the base of each pair of primary segments; lobes ovate, crenate-serrate, the lowest sometimes lobed; upper cauline leaves 1 -pinnate, the segments incise-serrate or lacerate. Umbels with 5-30 subequal rays. Bracts and bracteoles numerous, linear. Fruit 6-10 mm. Mediterranean region, extending to S. Portugal. BI Co Cr Gr Hs It Lu Sa Si [Ga].

43. Silaum Miller 1

Leaves 1- to 4-pinnate. Sepals absent. Petals yellowish, ovate; apex short, involute. Fruit ovoid-oblong to nearly cylindrical, scarcely compressed. Ridges slender, prominent, the lateral narrowly winged; vittae numerous, slender, inconspicuous.

1. S. silaus (L.) Schinz & Thell. View in CoL , Viert. Naturf. Ges. Ziirich 60: 359 (1915)

( Silaus pratensis Besser , inch S. besseri DC. , Silaum alpestre (L.) Thell. , S. flavescens (Bernh.) Hayek ).

Glabrous perennial 3-100 cm. Stem solid, striate. Basal leaves 2- to 4- pinnate, triangular in outline; segments long-stalked; lobes 5-20 mm, lanceolate to linear, finely serrulate, with prominent midrib, acuminate or obtuse and mucronate; apex often reddish; upper cauline leaves 1-pinnate or reduced to an inflated petiole. Rays 5-15, sharply angled. Bracts 0-3; bracteoles several, linearlanceolate, broadly scarious. Fruit 4-5 mm, ovoid-oblong to subcylindrical. W., C. & E. Europe. Al Au Be Br Cz Ga Ge He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (B, C, W, K, E) Su. Very variable in the shape of the leaf-lobes and the size and shape of the fruit, particularly in the eastern part of its range.

Variants with linear leaf-lobes and subcylindrical fruits c. 5 mm have been called S. alpestre (L.) Thell. in Hegi, III. Fl. Mitteleur. 5 (2): 1295 (1926).

44. Trochiscanthes Koch 1

Leaves 3- to 4-temate, with large, ovate segments. Sepals conspicuous. Petals greenish-white, clawed; apex inflexed, obtuse. Fruit ovoid, slightly compressed laterally. Ridges slender, prominent; vittae 4.

1. T. nodiflora (Vili.) Koch View in CoL , Nova Acta Acad. Leop.-Carol. 12(1): 104 (1824).

Glabrous perennial 100-200 cm. Stem with numerous opposite or whorled patent branches. Leaves with irregularly serrate and sometimes shallowly lobed segments 5-11 x 2-4- 5 cm. Umbels small, very numerous, terminating the branches; rays 4-8. Bracts 0-1; bracteoles 3-5, subulate. Fruit c. 6 mm. Mountain woods. • S.E. France, S. W. Switzerland, N. Italy. Ga He It.

45. Meum Miller 1

Leaves 3- to 4-pinnate, with crowded, filiform lobes. Sepals absent. Petals white or purplish, ovate; apex more or less inflexed. Fruit ovoid-oblong, scarcely compressed. Ridges very prominent, stout; vittae 3-5.

1. M. athamanticum Jacq. View in CoL , FI. Austr. 4: 2 (1776)

(inch M. nevadense Boiss. ).

Glabrous, strongly aromatic perennial 7- 60 cm. Stock surrounded by coarse, fibrous remains of petioles. Leaves mostly basal; lobes 2-5 mm. Rays 3-15. Bracts 0-2, setaceous; bracteoles few, setaceous, often small. Fruit 4-10 mm. • Mountains o f W. & C. Europe, extending locally to Calabria and C. Bulgaria. Al Au Be Br Bu Cz Ga Ge He Hs It Ju Po?Rs (W) [No].