Scandix pecten-veneris subsp. macrorhyncha Myrrhis Miller

(c) Subsp. macrorhyncha (C. A. Meyer) Rouy & Camus View in CoL , FI. Fr. 7: 299 (1901)

(S. macrorhyncha C. A. Meyer, S. hispanica Boiss. ):

S. Europe.

S. iberica Bieb. , FZ. Taur.-Cauc. 1: 425 (1808) from S.W. Asia, has been recorded from near Istanbul, but probably only as a casual. It is like 3 but with (5-)6-9 rays in the terminal umbel, outer petals strongly radiate, and beak of fruit less strongly flattened.

15. Myrrhis Miller 1

Leaves 2- to 3-pinnate. Sepals minute. Petals white, cuneateobovate; apex short, inflexed. Fruit linear-oblong, beaked. Ridges very prominent; vittae obsolete at maturity.

1. M. odorata (L.) Scop. View in CoL , FI. Cam. ed. 2, 1: 207 (1772).

Puberulent, strongly aromatic perennial up to 200 cm. Leaf-lobes oblong-lanceolate, deeply dentate; sheaths conspicuous. Rays 4-20. Bracts usually absent; bracteoles several. Some partial umbels bearing male flowers only, the peduncles of these shorter and more slender than those of the hermaphrodite umbels. Fruit 15-25 mm, scabrid with bristly hairs especially near the top, dark shiny brown when mature. Alps, Pyrenees, Appennini , mountains of W. part of Balkan peninsula; cultivatedfor flavouring and for fodder, and widely naturalized elsewhere. Al Au Ga *Ge He Hs It Ju [Be Br Cz Da Fe Hb Ho Is No Po Rs (N, B, W) Su].