Fig. 532.—Conium maculatum. Fruit entire and in transverse section.
3. Scandiceæ. This group has a distinctly oblong or linear fruit which is slightly compressed laterally, and generally prolonged upwards into a “beak”; wings absent. Campylospermous. Otherwise as in the Ammieæ.—Anthriscus (Beaked Parsley) has a lanceolate fruit, round on the dorsal side, without ridges, but with a ten-ridged beak.—Scandix (Shepherd’s-needle).—Chærophyllum (Chervil): fruit lanceolate or linear with low, blunt ridges; beak absent or very short. C. temulum has a red-spotted, hairy stem.—Myrrhis (Cicely) has a short beak and sharp, almost winged ridges. M. odorata (Sweet Cicely) has very long fruits.
Fig. 533.—Œnanthe phellandrium. Fruit entire and in transverse section. emb The embryo; ol the oil-ducts; fr endosperm.
Fig. 534.—Fœniculum vulgare. Fruit in transverse section.
4. Seselineæ, Fennel Group (Figs. [533], [534]). The fruit is slightly elliptical or oblong, in transverse section circular or nearly so, without grooves in the dividing plane; only primary ridges are present. Orthospermous.—Fœniculum (Fennel) has yellow petals; both involucres are wanting; the fruit is oblong. The ridges are thick, all equally developed, or the lateral ridges are slightly larger (Fig. [534]).—Æthusa (A. cynapium, Fool’s Parsley); the large involucre is wanting or is reduced to one leaf, the small involucre is composed of three linear leaves which hang downwards on the outer side of the umbels. The fruit is spherical-ovate, with thick, sharp, keeled ridges, the lateral ones of which are the broadest.—Œnanthe (Dropwort); the fruit (Fig. [533]) has usually an ovate, lanceolate form, with distinct, pointed sepals and long, erect styles; the ridges are very blunt, the marginal ones a trifle broader than the others.—Seseli, Libanotis, Cnidium, Silex, Silaus, Meum, etc.
5. Peucedaneæ, Parsnip Group (Figs. [535–537]). The fruit is most frequently very strongly compressed dorsally, with broad, mostly winged, lateral ridges. Only primary ridges. The dorsal ridges may project considerably, but are not winged. Orthospermous.
