354 
Koch, umb. 78. D.C. prod. 4. p. 210. Prickles of the se- 
condary ribs evidently cohering and broader at the base. In- 
volucra wanting, or very small: having the leaves divided a 
little. 
1 D. murica‘tus (Lin. mant. p. 392.) plant hispid; leaves 
tripinnate ; leaflets multifidly cut ; leaves of involucrum 5-7, 
many of which, or all, are trifid or pinnatifid ; prickles of fruit 
longer than the breadth of the seed, peltately glochidate at the 
apex. ©. H. Native of Mauritania, Numidia, Calabria, and 
China, in fields\—Mor, hist. sect. 9. t.14. f. 4. Herm. par. 
111. Artédia muricata, Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 242. D. murica- 
tus, Desf. atl. 1. p. 243. Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 477. 
exclusive of the synonyme of Poir. Piatyspérmum muricatum, 
Hoffm. and Koch, 1. c. and perhaps Caúcalis Mauritanica is re- 
ferrible to this. The hairs on the lower part of the stem are 
bent back.—Col. ecphr. 1. p. 95. t. 94. Flowers pink. 
Muricated-fruited Carrot. FI. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1683. Pl. 1 ft. 
2 D. rittora‘tis (Sibth. and Smith, A. greece. t. 272. prod. 1. 
p- 185.) stem decumbent, hispid from deflexed hairs; leaves bi- 
pinnate, hispid; leaflets short, multifid, cuneiform; leaves of 
involucrum 8-cleft, shorter than the umbel; fruit ovate, beset 
with glochidate prickles, ©. H. Native of the island of 
Cyprus, by the sea-side; and of Spain. Leaves of the invo- 
lucrum usually 5; of the involucels membranous. Flowers 
white. Fruit angular, beset with strong prickles. 
Sea-shore Carrot. Fi. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1820. Pl. dec. 
3 D. putcue’rrimus (Koch, in litt. ex D.C. prod. 4. p. 210.) 
plant glabrous; leaves ternately supra-decompound ; segments 
linear, very narrow, short; umbels of many rays; involucrum 
wanting ; prickles of fruit longer than the breadth of the seed; 
when young covered with rough pubescence. ©. H. Native 
of Tauria, Caucasus, Iberia, Persia, on the sea-shore, in sand. 
Caticalis orientalis, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 208. exclusive of the 
synonyme. Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 469. exclusive of 
the synonyme. Caicalis pulchérrima, Willd. enum. p. 301. 
Platyspérmum pulchérrimum, Koch, umb. p. 78.—Buxb. cent. 
3. p. 16. t. 23. Flowers white. 
Most-beautiful Carrot. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1816. Pl.2to4 ft. 
4 D. Bessara’sicus (D. C. prod. 4. p. 210.) glabrous ; leaves 
ternately supra-decompound ; segments linear-setaceous; um- 
bels of many rays; involucrum wanting; prickles of fruit 
length of seeds, when young scabrous. ¢.H. Native on the 
shores of the Black Sea, about Odessa; and of the south of 
Bessarabia. Caticalis littoralis, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 208. Cà- 
chrys littoralis, Spreng. umb. prod. 20. no. 5. atyspérmum 
littorale, Koch, l.c. This is very different from Daticus litto- 
ralis of Sibth., but it nearly agrees with D. pulchérrimus, espe- 
cially in the leaves of the involucels being ciliated, but differs 
from it in the segments of the leaves being fewer and longer ; 
in the rays of the umbels and umbellules being fewer ; and in 
the prickles of the fruit being shorter. Flowers white. 
Bessarabian Carrot. Fl. May, June. Clt.1819. Pl. 1 ft. 
5 D. caserpitiorpes (D. C. prod. 4. p. 210.) plant glabrous ; 
leaves pinnate and bipinnate : with linear, elongated segments ; 
umbels of 6-8 rays; leaves of involucrum 5-6, linear, undi- 
vided; prickles of fruit joined at the base, neither scabrous 
nor glochidate. Y%. H. Native of Mauritania, in sand by 
the sea-side, near Bone. Laserpitium daucoides, Desf. fl. alt. 1. 
p. 253. t. 70. Caúcalis virgata, Poir. voy. 2. p. 133. suppl. 2. 
. 136. 
Laserwort-like Carrot. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
6 D. puse’scens (Koch, umb. p. 77.) stem rough, branched ; 
leaves pinnate, rather hispid ; leaflets pinnatifid, with linear or 
trifid segments; leaves of involucrum usually trifid or undi- 
vided ; prickles glochidate at the apex, longer than the breadth 
of the fruit, which is oblong. ©. H. Native of Egypt, at 
UMBELLIFERE, CXXXI. Daucus. 
Alexandria. Caúcalis glabra, Forsk. descript. p. 206. Delile, 
fl. egypt. 64. t. 23. f.2 and 3. 
Var. a; smaller, sea-side plant; stems humble, diffuse. De- 
lile, l.c. f. 2. 
Var. B; a larger plant, native of sandy places, with taller, 
erect stems, and more slender and more acutely divided leaves. 
Pubescent Carrot. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1820. Pl. 4 tol ft. 
7 D. seruto'sus (Guss. act. soc. borb. ex D.C. prod. 4. p. 
211.) stem branched, bristly ; leaves pinnate; leaflets multifid; 
segments linear; leaves of involucra multifid ; prickles of fruit 
longer than broad, glochidately capitate at the apex. ©. H, 
Native of Calabria, and at Naples. D. scabròsus, Bert. ex 
Guss. 
Bristly-stemmed Carrot. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
Secr. II. Carora (from car, celt. red; colour of root). 
D.C. prod. 4. p. 211. Prickles of secondary ribs slender, 
separate, even to the base. Rays of umbel nearly equal, or 
gradually shorter to the centre. 
8 D. parvirtorus (Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 241. t. 60.) stem tuber- 
cular, rather hairy; leaves bipinnate; leaflets of lower leaves 
ovate-oblong : of the superior ones linear-lanceolate, cut; leaves 
of involucra trifid, subulate, short; of the involucels simple ; 
flowers equal, small; prickles shorter than the breadth of the 
fruit, which is ovate, peltately glochidate at the apex. ©. H. 
Native of Mauritania, about Arzeau (Desf.). Flowers yellow- 
ish, according to the dried specimens. 
Small-flowered Carrot. Fl. June, Jul. Cit. 1824. Pl. 3 ft. 
9 D. rvorucra‘rus (Sibth. and Smith, fl. grec. t. 271. 
Smith, prod. 1. p. 184.) stem hispid from spreading hairs ; leaves 
bipinnate ; leaflets multifid; leaves of involucrum pinnatifid, 
longer than the umbel; umbellules few-flowered, uniform; 
leaves of involucels narrow. ©. H. Native of Cyprus, by 
the sea-side. Perhaps the same as D. Créticus, Mill. dict. no. 
5.? Fruit small, scabrous from silvery prickles, which are 
hooked and glochidate at the apex. 
Involucrated Carrot. Fl. June, July. Cit.? Pl. 3 to} ft. 
10 D. Carora (Lin. spec. 348.) stem hispid ; leaves bipinnate, 
and tripinnate’; leaflets pinnatifid, with linear-lanceolate acute sêg- 
ments ; umbels with a solitary, coloured, abortive flower ; when 
in seed concave; bristles of fruit slender; leaves of involucra 
pinnatifid, not so long as the umbels ; umbellules few-flowered, 
equal; leaves of involucels undivided or trifid. &. H. A 
tive of Europe, Tauria, Caucasus, and now introduced to Sout 
America, China, Cochin-china, &c. in pastures and the borders 
of fields, in a gravelly soil; common in Britain, in like situa- 
tions. Smith, engl. bot. 1174. Mart. rust. t. 82. Fl. pai 
723. Plench. off. t. 176. Hayn. arz. gew. 7. t. 2. D. vut- 
gàris, Neck. D. polýgamus, Jacq. vind. 3. p. 43. t. 78. Caú- 
calis Caròta, Crantz. Huds. ang. p. 114. Staphylìnus, Riv. 
pentap. irr. t. 28. Pastinàca sylvéstris, Math. valgr. vol. : 
p. 107. f. 1.—Ger. emac. 1028.—Fuchs. hist. p. 684. Roo 
slender, aromatic, and sweetish, resembling the garden carrot, 
which is only a cultivated variety. Leaves rather hairy. Um- 
bels white, except the one central neutral flower, which is bl 
red. Seeds small, protected by the incurvation of all the flower- 
stalks, by. which the umbels are rendered hollow, like a birds 
nest. There are several varieties of the wild carrot, besides 
the cultivated kinds. f F 
Var. 3, sativa (D. C. prod. 4. p. 211.) root spindle-shape® 
thick, succulent. ` This is the cultivated carrot, of which chest 
are varieties with white, red, but usually yellow or copper-¢° 
loured roots. sk 
The root of the plant, in its wild state, is small, dry, ae 
of a white colour, and strong flavoured ; but the root 0 
