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14 D. Hispa’nicus (D. C. prod. 4. p. 212.) stem hispid at 
the base, branched, smoothish above ; leaves bipinnate ; leaflets 
smoothish, ovate, deeply toothed, thick, obtuse, semewhat mu- 
cronate ; leaves of involucra striated, pinnatifid, or trifid, shorter 
than the umbels; prickles stiffish, comb-formed, acute, and entire 
at the apex, shorter than the diameter of the fruit. ¢. H. 
Native of Sicily, Italy, France, on rocks by the sea-side. In 
the south of England, on the seacoast, near Dover; and in 
Cornwall. D. gimmifer, Lam. dict. 1. p. 634. D.C. fl. fr. 4. 
p. 328. 5. p. 512. Bert. ameen. ital. p. 136. D. maritimus, 
With. brit. 290. Sowerb. engl. bot. t. 2560. but not of Lam. 
D. Caròta y, Smith, fl. brit. 300. D. Hispanicus, Gouan. ill. 
p. 9. Leaflets dilated, with rounded segments, whose edges 
and ribs are hairy. Bristles of fruit more flattened than in D. 
Caròta. Umbels convex when in seed, as in most of the species. 
Spanish Carrot. FI. Ju. Aug. England. Pi. 1 to 2 feet. 
15 D. vecrina'ceus (D.C. prod. 4. p. 212.) stem smoothish, 
striated, rather scabrous at the apex; leaves bipinnate, glabrous ; 
leaflets ovate-lanceolate, pinnatifid : segments ovate-lanceolate, 
acute; leaves of involucra pinnatifid, about equal in length to 
the umbels, which are many-rayed; prickles simple, regularly 
pectinated, shorter than the breadth of the fruit, which is ovate. 
$.H. Native country unknown. This species differs from 
all the rest in the fruit. 
Pectinated-fruited Carrot. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt.? Pl. 2 to3 ft. 
16 D. Mavrira’nicus (All. pedem. no. 1381. t. 61. f. 1.) 
stem scabrous from retrograde bristles; leaves bipinnate, gla- 
brous ; leaflets of the lower leaves lanceolate, deeply toothed : 
of the superior leaves linear, acute; leaves of involucra striated, 
pinnatifid, shorter than the umbels; prickles simple, acute, ex- 
ceeding the breadth of the fruit, which is ovate. &. H. Na- 
tive in fields about Nice, and in the south of France, and of 
Mauritania. D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 512. and probably of Lin. 
spec. 348. 
Var. B, pterocle’nus (D.C. prod. 4. p. 212.) leaves of the 
involucels variable, some of them undivided ; and some, as the 
outer ones, pinnatifid. ¢.H. Native of Tauria, on the banks 
of rivers. 
Mauritanian Carrot. FI. June, July. Cit. 1768. Pl. 3 ft. 
17 D. ma’ximus (Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 241.) stem scabrous, stri- 
ated ; leaves bipinnate or tripinnate ; leaflets of the lower leaves 
ovate, equally cut, with obtuse mucronate segments: of the 
upper leaves linear, acute; leaves of involucra pinnatifid, about 
equal in length to the umbels; prickles glochidate at the apex, 
equal in length to the breadth of the fruit, which is ovate. ©. 
H. Native of Mauritania, Sardinia, south of France, on the 
borders of fields. Umbels large, radiating : having the central 
flower abortive. : 
Largest Carrot. Pl. 2 to 4 feet. 
18 D. eurra‘rus (Sibth. et Smith, fl. greece. t. 269. Smith, 
prod. 1. p. 184.) stem hairy from spreading pili; leaves bipin- 
nate ; lower leaflets cuneated, pinnatifid, mucronate: superior 
ones lanceolate, finely serrulated; involucra shorter than the 
umbels; leaves of involucels membranous; central flowers of 
umbels abortive, and of a different colour from the rest. ©. 
H. Native of the Grecian islands, and of Asia Minor. 
` Spotted Carrot. Pl. 1 foot. 
19 D. pory’camus (Gouan. ill. p. 9.) stem terete, nearly sca- 
brous; leaves bipinnate, smoothish, but pilose beneath on the 
nerves, as well as on the petioles; leaflets pinnatifid : segments 
lanceolate-linear, acute ; leaves of involucra trifid or pinnatifid : 
outer flowers of umbel abortive ; prickles acute, about equal in 
length to the fruit, which is ovate. ¢.H. Native of Spain, 
and probably of Sicily, if the figure in Boce. sic. t. 40. f. 3. ap- 
pertain to this species. D. Cardta $, Pers. ench. exclusive of 
the synonyme of Jacq. Fruit larger than those of D. Cardta, 
UMBELLIFERÆ. CXXXI. Daucus. 
and the prickles are twice the length. 
tinct from D. Caròta. 
Polygamous Carrot. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1817. Pl. 2 feet. 
20 D. ursrpus (Desf. atl. 1. p. 243. t. 63.) stem hispid from 
spreading or deflexed hairs; leaves bipinnate, rather villous; 
leaflets ovate, lobately toothed ; leaves of involucra pinnatifid, 
shorter than the umbels; prickles about equal in length to the 
breadth of the fruit, incurved and glochidate at the apex. &. 
H. Native of the north of Africa, and the north of France, 
near Dieppe and Treport, by the sea-side on rocks. D.C. fi, 
fr. 4. p. 328. Bouch, fl. abb. p. 20. Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 
6. p. 480. exclusive of the synonymes. ‘I'he French plant is 
probably the same as the Mauritanian one. Flowers reddish. 
Hispid Carrot. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1804. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
21 D. cranpirxo'rus (Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 240. t. 59.) stem 
pilose ; leaves tripinnate and quadripinnate ; leaflets trifid, linear, 
cuspidate ; leaves of involucra pinnatifid, with subulate segments, 
about equal in length to the radiating umbels; prickles peltately 
glochidate at the apex, exceeding the breadth of the fruit, which 
is ovate. ©. H. Native of Algiers, among corn. Flowers 
like those of Orlaya grandiflora, and the leaves like those of D. 
Mauriténicus, but differs in the prickles of the fruit being glo- 
chidate at the apex. 
Great-flowered Carrot. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. : 
22 D. rusriLus (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 164.) stem his- 
pid from retrograde pili at the base, and rather scabrous at top; 
leaves bipinnate, rather scabrous; leaflets cut into linear seg- 
ments ; leaves of involucra pinnatifid, about equal in length to 
the umbels, which are small; prickles distinctly glochidate at the 
apex, about equal in length to the breadth of the fruit, which is 
ovate. g. H. Native of Carolina, at St. John’s and Savan- 
nah, in dry places (Ell. sketch. 1. p. 349.); at the Red River 
(Nutt. in litt.); in Pennsylvania, at Reading (Herb. Koch.) 
Truly distinct from D. Cardta. 
Small Carrot. Pl. 1 foot. 
23 D. micropny’iuus (Presl. in herb. Hzenke, ex D. C. prod. 
4. p. 213.) stem villous from soft retrograde hairs, especially at 
the bottom; leaves bipinnate, villous; leaflets cut into linear 
segments ; leaves of involucra pinnatifid, about equal in length 
to the umbels, which are small and crowded ; prickles distinctly 
glochidate at the apex, about equal in length to the breadth of 
the fruit, which is ovate. ©.? ¢.? H. Native of the north- 
west coast of America, at Nootka Sound ; Straits of De Fuca; 
Rocky places of the Grand Rapids of the Columbia ; and on 
the plains of the Multnomak River. Very nearly allied to D. 
pusillum, but the hairs on the stem are more numerous, longer, 
soft, and not tubercular at the base; and the fruit is a little 
larger. 
Small-leaved Carrot. Pl. 1 foot. 
24 D. setiro'tivs (Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 244. t. 65.) stem 
smooth, erect; leaves decompound, pubescent; leaflets gei 
parted, opposite, somewhat verticillate : segments elongated, 
filiform, very narrow; leaves of involucra multifid ; fruit _ 
drical, pubescent, ciliately echinated at the angles; pric i 
short. %. H. Native of Mauritania, near Mascar, on uncut- 
tivated hills. Central flowers abortive. Perhaps the same aš 
D. verticillàtus, Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 272. 
Bristle-leaved Carrot. Pl. 3 feet. 
25 D. av'reus (Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 242. t. 61.) 
from spreading pili ; leaves glabrous, supra-decompound GPs 
lets multifid : segments linear-lanceolate, acute, with rather Te 
volute edges ; leaves of involucra and involucels decompounes 
reflexed ; prickles stiff, peltately glochidate at the apex, lanp 
than the diameter of the fruit, which is oblong. ©. H., Eara 
of Mauritania, in corn-fields near Mascar; and of Sicily ya 
Calabria, in argillaceous soil; and of Lycia. Flowers whi 
Perhaps sufficiently dis- 
stem hispid 
leaf- 
