PARSLEY FAMILY 



minate at the apex; the lower leaves at least long petioled, 

 the petioles sheathing at the base; sharply serrate or the 

 lowermost, especially if they are submerged, finely dis- 

 sected. 



THE FLOWERS: on peduncles, in broad umbels, which are 

 two to three inches across. 



THE FRUIT: ovate, ribbed, bearing oil tubes. 



Laciness of white flowers in a flat-topped cluster and 

 fine-cutting of leaves characterize this smooth and hollow- 

 stemmed plant of the wet places. 



UMBELLIFER^) PARLSEY FAMILY 



Daucus carota, L. 



Dull white to roseate Queen Anne's Lace. 



or straw colour Wild Carrot, 



Bird's Nest Plant, 



July-October Crow's Nest, 



Lace-flower, 

 Parsnip, 

 Devil' s-plague. 



Daucus: the ancient Greek name. 

 Carota: name for the common carrot. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: waste ground everywhere. 



THE PLANT: from a fleshy, cone-shaped root, one foot to 

 three feet high; the stem furnished with rough hairs. 



THE LEAVES: alternate; compound, particularly the lower; 

 the divisions linear or lanceolate; with rough hairs on both 

 surfaces; round-toothed. 



THE FLOWERS: crowded in umbels which are sometimes 

 four inches across. The inner flower stems shorter than 

 the outer. 



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