PENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Daucus. 285 



D. Angles of the seeds 4, distant, hispid: leafstalks Caro'ta, 



fibrous underneath : umbel concave when in seed. 



Kniph. 5-Lud<w. 9-FI. dan. 723-BIaci*v. o^-Woodv. l6l 

 ~Ri<v. pent. 28, Staphylinus-Ger. §73-Matth. 748-ZW. 

 679-Lob. obs. A\6. 2-Ger. e?n. 1028-ParL £02. 1- 

 Fuchs. 684-J. B. iii. b. 62-//. ox. ix. 13. 2~Trag. 

 4-10. 



Var. 2. Leaves of a dark glossy green, hairy, large, seg- 

 ments deeply cloven. Flowers all white. 



Sea shore near Dover, R. Syn. 218. n. 3. [Devon and 

 Cornwall.] 



Var. 3. Whole plant very harsh and rough with stron 

 white bristly hairs. Involucr. very long. Flowers with a reddis 

 tinge. 



Common about Penzance. Mr. Thompson. June. 



Var. 4. Leaves light green, hairy, segments slightly cloven. 

 Flowers white, except the central floret which is deep crimson. 

 Hedge- sides and fallow fields. July. 



Var. 5. Umbel proliferous. 



7. 



• • • 



Flowers white, with an umbellule of crimson florets standing 

 op in the middle of the umbel. Sent from Cornwall by Miss 

 Giddy. 



Daucus polygamus. Gouan. Shady places. Aug. 



In all these varieties the root is pale yellow, the stem from 

 2 to 2| feet high; the segments of the leaves are pointed ; the 

 umbels are at first flat, or gently convex, but when in seed con- 

 cave like a tea cup. The Involucrum composed of about thir- 

 teen leafits with deeply winged clefts ; the Involucellums of 

 eight or nine leafits, three of which are wing-cleft, the rest en- 

 tire. The spokes of the umbel about 4®, those of the Umbel- 

 lules about 30. The seeds have 4 longitudinal deeply toothed 

 ridges, like the comb of a cock, with 3 other imperfect ridges 

 between them j the teeth flat, tapering to a pint, but not 

 prickly. 



Birds-nest. Comman <wi/d Carrot* B. June— Aug. 



* The wiliTCarrot has always been marked by Botanists as a biennial 

 plain ; but, in our corn-field*, and also when sown in a; garden, it is an 

 tftniuJ ; hence some doubt may arise whether it be, as supposed, the 

 Parent stock of the cultivated or garden Carrot, which is always consi- 

 dered as a biennial, though I believe here and there a plant shoots up to 

 «ed the first year. The roots of the garden Carrot are white, or yellow, 

 or deep red yellow. The seeds have been sometimes used as diuretics 



**id carminatives j and are highly recommended in calculous complaints- 











