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gustis, mucronulatis, hirsutiusculis; petiolis striatis, supra 

 canaliculatis, basi in vaginam parvam, araplexicaulem expan- 

 sis; caulina superiora bipinnata aut pinnata, foliolis lineari- 

 angustissimis vel lanceolato-linearibus, acuminatis, mucrona- 

 tis, simplicibus vel parce divisis, subinde elongatis, loco pe- 

 tioli basi suflFulta vagina canaliculata, amplexicauli, striata, 

 margine albo-membranacea, glabra vel hirta vel scabra; in- 

 volucrum polypliyllum, umbella longius aut aequale aut bre- 

 vius, patens vel reflexum, foliolis pinnatifidis, laciniis angu- 

 ste linearibus, acuminatis, integerrimis; involucella polyphyl- 

 la, patentia, foliolis lineari-angustis, acuminatis, integerri- 

 mis, tuberculatis; radix fusiformis aut fusiformi-ramosa, lon- 

 ga, plerumque gracilis, alba cum aliqua flavedine, aroma 

 olens. 



Floret a Majo ad Autumnum. (2). 



Aetnae, in saxosis vulcauicis detritis pedemontanae regio- 

 nis: Battiati, Viagrande, Pedara, Mascalucia, Misterbianco, 

 Caiania. 



Icon. All. Fl. Ped. 2. img. 31. tab. 61. sub nomine: Dau- 

 cus mauritanicus. — Guss. Enmn. Pl. Inarim. tab. 5. sub 

 nomine: Daticus nitidus. 



Daucus Carota. Lin. Sp. Pl. ed. 1. pag. 242. — DC. Prodr. 

 4. pag. 211.—Bert. Fl. It. 3. pag. 156. — Guss. Si/n. Fl. 

 Sic. I. pag. 331. — Torn. Fl. Sic. pag. 272. — Arcang. Comp. 

 della Fl. Ital. pag. 299. — Parl. Fl. Ital. conf. da T. Ca- 

 ruel vol. 8. par. 2. pag. 542. 



Daucus sativus. Pass. Fl. Parm. pag. 128. 



Daucus mauritanicus. Lin. Sp. Pl. ed. 2. pag. 348. — Sav. 

 Due cent. pag. 66. 



Nomen vulgare: Vastunaca sarvaggia. 



2. D, aureus. — Flores grandiusculi, albi, in sicco lutescentes, 

 biumbellati, umbellis solitariis, terminalibus, breviter pedun- 

 culatis, demum plus minusque contractis, in fructu coaduna- 

 tis; receptaculum umbellare dilatatum, sulcatum, couvexum; 

 scajms dense hispido-villosus, striatus, viridis, elongatus, a- 

 culeatus, aculeis glochidiatis flavescentibus; pedicelli, seu ra- 

 dii primarii, elongati, hispidi, striati, virides, basi incrassa- 

 ti, involucrati, inaequales, in sicco lateoli, contracti et ob- 

 conici; radioli breves, hispiduli, scapo et radiis primariis stru- 

 ctura conforraes, in sicco contracti, obconici, involucellati; 



