Daucus. — Torilis. 713 
dissected into oblong and linear lobes, the secondary axes of the 
divisions at right angles to the primary. Umbels many-rayed; bracts 
of the involucre pinnately dissected into setaceous lobes, shorter 
than the rays, bracts of the involucels trifid, as long as the flowers; 
fruit 4 mm long, 2 mm broad, including the prickles; prickles lan- 
ceolate, twice as long as the diameter of the seed. — Flow. March 
to April. 
M. p. El-‘Arish; el-Grady. — N. v. Heliopolis near Cairo. — 
D. i. Habwa, recently introduced. 
Also known from Algeria, Southern Europe and Syria. 
1011. (5.) Daucus Carota L. Spec. Plant. I (1753), p. 348. — 
Boiss. Flor. Or. II, p. 1076. — Rehbch. Ic. XXI, tab. 159. — Aschers.- 
Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., p. 81 no. 482. — Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. 
d’Kg., p. 241. — A biennial plant, 1—1,5 m high or sometimes 
somewhat more, branching from the base, scabrous. Leaves triangular 
to oblong in outline, 2— 3-pinnatisect into oblong-lanceolate, incised- 
dentate segments, those of the upper leaves linear-lanceolate. Umbel 
with very numerous rays, at length contracted into a nest-like form; 
bracts of the involucre trifid or pinnate, of the involucel linear, 
white-margined, entire or 2—3-fid; petals radiating; central flower 
sterile, purple; fruits 4 long, 3 mm broad, including the prickles; 
prickles setaceous, as long as the diameter of the seed or longer, 
with 1—3 recurved barbs. — Flow. March to April. 
M. ma. M. p. N.d. N.f. N. v. Cultivated everywhere and often 
subspontaneous. 
Local name: gazar; djazar. 
Probably an original native of the sea-coasts of Southern Hurope, but 
of very ancient cultivation; and sows it self most readly. soon degenerating 
to the wild form with a slender root, and now most abundant throughout 
Kurope, the Mediterranean basin and Asia. 
var. Boissieri Schweinfurth, Wittmack in Festschrift zu Ascher- 
son LXX. Geburtstag 1904, p. 327. — Daucus maximus Boiss. Flor. 
Or. II, p.1076 not Desf-Root purple. — Flow. March to April. 
M. ma. N.d. N. v. O. Cultivated and subspontaneous. 
Local name: gazar beledy. 
Also known from the other parts of the Mediterranean region, 
404. (27.) Torilis Adans. 
Calyx 5-toothed. Fruit laterally compressed. Primary ribs 5, 
setulose, secondary 4, hidden by the numerous prickles which occupy 
