UMBELLIFERJi:. 157 



compresssed ; spines about as long as the diameter of the cremo- 

 caq^ ; columella undivided. 



Yar. a, gemdna. 



Tlate DCXV. 



Billot, Fl, Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 2840. 



D. Carota, Sni. Eng. Bot. No. 1174. Bah. Man. Btit. Bob. ed. v. p. 151. Hook & Am. 



Brit. Fl. ed. viii. p. 107. Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ, et Helv. ed. ii. p. 343. Gr. k Godr. 



Fl. de Fr. Vol. I. p. Q>(},5. 



Stem erect, branched in the upper part ; branches making an 

 acute angle with the stem. Leaflets with strapshaped or linear 

 acute rather distant segments. Umbel generally concave in fruit ; 

 spines of the fruit distinct nearly to the base, generally hooked at 



the top. 



Var. 3, (jummifer. 



D. gummifer, Lam. Bah. Man. Brit. Bot. ed. v. p. 151. Gr. k Godr. Fl. de Fr. 



Vol. I. p. 658. 

 D. maritimus, With. Sm. Eng. Bot. No. 250. IIooTc. k Am. Brit. Fl. ed. viii. p. 187 



(non Lam.) 



Stem branching from the base; branches widely spreading. 

 Leaflets with the segments strapshaped or oblong, usually con- 

 tiguous. Umbels generally remaining convex or flat in fruit ; 

 spines of the fruit dilated and combined ^towards the base, without 



hooks at the apex. 



Sea Carrot. 



French, Garotte de Boccone. 



Var. a very common on dry banks, borders of fields, and 

 pastures; generally distributed, except in the extreme North of 

 Scotland. Var. 3 on the seashore in the South of England. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Biennial. Summer 

 and Autumn. 



Var. a with the root tapering, scarcely fleshy in the wild plant. 

 Stem erect, 3 inches to 3 feet high, rather slender, sparingly hairy, 

 solid, furrowed. Leaves oblong-triangular in outline, finely divided, 

 with acute segments. Umbels stalked, with very numerous hispid 

 rays, -|^ to 2 inches long. Leaves of the involucre with a mem- 

 branous border at the base, and 8 or 5 narrowly linear-acute her- 

 baceous segments ; involucel-leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, hispid 

 on the herbaceous central stripe, and ciliated towards the apex. 

 Elowers white, slightly radiant, ^ inch across, the central flower of 

 the umbel generally dark reddish-purple. Umbel-rays converging 



