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UMBELLIFER^I. 



TORfLis ANTHRISCUS (Upright Hedge-Parsley). 



3. T. nodosa (Knotted Hedge-Parsley). Stem pro- 

 strate ; umbels simple, lateral, nearly sessile. Hedges 

 and waste places, common. Well distinguished from 

 all. other British umbelliferous plants by its prostrate 

 mode of growth, its very small, almost globular umbels of 

 whitish flowers, and by the outer carpels in each umbel 

 being covered with hooked prickles, while the inner are 

 warty. Fl. May, July. Annual. 



