C1ASS V. ORDER II.] CAUCALIS. 399 



colour, regular, except the outer petals of the radiating flowers. Calyx 

 of five small acute teeth. Petals inversely heart-shaped, with an in- 

 flexed point. Stamens on long slender filaments, with pink ovate 

 anthers. Styles elongating after flowering, with small obtuse stigmas 

 and conical disk. Fruit larger than the last species, oblong, com- 

 pressed at the back, clothed with bristles, thin, dilated, membranous, 

 and pale at the base, with a long point, obtuse, with several small 

 sharp reflexed teeth, the vittce beneath the secondary ridges rather 

 large. Albumen flat in front, somewhat convex, at the back. 



Habitat. Sea, Coast in Kent and Cornwall, Anglesea. Mr. W. 

 Wilson. Island of Lismore, Scotland. Rev. C. Smith. Near Bal- 

 doyle and Portmarnock, Ireland. Mr. Mackay. 



Biennial ; flowering in July and August. 



The habit of this plant is quite different to the last, growing near 

 the sea. It is branched from the base, spreading, with mostly an 

 umbel on a short pedicle from near the base. Its different shaped 

 leaflets, and especially the fruit, will readily distinguish it from the 

 last species. 



We have frequently found specimens of it on the north coast of 

 Portugal, which were not different from those grown on our own coast. 



SuB-oRDt it 2. CAMPYLOSPERM.B. Albumen with the margins inflexed, 

 or entire rolled inwards, or with a wide deep furrow in front. 



TRIBE 8. CAUCALINE.E. Koch. Fruit contracted on the sides, or 

 nearly round. Carpels with five primary ridges, filiform, bristly 

 or prickly, three on the back, the two lateral ones placed on the 

 plane of the commissure, the four secondary ridges more promi- 

 nent than the others, prickly, or altogether obliterated by the 

 abundance of the prickles, which fill up the channels. Albumen 

 involute, or with the margins rolled inwards. 



GENUS LXXVIII. CAU'CALIS. LINN. Bur Parsley. 



GEN. CHAR. Calyx of five teeth. Petals obcordate, with an inflexed 

 point, the outer ones radiant and deeply bifid. Fruit slightly 

 compressed on the sides. Carpels with five primary filiform 

 bristly or prickly ridges, three at the back, the two lateral ones on 

 the plane of the commissure, the four secondary ridges more pro- 

 minent, with one or two rows of prickles. Channels under the 

 secondary ridges with single villa. Albumen deeply channeled in 



