35t 



UMBELLIFER/E. CXXXI. DAUCUS. 



Koch, utnb. 78. D. C. prod. 4. p. 210. Prickles of the se- 

 condary ribs evidently cohering and broader at the base. In- 

 volucra wanting, or very small : having the leaves divided a 

 little. 



1 D. MURICA'TUS (Lin. mant. p. 392.) plant hispid ; leaves 

 tripinnate ; leaflets multifidly cut ; leaves of involucrum 5-7, 

 many of which, or all, are trifid or pinnatifid ; prickles of fruit 

 longer than the breadth of the seed, peltately glochidate at the 

 apex. O- H. Native of Mauritania, Numidia, Calabria, and 

 China, in fields. Mor. hist. sect. 9. t. 14. f. 4. Herm. par. 

 111. Artedia muricata, Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 242. D. murica- 

 tus, Desf. all. 1. p. 243. Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p.^477. 

 exclusive of the synonyme of Poir. Piatyspermum muricatum, 

 Hoffrn. and Koch, 1. c. and perhaps Caucalis Mauritania is re- 

 ferrible to this. The hairs on the lower part of the stem are 

 bent back. Col. ecphr. 1. p. 95. t. 94. Flowers pink. 



Muricaled-fruited Carrot. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1683. PI. 1 ft. 



2 D. LITTORA'LIS (Sibth.and Smith, fl. graec. t. 272. prod. 1. 

 p. 185.) stem decumbent, hispid from deflexed hairs; leaves bi- 

 pinnate, hispid ; leaflets short, multifid, cuneiform ; leaves of 

 involucrum 3-cleft, shorter than the umbel ; fruit ovate, beset 

 with glochidate prickles. . H. Native of the island of 

 Cyprus, by the sea-side ; and of Spain. Leaves of the invo- 

 lucrum usually 5 ; of the involucels membranous. Flowers 

 white. Fruit angular, beset with strong prickles. 



Sea-shore Carrot. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1820. PL dec. 



3 D. PULCHE'RRIMUS (Koch, in litt. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 210.) 

 plant glabrous ; leaves ternately supra-decompound ; segments 

 linear, very narrow, short ; umbels of many rays ; involucrum 

 wanting ; prickles of fruit longer than the breadth of the seed ; 

 when young covered with rough pubescence. 0. H. Native 

 of Tauria, Caucasus, Iberia, Persia, on the sea-shore, in sand. 

 Caucalis orientalis, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 208. exclusive of the 

 synonyme. Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 469. exclusive of 

 the synonyme. Caucalis pulcherrima, Willd. enum. p. 301. 

 Piatyspermum pulcherrimum, Koch, umb. p. 78. Buxb. cent. 

 3. p. 16. t. 23. Flowers white. 



Most-beautiful Carrot. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1816. PI. 2 to 4 ft. 



4 D. BESSARA'BICUS (D. C. prod. 4. p. 210.) glabrous ; leaves 

 ternately supra-decompound ; segments linear-setaceous ; um- 

 bels of many rays ; involucrum wanting ; prickles of fruit 

 length of seeds, when young scabrous. $ . H. Native on the 

 shores of the Black Sea, about Odessa ; and of the south of 

 Bessarabia. Caucalis littoralis, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 208. Ca- 

 chrys littoralis, Spreng. umb. prod. 20. no. 5. Piatyspermum 

 littorale, Koch, 1. c. This is very different from Daucus litto- 

 ralis of Sibth., but it nearly agrees with D. pulchdrrimus, espe- 

 cially in the leaves of the involucels being ciliated, but differs 

 from it in the segments of the leaves being fewer and longer ; 

 in the rays of the umbels and umbellules being fewer ; and in 

 the prickles of the fruit being shorter. Flowers white. 



Bessarabian Carrot. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1819. PI. 1 ft. 



5 D. LASERPITIOI'DES (D. C. prod. 4. p. 210.) plant glabrous ; 

 leaves pinnate and bipinnate : with linear, elongated segments ; 

 umbels of 6-8 rays ; leaves of involucrum 5-6, linear, undi- 

 vided ; prickles of fruit joined at the base, neither scabrous 

 nor glochidate. 1^. H. Native of Mauritania, in sand by 

 the sea-side, near Bone. Laserpitium daucoides, Desf. fl. alt. 1. 

 p. 253. t. 70. Caucalis virgata, Poir. voy. 2. p. 133. suppl. 2. 

 p. 136. 



Lasertvort-like Carrot. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



6 D. PUBE'SCENS (Koch, umb. p. 77.) stem rough, branched ; 

 leaves pinnate, rather hispid ; leaflets pinnatifid, with linear or 

 trifid segments ; leaves of involucrum usually trifid or undi- 

 vided ; prickles glochidate at the apex, longer than the breadth 

 of the fruit, which is oblong. Q. H. Native of Egypt, at 



Alexandria. Caucalis glabra, Forsk. descript. p. 206. Delile, 

 fl. Eegypt. 64. t. 23. f.2 and 3. 



Var. a ; smaller, sea-side plant ; stems humble, diffuse. De- 

 lile, I.e. f. 2. 



Var, /3 ; a larger plant, native of sandy places, with taller, 

 erect stems, and more slender and more acutely divided leaves. 



Pubescent Carrot. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1820. PI. i to 1 ft. 



7 D. SETULO'SUS (Guss. act. soc. borb. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 

 211.) stem branched, bristly ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets multifid; 

 segments linear ; leaves of involucra multifid ; prickles of fruit 

 longer than broad, glochidately capitate at the apex. 0. H. 

 Native of Calabria, and at Naples. D. scabrosus, Bert, ex 

 Guss. 



ZJra^-stemmed Carrot. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



SECT. II. CAKO'TA (from car, celt, red ; colour of root). 

 D. C. prod. 4. p. 211. Prickles of secondary ribs slender, 

 separate, even to the base. Rays of umbel nearly equal, or 

 gradually shorter to the centre. , 



8 D. PARVIFLORUS (Desf. fl. all. 1. p. 241. t. 60.) stem tuber- 

 cular, rather hairy ; leaves bipinnate ; leaflets of lower leaves 

 ovate-oblong : of the superior ones linear-lanceolate, cut ; leaves 

 of involucra trifid, subulate, short ; of the involucels simple ; 

 flowers equal, small ; prickles shorter than the breadth of the 

 fruit, which is ovate, peltately glochidate at the apex. . H. 

 Native of Mauritania, about Arzeau (Desf.). Flowers yellow- 

 ish, according to the dried specimens. 



Small-jloivered Carrot. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1824. PI. 3 ft. 



9 D. INVOLUCRA V TUS (Sibth. and Smith, fl. graec. t. 271. 

 Smith, prod. 1. p. 184.) stem hispid from spreading hairs ; leaves 

 bipinnate ; leaflets multifid ; leaves of involucrum pinnatifid, 

 longer than the umbel ; umbellules few-flowered, uniform ; 

 leaves of involucels narrow. Q. H. Native of Cyprus, by 

 the sea-side. Perhaps the same as D. Creticus, Mill. diet. no. 

 5. ? Fruit small, scabrous from silvery prickles, which are 

 hooked and glochidate at the apex. 



Involucrated Carrot. Fl. June, July. Clt. ? PI. | to 1 ft. 



10 D. CARO'TA (Lin. spec. 348.) stem hispid ; leaves bipinnate, 

 and tripinnate ; leaflets pinnatifid, with linear-lanceolate acute seg- 

 ments ; umbels with a solitary, coloured, abortive flower ; when 

 in seed concave ; bristles of fruit slender ; leaves of involucra 

 pinnatifid, not so long as the umbels ; umbellules few-flowered, 

 equal ; leaves of involucels undivided or trifid. $ . H. Na- 

 tive of Europe, Tauria, Caucasus, and now introduced to South 

 America, China, Cochin-china, &c. in pastures and the borders 

 of fields, in a gravelly soil ; common in Britain, in like situa- 

 tions. Smith, engl. bot. 1174. Mart. rust. t. 82. Fl. dan. 

 723. Plench. off. t. 176. Hayn. arz.vgew. 7. t. 2. D. vul- 

 garis, Neck. D. polygamus, Jacq. vind. 3. p. 43. t. 78. Cau- 

 calis Carota, Crantz. Huds. ang. p. 114. Staphylinus, Riv. 

 pentap. irr. t. 28. Pastinaca sylvestris, Math, valgr. vol. 2. 

 p. 107. f. 1. Ger. emac. 1028. Fuchs. hist. p. 684. Root 

 slender, aromatic, and sweetish, resembling the garden carrot, 

 which is only a cultivated variety. Leaves rather hairy. Um- 

 bels white, except the one central neutral flower, which is blood 

 red. Seeds small, protected by the incurvation of all the flower- 

 stalks, by which the umbels are rendered hollow, like a bird's 

 nest. There are several varieties of the wild carrot, besides 

 the cultivated kinds. 



Var. ft, saliva (D. C. prod. 4. p. 211.) root spindle-shaped, 

 thick, succulent. This is the cultivated carrot, of which there 

 are varieties with white, red, but usually yellow or copper-co- 

 loured roots. 



The root of the plant, in its wild state, is small, dry, sticky, 

 of a white colour, and strong flavoured ; but the root of the 

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