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UMBELLIFERJE. CXXXI. DAUCUS. 



14 D. HISPA'NICUS (D. C. prod. 4. p. 212.) stem hispid at 

 the base, branched, smoothish above ; leaves bipinnate ; leaflets 

 smoothish, ovate, deeply toothed, thick, obtuse, somewhat mu- 

 cronate; leaves of involucra striated, pinnatifid, or trifid, shorter 

 than the umbels ; prickles stiffish, comb-formed, acute, and entire 

 at the apex, shorter than the diameter of the fruit. $ . H. 

 Native of Sicily, Italy, France, on rocks by the sea-side. In 

 the south of England, on the sea-coast, near Dover ; and in 

 Cornwall. D. gummifer, Lam. diet. 1 . p. 634. D. C. fl. fr. 4. 

 p. 328. 5. p. 512. Bert, amcen. ital. p. 136. D. maritimus, 

 With. brit. 290. Sowerb. engl. bot. t. 2560. but not of Lam. 

 D. Carota y, Smith, fl. brit. 300. D. Hispanicus, Gouan. ill. 

 p. 9. Leaflets dilated, with rounded segments, whose edges 

 and ribs are hairy. Bristles of fruit more flattened than in D. 

 Carota. Umbels convex when in seed, as in most of the species. 



Spanish Carrot. Fl. Ju. Aug. England. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



15 U. PECTINA'CEUS (D. C. prod. 4. p. 212.) stem smoothish, 

 striated, rather scabrous at the apex ; leaves bipinnate, glabrous ; 

 leaflets ovate-lanceolate, pinnatifid : segments ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute ; leaves of involucra pinnatifid, about equal in length to 

 the umbels, which are many-rayed ; prickles simple, regularly 

 pectinated, shorter than the breadth of the fruit, which is ovate. 



$ . H. Native country unknown. This species differs from 

 all the rest in the fruit. 



Pectinated-fruited Carrot. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. ? PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



16 D. MAURITA'NICUS (All. pedem. no. 1381. t. 61. f. 1.) 

 stem scabrous from retrograde bristles; leaves bipinnate, gla- 

 brous ; leaflets of the lower leaves lanceolate, deeply toothed : 

 of the superior leaves linear, acute ; leaves of involucra striated, 

 pinnatifid, shorter than the umbels ; prickles simple, acute, ex- 

 ceeding the breadth of the fruit, which is ovate. $ . H. Na- 

 tive in fields about Nice, and in the south of France, and of 

 Mauritania. D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 512. and probably of Lin. 

 spec. 848. 



Var. ft, pteroclce'nus (D. C. prod. 4. p. 212.) leaves of the 

 involucels variable, some of them undivided ; and some, as the 

 outer ones, pinnatifid. $ . H. Native of Tauria, on the banks 

 of rivers. 



Mauritanian Carrot. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1768. PI. 3 ft. 



17 D. MA'XIMUS (Desf. fl. all. 1. p. 241.) stem scabrous, stri- 

 ated ; leaves bipinnate or tripinnate ; leaflets of the lower leaves 

 ovate, equally cut, with obtuse mucronate segments : of the 

 upper leaves linear, acute ; leaves of involucra pinnatifid, about 

 equal in length to the umbels ; prickles glochidate at the apex, 

 equal in length to the breadth of the fruit, which is ovate. Q. 

 H. Native of Mauritania, Sardinia, south of France, on the 

 borders of fields. Umbels large, radiating : having the central 

 flower abortive. 



Largest Carrot. PI. 2 to 4 feet. 



18 D. GUTTA V TUS (Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. t. 269. Smith, 

 prod. 1. p. 184.) stem hairy from spreading pili ; leaves bipin- 

 nate ; lower leaflets cuneated, pinnatifid, mucronate : superior 

 ones lanceolate, finely serrulated ; involucra shorter than the 

 umbels ; leaves of involucels membranous ; central flowers of 

 umbels abortive, and of a different colour from the rest. Q . 

 H. Native of the Grecian islands, and of Asia Minor. 



Spotted Carrot. PI. 1 foot. 



19 D. POLY'GAMUS (Gouan. ill. p. 9.) stem terete, nearly sca- 

 brous; leaves bipinnate, smoothish, but pilose beneath on the 

 nerves, as well as on the petioles; leaflets pinnatifid : segments 

 lanceolate-linear, acute ; leaves of involucra trifid or pinnatifid : 

 outer flowers of umbel abortive ; prickles acute, about equal in 

 length to the fruit, which is ovate. $ . H. Native of Spain, 

 and probably of Sicily, if the figure in Bocc. sic. t. 40. f. 3. ap- 

 pertain to this species. D. Carota ft, Pers. ench. exclusive of 

 the synonyme of Jacq. Fruit larger than those of D. Carota, 



and the prickles are twice the length. Perhaps sufficiently dis- 

 tinct from D. Carota. 



Polygamous Carrot. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1817. PI. 2 feet. 



20 D. HI'SPIDUS (Desf. all. 1. p. 243. t. 63.) stem hispid from 

 spreading or deflexed hairs ; leaves bipinnate, rather villous ; 

 leaflets ovate, lobately toothed ; leaves of involucra pinnatifid, 

 shorter than the umbels ; prickles about equal in length to the 

 breadth of the fruit, incurved and glochidate at the apex. $ . 

 H. Native of the north of Africa, and the north of France, 

 near Dieppe and Treport, by the sea-side on rocks. D. C. fl. 

 fr. 4. p. 328. Bouch, fl. abb. p. 20. Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 

 6. p. 480. exclusive of the synonymes. The French plant is 

 probably the same as the Mauritanian one. Flowers reddish. 



Hispid Carrot. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1804. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



21 D. GRANDIFLO'RUS (Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 240. t. 59.) stem 

 pilose ; leaves tripinnate and quadripinnate ; leaflets trifid, linear, 

 cuspidate ; leaves of involucra pinnatifid, with subulate segments, 

 about equal in length to the radiating umbels ; prickles peltately 

 glochidate at the apex, exceeding the breadth of the fruit, which 

 is ovate. O- H. Native of Algiers, among corn. Flowers 

 like those of Orlaya grandtflora, and the leaves like those of D. 

 Mauri tdnicus, but differs in the prickles of the fruit being glo- 

 chidate at the apex. 



Great-flowered Carrot. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



22 D. PUSI'LLUS (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 164.) stem his- 

 pid from retrograde pili at the base, and rather scabrous at top ; 

 leaves bipinnate, rather scabrous; leaflets cut into linear seg- 

 ments ; leaves of involucra pinnatifid, about equal in length to 

 the umbels, which are small; prickles -distinctly glochidate at the 

 apex, about equal in length to the breadth of the fruit, which is 

 ovate. $ . H. Native of Carolina, at St. John's and Savan- 

 nah, in dry places (Ell. sketch. 1. p. 349.); at the Red River 

 (Nutt. in litt.) ; in Pennsylvania, at Reading (Herb. Koch.), 

 Truly distinct from D. Carota. 



Small Carrot. PI. 1 foot. 



23 D. MICROPHY'LLUS (Presl. in herb. Hsenke, ex D. C. prod. 

 4. p. 213.) stem villous from soft retrograde hairs, especially at 

 the bottom ; leaves bipinnate, villous ; leaflets cut into linear 

 segments ; leaves of involucra pinnatifid, about equal in length 

 to the umbels, which are small and crowded ; prickles distinctly 

 glochidate at the apex, about equal in length to the breadth of 

 the fruit, which is ovate. Q.? .? H. Native of the north- 

 west coast of America, at Nootka Sound ; Straits of De Fuca ; 

 Rocky places of the Grand Rapids of the Columbia ; and on 

 the plains of the Multnomak River. Very nearly allied to D. 

 pusillum, but the hairs on the stem are more numerous, longer, 

 soft, and not tubercular at the base ; and the fruit is a little 

 larger. v 



Small-leaved Carrot. PI. 1 foot. 



24 D. SETIFO'LIUS (Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 244. t. 65.) stem 

 smooth, erect ; leaves decompound, pubescent ; leaflets many- 

 parted, opposite, somewhat verticillate : segments elongated, 

 filiform, very narrow ; leaves of involucra multifid ; fruit cylin- 

 drical, pubescent, ciliately echinated at the angles ; prickles 

 short, y.. H. Native of Mauritania, near Mascar, on uncul- 

 tivated hills. Central flowers abortive. Perhaps the same as 

 D. verticillatus, Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 272. 



Bristle-leaved Carrot. PI. 3 feet. 



25 D. AU'REUS (Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 242. t. 61.) stem hispid 

 from spreading pili ; leaves glabrous, supra- decompound ; leaf- 

 lets multifid : segments linear-lanceolate, acute, with rather re- 

 volute edges ; leaves of involucra and involucels decompound, 

 reflexed ; prickles stiff, peltately glochidate at the apex, longer 

 than the diameter of the fruit, which is oblong. 0. H. Native 

 of Mauritania, in corn-fields near Mascar ; and of Sicily and 

 Calabria, in argillaceous soil ; and of Lycia. Flowers white, 



