UMBELLIFEILE. CXXXI. DACCUS. 



359 



but becoming yellowish on drying. Umbels of many rays. 

 Fruit yellow. 



GWrfen-flowered Carrot. Fl. July. Clt. 1823. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



26 D. CRINI'TUS (Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 242. t. 62.) stem rather 

 roughish from small, retrograde down ; leaves glabrous, pinnate; 

 leaflets multifid, somewhat verticillate : segments setaceous, 

 stiffish ; leaves of involucra many-parted at the apex ; prickles 

 bristle-formed, acute, and a little cleft at the apex, double the 

 length of the diameter of the fruit. 1. H. Native of Mauri- 

 tania, near Tangiers, Mascar, Tlemsen, and on Mount Atlas. 

 Bristles of fruit purplish in Desfontaine's specimens, but yellow- 

 ish in those of Salzmann. Torilis crinita, Spreng. umb. spec. 

 141. D. meifolius, Brot. phyt. t. 36. is not distinct from the 

 present species. 



Long-haired Carrot. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1804. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



27 D. HIRSU'TUS (Sibth. and Smith, fl. graec. t. 269. prod. 1. 

 p. 184.) stem hairy from spreading pili ; leaves bipinnate ; leaf- 

 lets lanceolate, finely serrulated ; leaves of involucra entire, 

 trifid, or pinnatifid, shorter than the umbels ; prickles of fruit 

 elongated, glochidate, and coloured. H. Native in the 

 islands of the Archipelago and Asia Minor, frequent. Spreng. 

 umb. 143. Leaves of in volucels membranous. Flowers white : 

 central ones abortive. Prickles of fruit golden yellow. 



Hairy Carrot. PI. 2 feet. 



28 D. BI'COLOR (Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. t. 270. prod. 1. p. 

 184.) stem beset with spreading hairs ; leaves puberulous, bi- 

 pinnate ; leaflets multifid, with linear lobes ; leaves of involucra 

 trifid, longer than the umbels ; involucels membranous, on one 

 side; central flower discoloured. Q. H. Native of Asia 

 Minor. 



Tmo-coloured-Rowered Carrot. PI. 1 to 1^ foot. 



SECT. III. ANISA'CTIS (from aviaog, anisos, unequal, and O.KTIV, 

 aktin, a ray ; in allusion to the unequal rays of umbels). D. C. 

 prod. 4. p. 214. Carpophore undivided, or hardly bifidly emar- 

 ginate at the very top. Rays of umbels very unequal. 



29 D. BRACHIA'TUS (Sieb. exsic. nov. holl. no. 1 1.5.) stem gla- 

 brous ; leaves bipinnate, smoothish : leaflets divided into linear 

 lobes ; leaves of involucra multifid, much shorter than the rays 

 of the umbel, which are unequal ; leaves of involucels simple, 

 much shorter than the pedicels ; prickles glochidate at the apex, 

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

 long. O-?H. ' Native of New Holland. Stem 2 or 3 from the 

 same root, about a foot high. Rays of umbels diverging much. 



.Brac/nate-umbelled Carrot. PI. 1 foot. 



30 D. TORILOI'DES (D. C. prod. 4. p. 214.) stem hispid from 

 deflexed hairs ; leaves bipinnate, scabrous ; leaflets divided into 

 linear lobes ; leaves of involucra multifid, much shorter than 

 the rays of the umbels, which are unequal and scabrous from 

 bristles ; leaves of involucra simple, much shorter than the pedi- 

 cels ; prickles stellately hooked at the apex, about equal in length 

 to the breadth of the fruit, which is oval-oblong. Native of Peru, 

 on the mountains ; and of Mexico at Tolucco, and the Cordi- 

 leras de Guchilaque ; and probably of Chili and Caraccas. D. 

 montanus, Willd. rel. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 482. ? Torilis 

 Peruviana, Presl. in herb. Haenke. Habit of Torilis ; but dif- 

 fers from that genus in the albumen not being involute. Rays 

 of umbels shorter and less diverging than in the preceding 

 species. 



Torilis-like Carrot. PI. 1 foot. 



31 D. MONTEVIDE'NSIS (Hort. berol. ex Bernh. in herb. 

 Balb. D. C. prod. 4. p. 214.) stem, petioles, and under side of 

 leaves hispid from long, soft villi ; leaves bipinnatifid ; segments 

 divided into linear-subulate lobes; terminal umbels 5-7-rayed : 

 axillary ones 3-5 -rayed; rays unequal ; prickles of fruit glochi- 

 date at the apex. Q. H. Native of Monte Video. Leaves 



of involucrum multifid, about equal in length to the umbel. 

 Petals obcordate. 



Monte-Video Carrot. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1827. PI. 1 ft. 



32 D. AUSTRA'LIS (Poeppig. pi. exsic. no. 97. diar. no. 330.) 

 stem simple, hispid ; hairs on the lower part of the stem de- 

 flexed ; leaves bipinnate, hispid ; leaflets multifid, with short 

 acute lobes; leaves of involucra multifid, almost exceeding the 

 umbels, which are crowded, and composed of few rays ; prickles 

 of fruit glochidate at the apex. O- H. Native of Chili. 

 Flowers small, golden yellow in the dried state. The whole 

 herb yellowish. 



Southern Carrot. PI. 1 to 2 feet ? 



t Species not sufficiently known. 



33 D. ? CUMINOI'DES (Lam. ill. t. 192. f. 2. Poir. suppl. 2. 

 p. 118.) stem glabrous, flexuous ; leaves tripartite; segments 

 linear, very long, glabrous ; leaves of involucrum ternate, shorter 

 than the umbel, which is composed of few rays ; prickles 

 shorter than the breadth of the fruit, which is oblong. Native 

 country unknown. Perhaps a species of Anthrlscus. 



Cumin-like Carrot. PI. J foot. 



34 D. SI'CULUS (Tineo, pug. sic. 1. p. 6.) stem erect, striated, 

 hispid ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets ovate, deeply toothed ; teeth 

 obtuse, mucronate; petioles hairy ; leaves of involucrum pinna- 

 tifid, larger than the umbel. O- H. Native of Sicily. Schultes, 

 syst. 6. p. 628. Schrank, in fl. 1819. p. 383. Outer flowers 

 of umbels yellow : inner ones reddish. Fruit unknown. 



Sicilian Carrot. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



35 D. PROLIFER (Presl, del. prag. 130.) stem erect, rather 

 dichotomous, furrowed, covered with retrograde hairs ; leaves 

 bipinnate ; leaflets cordate, pinnatifid, toothed ; leaves of invo- 

 lucrum entire, or deeply toothed ; primary umbel proliferous ; 

 pedicels and fruit very hairy. O- H. Native country un- 

 known, according to Gussone, prod. fl. sic. 1. p. 324. ; but 

 according to Presl, it is a native of Sicily, between Syracuse 

 and Catana, in sand by the sea-side. Perhaps the same as D. 

 Siculus. 



Proliferous-umbe\\eA Carrot. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



36 D. ? AIA'TUS (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 118.) stem erect, fur- 

 rowed, hairy ; leaves glabrous, somewhat pinnate ; leaflets 

 broadly cut : segments bluntish ; petioles pilose ; leaves of in- 

 volucra pinnatifid at the apex, with linear segments ; rays of 

 umbel crowded, hispid ; ribs of fruit membranously winged, 

 spiny-toothed. I/ . H. Native of Barbary, in uncultivated 

 stony places by the sea-side. 



Winged-fruited Carrot. PI. 2 feet ? 



37 D. FCE'TIDUS (Rafin. fl. lud. 81.). Native of Louisiana, 

 in pastures. Plant stinking. Roots white, ex Rob. voy. p. 461. 



Fetid Carrot. PI. ? 



38 D. RI'OIDUS (Hort. par.) "I These 2 species have not 



39 D. MACROCA'RPUS (Hort. erf.) J been described. 



Cult. All the species grow well in any common garden soil. 

 The seeds of them should be sown in spring. 



SUBORDER II. CAMPYLOSPE'RMJE (from KapirvXog, kampylos, 

 curved, and awepp.u, sperma, a seed). D. C. prod. 4. p. 215. 

 Albumen involute, or marked by a longitudinal furrow or chan- 

 nel on the inner side. 



Tribe XIII. 



ELjEOSELI'NEjE (this tribe contains plants agreeing with 

 the genus Eleeoselinum in important characters) or CAMPYLO- 

 SPE'RMJE MULTIJUOA'TJE ALA'T^I. Koch, in litt. D. C. prod. 4. 

 p. 215. Fruit cylindrical, more compressed from the back than 

 from the sides. Mericarps with 5 filiform, primary ribs ; and 4 

 secondary ribs : the 2 dorsal ones of these last nerve-formed : 



