UMBELLIFER^E. CXXXII. ELJSOSELISUM. CXXXIII. CAUCALIS. 



and the 2 lateral ones expanded into wings : having the margins 

 nerve or wing-formed. Seed involute, semi-lunar. 



CXXXII. EL^EOSELrNUM (from eXata, elaia, an olive 

 tree, and <TC\IVOI>, selinon, parsley). Koch, in litt. D. C. prod. 4. 

 p. 215. Laserpitium species, Desf. Thapsia species, Guss. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Digy'nia. Margin of calyx hardly 

 5-toothed. Petals obovate, entire, with an inflexed point. Fruit 

 somewhat compressed from the back, nearly terete, 4-winged. 

 Mericarps with 5 filiform primary ribs : the 3 intermediate ones 

 dorsal, and the 2 lateral ones placed within the wings and the 

 nerve-formed margins : and 4 secondary ribs, the inner ones of 

 these last obtuse, and the 2 outer ones expanded into membran- 

 ous wings. Vittse under all the ribs abounding in oil, those under 

 the primary ribs slenderer and narrower than those under the 

 secondary ones ; and 4 in the commissure. Seed involute. 

 Perennial herbs. Stems terete, glabrous. Leaves decompound 

 from the branched petioles. Umbels and umbellules of many 

 rays. Involucra and involucels of many linear-cuspidate leaves. 

 Flowers yellow. Carpophore undivided in E. meMes, but bi- 

 partite in E. thapsoides. 



1 E. MEOI'DES (Koch, in litt. D. C. prod. 4. p. 215.) leaves 

 bipinnate, hispid on the petioles and nerves ; leaflets divided into 

 setaceous lobes. I/. H. Native of Mauritania, about Algiers 

 Tangiers ; and on grassy hills and valleys in Sicily. Laserpitium 

 meoides, Desf. fl. all. 1. p. 250. t. 69. Thapsia meoides, Guss. 

 prod. fl. sic. 1. p. 370. Peucedanum Siciliae foliis hirsutis 

 floribus luteis, J. Bauh. hist. 3. pt. 2. p. 37. ex Vaill. herb. 

 There are simple leaves at the base of the flowering branches. 



Meum-iike Olive-parsley. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. PI. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



2 H. THAPSOI'DES (D. C. prod. 4. p. 215.) leaves pinnate, 

 hardly velvety on the petioles and nerves ; leaflets pinnate- 

 parted, cuneated at the base : lobes oblong-oval, toothed : ulti- 

 mate one trifid. 7/ . H. Native of Mexico, about St. Angela. 

 Herb 6-7 feet high, with the habit of Thapsia Gargdnica. 

 Teeth of calyx nearly obsolete. Fruit a little smaller than in 

 E. meoides, but the rest of the plant is similar. 



Thapsia-Me Olive-parsley. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1683. PI. 

 6 to 7 feet. 



Cult. The plants will grow in any common garden soil ; and 

 are only to be increased by seed. 



Tribe XIV. 



CAUCALI'NE^l (this tribe contains plants agreeing with 

 Caucalis in important characters), or Campylospermae multiju- 

 gatae armatae, Koch, umb. p. 79. D. C. prod. 4. p. 216. Fruit 

 contracted from the sides or nearly terete. Mericarps with 5 

 filiform primary bristly or prickly ribs : the lateral ones placed in 

 the commissure, which is flat ; and 4 secondary more prominent, 

 prickly ribs, or they are obliterated from the copious prickles 

 covering the whole furrows. Seed involute or inflexed on the 

 margin. Caucalineee is allied on one hand to Daucmece, and on 

 the other to Scandicineee. 



CXXXIII. CAU'CALIS (a named used by Hippocrates and 

 Theophrastes for an umbelliferous plant). Hoffm. umb. 54. 

 t. 1. f. 14. Koch, umb. p. 79. f. 14. D. C. prod. 4. p. 216. 

 Lin. Spreng. Lag. 



LIN. SYST. Penldndria, Digy'nia. Teeth of calyx 5, ovate- 

 lanceolate. Petals obovate, emarginate, with an inflexed point : 

 outer ones radiating, profoundly bifid. Fruit somewhat com- 

 pressed from the sides. Mericarps with 5 filiform primary 

 bristly or prickly ribs : the 3 intermediate ones on the back and 

 the 2 lateral ones placed in the commissure, which is flat ; and 

 4 secondary more prominent ones, which are deeply cleft into a 

 simple series of prickles. Vittae one in each furrow, under the 

 secondary ribs, and 2 in the commissure, which is flat. Carpo- 



phore stiff, cleft at the apex. Seed involute or inflexed on the 

 margin. Herbs, with multifid leaves. Involucrum wanting, or 

 of 1 or 2 leaves. Leaves of involucels 3-8, lanceolate, spreading. 

 Flowers white ; those in the disk of the umbels male and sterile. 



1 C. BAUCOI'DES (Lin. syst. nat. ed. 12. vol. 2. p. 204. mant. 

 351. but not of his species,) plant nearly smooth ; stem hairy at 

 the joints ; leaves repeatedly subdivided, with narrow deep 

 green segments ; umbels of 3 rays ; involucrum none ; involu- 

 cels 3-leaved ; umbellules ripening about 3 fruits ; prickles of 

 fruit hooked at the apex. O. H. Native of Middle and South 

 Europe, even to Tauria, Caucasus, and Persia, in corn fields on 

 a chalky soil. In England at Marliam, Norfolk ; Carlby, be- 

 tween Stamford and Bourn, Lincolnshire; Thorp Arch, York- 

 shire. Frequent in the counties of Oxford and Cambridge. 

 Jacq. fl. austr. t. 157. Smith, engl. bot. t. 197. Conium Royeni, 

 Lin. spec. 350. C. leptophylla, Huds. ed. 1. p. 99. Lam. diet. 

 1. p. 657. Schkuhr. handb. t. 61. Daucus leptophyllus, Scop, 

 earn. 1. p. 190. Ec-hinophor,a, Riv. pent. irr. t. 24. Caucalis, 

 no. v. Bauh. pin. 132. Stem deeply furrowed. Leaves on short 

 membranous edged footstalks, 3-cleft at the base, then thrice 

 compounded. Petals generally reddish, but slightly radiant. 



Carrot-like Bur-parsley. Fl. June. Britain. PI. 1^ foot. 



2 C. LEFTOPHY'LLA (Lin. spec. p. 347.) stem glabrous or 

 rough from scattered retrograde hairs ; leaves decompound, 

 with linear-lanceolate acute segments ; umbels 2-3-cleft ; invo- 

 lucrum wanting ; prickles of fruit scabrous, hooked at the apex. 

 O- H. Native of Middle and South Europe, and of Mauritania 

 and the Levant, as well as of Caucasus. C. humilis, Jacq. hort. 

 vind. 2. t. 195. C. parviflora, Lam. diet 1. p. 657. Involucels 

 of 5 leaves. Peduncles stiff. Flowers pinkish. 



Slender-leaved Bur-parsley. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1739. PI. 1ft. 



3 C. GLOCHIDIA'TA (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 137 ) stem glabrous 

 above, but rough from retrograde bristles at the base ; leaves 

 pilose, decompound, with short linear segments ; involucra of 2 

 leaves; rays of umbel unequal, few; prickles of fruit glochi- 

 date at the apex. O- H. Native of Van Diemen's Land. 

 Scandix glochidiata, Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 75. t. 102. Caucalis 

 glochidiata, Spreng. umb. prod. p. 24. Schultes, syst. 6. p. 471. 

 Fruit ovate. The petals are said to be pilose on the outside. 



Glochidate-priclded Bur-parsley. PI. 1 foot. 



4 C. TENE'LLA (Delil. fl. eg. p. 58. t. 21. f. 3.) stem hispid 

 from adpressed retrograde hairs ; leaves decompound, hispid, 

 with linear-subulate setaceously-acute segments ; umbels 5-7- 

 rayed ; involucra wanting or of one leaf; prickles shorter than 

 the length of the fruit, which is oblong; furrows of fruit smooth. 

 O- H. Native about Alexandria, in stony places. 



Slender Bur-parsley. PI. 1 foot. 



t Species not sufficiently known. 



5 C. MAURITA'NICA (Lin. spec. p. 347.) stem stiff, rough, 

 spreadingly branched ; leaves bipinnatifid, with linear-lanceolate 

 strigose segments ; peduncles bifid ; involucrum wanting ; invo- 

 lucels usually of 3 leaves ; umbellules 6-flowered. O- H. Na- 

 tive of Mauritania. Spreng. umb. spec. 143. Fruit somewhat 

 prismatic, having the 3 dorsal ribs prickly. The fruit under 

 this name in Willd. herb, does not differ from that of Daucus 

 muricdtus, but the description given by Linnaeus does not agree 

 with that plant. 



Mauritanian Bur-parsley. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. Pl.^ft. 



6 C. STRIGOSA (Russ. beschr. alepp. ex Schultes, syst. 6. p. 

 473.) leaves pinnate, cut, pilose ; umbel of many rays ; leaves 

 of involucra and involucels membranous ; fruit glabrous, and 

 the bristles are lanceolate-subulate. O- H. Native about 

 Aleppo. 



Strigose Bur-parsley. PI. 1 foot ? 



7 C. ANGUSTIFOLIA (Forsk. segypt. descr. suppl. p. 206.) 



