CL. V.] PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 143 



Petals nearly equal, inversely heart-shaped, with an inflected 

 point. Filaments hair-like, spreading; anthers roundish. Ger- 

 man egg-shaped, bristly. Styles awl-shaped, somewhat spreading, 

 much shorter than the corolla, permanent, very tumid at the base ; 

 stigmas simple. Fruit egg-shaped, crowned with the spreading 

 styles. Seeds without ribs, covered with ascending, awl-shaped 

 prickles, or partly with prominent granulations ; their juncture 

 channelled, close. Name from torco, to carve, in allusion to the 

 fruit. 138. 



1. T. Anthriscus. Upright Hedge-parsley. Umbels of many close 

 rays, with manv general bracteas ; leaves bipinnate, with pinnatifici 



leaflets; branches nearly erect. Stem erect, two or three feet high, 



furrowed : flowers small, white : fruit small, with incurved bristles. 

 Annual : flowers in July : grows in hedges and waste places: common. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xiv. pi. 987. CaucaUs Anthriscus. Etig. Fl. vol. ii. 

 p. 43. 417. 



2. T. infesta. Spreading Hedge-parsley. Umbels of many close 

 rays, with scarcely any general bracteas ; leaves pinnate, with pinnatifid 



leaflets; branches spreading. Stem about a foot high: flowers white. 



Annual: flowers in July : grows in corn-fields and byway-sides: com- 

 mon. Eng, Bot. vol. xix. pi. 1314. Caucatis infesta. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. 

 p. 43. 418. 



3. T. nodtisa. Knotted Hedge-parsley. Umbels lateral, simple, nearly 



sessile ; stem prostrate ; fruit partly granulated. Stems about a foot 



long, rough : leaves doubly pinnate, hairy, deep glaucous green. An- 

 nual : flowers in May and June : grows in waste places and by way- 

 sides : frequent. Eng. Bot. pi. L99. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 44. 419. 



54. ANTHRl'SCUS. BEAKED-PARSLEY. 



Flowers all perfect, regular. Calyx none. Petals equal, uni- 

 form, inversely heart-shaped, with a small inflected point. Fila- 

 ments hair-like, spreading, as long as the corolla; anthers 

 roundish. Germen oblong, bristly. Floral receptacle slightly 

 bordered. Styles awl-shaped, short, erect, tumid at the base ; 

 stigmas obtuse. Fruit egg-shaped, tumid, beaked. Seeds without 

 ribs, covered with short incurved bristles ; the beak angular, 

 naked, much shorter than the body of the fruit, crowned with the 

 permanent styles. Name used by Pliny. 139. 



1. A. vtilgdris. Common Beaked-parsley. Fruit egg-shaped, twice 



the length of its beak ; leaves thrice pinnate, with pinnatifid leaflets. 



Stem two or three feet high, erect, smooth, and glossy, swelled under 

 the joints : flowers small, white, all perfect and fertile. Annual : 

 flowers in May : grows in waste ground, on dry banks, and by road- 

 sides. Eng. Bot. vol. xii. pi. 1818. Scandix Anthriscus. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. 

 p. 45. 420. 



55. SCA'NDIX. NEEDLE-CHERVIL. 



Flowers separated, the innermost barren. Calyx none. Petals 

 unequal, undivided, tapering at the base, spreading. Filaments 

 thread- shaped, spreading, as long as the corolla, anthers roundish. 



