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24. CAUCUS. Carrot. 



D. CAROTA, L. Wild-Carrot. Stem erect, hairy, springing 

 from a whitish, fusiform root. Le. tripinnate, leaflets pimiatifid, 

 segments acute. Umbels large, inner branches short, outer ones 

 long and closing after flowering, giving the umbel a round 

 appearance, hollow or concave inside. Fruit covered with long 

 bristles. 



Frequent. Borders of fields and hedges. (B) P. 6 8. Govan; near Cambus- 

 lang; Clyde Iron-works, on the banks of the Clyde; Gourock; Cumbrae; Bute 

 and Arran. 



25. ToRfLis. Hedge-Parsley. 



T. ANTHBJSCUS, Gsertn. Upright Hedge- Parsley. Stem erect, 

 with slender wiry branches, 2 3 ft. high, rough with appressed 

 hairs. Le. bipinnate, leaflets lanceolate, pimiatifid, segments 

 toothed. Umbels on long stalks, terminal, 8 10-rayed. Invol- 

 ucres small, subulate. Pet. pink or white. Fr. covered with 

 short incurved bristles; beak short, crowned by the bristly cal. 

 Very common. Waysides and hedges. (B) A. 7 9. 



3 4 . A R A L I A C E M . 



1. ADOXA. Moschatell. 



A. MOSCHATELLINA, L. Tuberous- Moschatell. Rhizome 

 covered with scales, emitting runners, Stem, solitary, erect, 

 simple 3 5 in. high, bearing about the middle 2 opposite ternate 

 le. Radical le. on long footstalks, triternate, leaflets 3-lobed and 

 cut, segments blunt, with a small apiculus. Flowers arranged in 

 a cube, terminal one with the cor. 4-cleft, lateral ones 5-cleft. 

 St. united in pairs. Fl. smelling of musk. 



Frequent. At the roots of hedges, woods and shady places. (B) P. 4 5. 

 Kelvin woods; Carmyle and Kenmuir banks; Cambuslang glen. 



2. HDERA. Ivy. 



H. HELIX, L. Common Ivy. Stems very long, climbing, 

 forming a trunk of considerable diameter, branches throwing out 

 clasping fibres, by means of which they climb and cling, even to 

 nearly smooth walls. Le. 3 5-lobed, shining, those of the 

 flowering branches entire (not lobed). Fl. umbellate, small, pale 

 green. Cal. teeth minute. Pet. short, bent back, incurved at 

 the apex. Berries black. 



Common. Woods, on old trees, buildings, and rocks. May be found in flower 

 at Cathcart Castle; Cambuslang; and on a road from Greenlees Toll, leading 

 west to Carmunnock. (B) Sh. 11. 



