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strong; vittse large ; styles recurved. — Distrib. W. Europe from Holland 

 southd. 



C. Car'ui, L. ; root fusiform, leaves narrow triangular- or linear- 

 oblong 2-pinnate, leaflets cut to the base into linear lobes, bracts 1 or 0, 

 bracteoles 0. Caraway, 



Waste places, naturalized ; fl. June-July. — Stem 10-24 in., slender, branched, 

 striate, fistular. Leaves 6-10 in. ; pinnules opposite, segments acuminate. 

 Umbels rather irregular, peduncles slender. Flowers white, outer larger 

 irregular. Fruit oblong, ridges short ; vittse conspicuous ; styles spreading. 

 — Distrib. Europe (Arctic), N. and W. Asia, Himalaya. 



Section 2. Petroseli'num, Hoffm. (gen.). Root fusiform. Leaves 

 pinnate or 2-3-pinnate. Calyx-teeth obsolete. Petals white or yellowish, 

 scarcely notched. (Intermediate between Apiiim and Carum.) 



2. C. sege'tum, Benth. ; leaves pinnate, flowers white. Corn Parsley. 



Hedgebanks and waste places, local, from York southd.; fl. Aug.-Sept. — 

 Glabrous,- annual. — Stem 2-3 ft., erect, branched, terete, striate, solid. 

 Leaves 4-6 in., oblong; leaflets £-l| iu., subsessile, lobed or pinuatifid, seg- 

 ments crenate. Umbels small, irregular, rays very unequal, outer ^-1 in. ; 

 bracts and bracteoles 3-5, linear or subulate. Flowers minute. Fruit ^ in., 

 ovoid ; styles very short, erect. — Distrib. W. Europe, from Holland to 

 Portugal. 



C. Petroseli'num, Benth. ; leaves 3-pinnate, flowers yellow. Petroseli- 

 num sativum, Hoffm. Common Parsley. 



Waste places ; a garden escape; fl. June-Aug. — Glabrous, shining, biennial. 

 Stem 1-2 ft., erect, much-branched, terete, striate, solid. Leaves deltoid ; 

 leaflets many, ^-1 in., close-set, broadly ovate, 3-cleft ; segments cuneate, 

 crenate, of upper leaves few narrow. Umbels regular, flat-topped ; rays 

 many, 1-2 in. ; bracts 2-3, often divided ; bracteoles many. Flowers minute. 

 Fruit T V in., ovoid, green ; styles slender, reflexed. — Distrib. Only known 

 as a cultivated plant or an escape. 



Section 3. Bu'nium, L. (gen.). Root a solitary tuber. Leaves 2-3- 

 pinnate. Calyx-teeth minute. Petals white, deeply notched. 



3. C. Bulbocas'tanum, Koch; leaves broadly triangular 3-pinnate, 

 primary segments petioled, leaflets cut into few slender lobes. Bulbocasta- 

 numLinnoei, Schur. 



Chalky fields, rare, Herts, Bucks, Bedford, Cambridge ; fl. June-July. — Root 

 globose, as. large as a chestnut, black. Stem erect, striate, much-branched, 

 and petioles flexuous at the base. Leaves 4-6 in., pinnules §-§ in., tips 

 callous. Umbels, many-rayed ; bracts and bracteoles small, narrow ; pedun- 

 cles stout, grooved, angular. Flowers white, outer rather larger. Fruit 

 nearly J in. ; ridges stout ; vittse compressed ; styles short, recurved. — 

 Distrib. From Belgium southd., N, Africa, Himalaya, Siberia. — Pigs feed 

 on the tubers in Hertfordshire, &o. 



