692 FAMILIES OF ANGIOSPERMS. 



leaves are lanceolate or oblong, toothed and repand on the margin. 

 In many of the species of the family the parts of the flower are 

 in fours as in the evening primrose, but in others the number is 

 variable. 



ORDER UMBELLALES. 



1181. Lesson XVIII. The parsley family (Umbelliferee) . The wild 

 carrot (Daucus carota) is common in old fields during August and Septem- 



Fig. 579- 

 Single umbel of the wild carrot. 



ber. The leaves are deeply divided and the lobes are notched (pinnately 

 decompound). The flowers form umbels, since the pedicels are all of 



Fig. 580. Fig. 581. FI.QT. 582. 



Flower of wild carrot Section of flower. Seed of wild carrot. 



about the same length, and many of them radiate from the same point. 

 In the carrot, and in most of the parsley family, the umbel is a compound 

 one, as shown in the illustration. The calyx is firmly united with the 



