CARROT FAMILY 



are pinnately twice or thrice-divided; the leaflets 

 lance-shaped, thin, sharply and rather coarsely toothed; 

 the veins terminating in the notches instead of at the 

 points. Umbels are white, compound, and the rays 

 uneven in length. 



These two plants are a menace to children and 

 domestic animals, and when located should be de- 

 stroyed. This is everybody's business. 



WILD CARROT. QUEEN ANNE'S LACE. 

 BIRDS' NESTS 



Daiicus carota 



Daucus, the ancient Greek name of the Carrot. 



A biennial plant about two feet high with hairy stems 

 and fringy leaves, bearing a symmetrical flat-topped 

 umbel of small white flowers. Roadsides and fields. 

 Naturalized from Europe. Common from Atlantic 

 coast to the Mississippi. July-September. 



Root. — Tap, yellowish white, woody, acrid, yet having 

 the typical Carrot flavor. 



Stems. — Round, slender, hairy, finely ribbed. 



Leaves. — Alternate, petioled, tri-pinnate, yellowish 

 green; segments dentate, lobed or pinnatifid; upper 

 leaves less divided. 



Flowers. — Small, white, borne in double compound 

 umbels; outer florets the largest; in the centre of the 

 umbel one dark maroon floret. Involucre of several linear 

 bracts. 



Calyx. — Adherent to the ovary. 



Corolla. — Petals five, small, white. 



Stamens. — Five, inserted on the disk; filaments, white; 

 anthers, pale yellow. 



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