1'H UMBELLTFER.E. [Torilis. 



often radiant, and deeply bifid. Fruit dorsally compressed. 

 Carpels with five primary ridges, filiform and bristly, of which 

 the three intermediate ones are dorsal, the two lateral ones on 

 the inner face ; the four secondary ridges equal, more promi- 

 nent, with one row of prickles, which are slightly connected 

 at the base. Interstices under the secondary ridges, with sin- 

 gle vittse. Seed plane in front. Universal and partial in- 

 volucre many-leaved, the former often primary. Name, the 

 SavKos, of Dioscorides. Pentandria. Digynia. 



1. D. Carota, Linn. Wild Carrot. Bristles of the seeds 

 slender; leaves tripinnate ; leaflets pinnatifid ; segments linear- 

 lanceolate, acute; umbels with a solitary, coloured abortive 

 flower in the centre, when in seed concave. Br. Fl. \.p. 114. 

 E. Fl. v. ii. p. 39. E. Bot. t. 11 74. 



Pastures and borders of field?, very common. Fl. July. $ . This 

 is the origin of our garden Carrot, of which there are several varieties 

 cultivated. 



2. D. maritinws, With. Sea-side Carrot. Bristles of the seed 

 flattened; leaves tripinnate; leaflets pinnatifid, lanceolate, fleshy; 

 segments rounded ; umbels destitute of abortive florets, convex 

 when in seed. Br. Fl. 1. p. 1 14. E. FL v. ii. p. 40. E. Bot. t. 

 2560. Z). Carota, 7. Fl. Brit. p. 300. 



Sea coast near Baldoyle and Portmarnock. Fl. July, Aug. If. 

 Smaller than the last, with broader and more fleshy leaves, but, per- 

 haps, not permanently distinct. 



(II. CAUCALIS TRIBE.) 

 2. TORILIS. Adans. Hedge-Parsley. 



Calyx of 5 teeth. Petals obcordate, paint inflexed : outer ones 

 larger and bifid. Fruit contracted at the side. Carpels with 

 five primary bristly ridges, of which the three intermediate 

 ones are dorsal, the two latter ones on the inner face, the se- 

 condary ridges obliterated by the numerous prickles which 

 fill the interstices. Interstices with single vittce beneath the 

 prickles. Seed with the margin involute. Involucre various; 

 partial of many leaves. Name of doubtful derivation ; per- 

 haps, as Smith suggests, from vopevuo, to carve or emboss, iu 

 allusion to the fruit. Pentandria. Digynia. 



1. T. dnlhriscus, Gaertn. Upright Hedge- Parsley. Stem erect, 

 branched; leaves bipinnate; leaflets lanceolate, inciso-serrate, 

 attenuate; umbels terminal; involucres of many small subulate 

 leaves. Br. Fl. \.p. 115. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 48. Caucalis Anthris- 

 cus, Huds. E. Bot. t. 987. 



Hedges and waste places, common. Fl. July. 0. Stems two to 

 three feet high. Fruit densely clothed with incurved bristles. 



2. T. infesla, Spr. Spreading Hedge -Parsley. Leaves bipin- 



