Pastinaca] U3IBELLIFEILE. 115 



nate ; leaflets ovate, inciso-pinnatifid, serrated ; general inrolucre 

 none, partial of few subulate leaves. Br Fl \.p. 1J5. E Fl. 

 v. ii.p. 43. Caucalis infesta, Curt.E. Rot. t. 1314. 



Fields, way-sides, Arc. less frequent than the last. Near Cork ; Rev. 

 Doctor Hindis. Fl. July. . 



3. T. nodosa, Gsertn. Knotted Hedge-Parsley. Stem pros- 

 trate; umbels lateral, simple, subsessile; fruit sometimes warted. 

 Br. Fl. 1 p. 1 16. E. Fl. v. ii p. 38. Caucalis nodosa, E. Bot. 

 t. 199. Tordyliam nodosum, Linn. 



Ditch banks, way-sides and waste places, frequent. Fl. May, June. 

 . Leaves hipinuate ; leaflets ovate, pinnatifid, segments linear, 

 acute, short. Umbels capitate, opposite the base of a leaf. Flowers 

 reddish. External fruits of the umbel most bristly, inner ones par- 

 tially tubercled. 



B. Umbels perfect.. Carpels with few ridges : namely, 5 primary 

 ones, secondary ones 0, or with primary ones even obliterated, and 

 only apparent at the extremity. 



(III. SELINUM TRIBE.) 

 3. HERACLEUM. Linn. Cow-Parsnep. 



Ca 7 yx of 5 teeth. Petals obcordate, point inflexed, outer ones 

 often radiant, fruit remarkably and dorsally compressed, 

 with a broad and plane border. Carpels with very slender 

 ridges, three of them dorsal, equidistant, two lateral ones re- 

 mote, contiguous with the border. Interstices with single 

 (evident) club-shaped vittce. Seed flat. Universal involucre 

 deciduous; partial of many leaves. Named after Hercules, 

 who is said to have brought this, or some allied plant, into 

 use. Pentandria. Digynia. 



1. H. Sphondylium, Linn. Common Cow-Parsnep. Leaves 

 pinnated, rough, hairy; leaflets pinnatifid, cut, sinuated, upper 

 one somewhat palmated ; petals unequal; fruit glabrous. Br. 

 FL 1. p. 117. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 102. E. Bot. t. 939. 



Hedges, pastures, and bushy places, frequent. Fl. July. $. A. 

 coarse rank weed, four to five feet high. Leaves largely sei rated, 

 sheaths inflated. 



4. PASTINACA. Linn. Parsnep. 



Calyx nearly obsolete. Petals roundish, entire, involute with 

 a sharp point. Fruit much compressed dorsally, with abroad 

 flat border. Carpels with very slender ridges, the three inter- 

 mediate ones equidistant, the two lateral ones remote, conti- 

 guous to the border. Interstices with single evident vitta. 

 Seed flat. Universal and partial involucres of few leaves. 

 Different from Heracleum, in the entire, involute petals, and 



