PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 6? 



83. DAUCUS. 



1. D. carota, stem hispid ; leaves 2 or 3 pinnate, leaflets pin- 

 natifid with linear-lanceolate acute segments ; fruit-bearing um- 

 bel concave; bristles of the seeds slender. Wild Carrot. 

 Hab. Borders of fields and roads. July. $ 



The root is frequently eaten by the Highlanders, who con- 

 sider it wholesome and nutritious. A comparison of it in 

 the wild and cultivated state is a good illustration of the 

 powers of cultivation, in rendering a useless weed one of 

 our most esteemed culinary vegetables, for the garden car- 

 rot is merely a variety of the wild. 



89. TORILIS. 



1. T. Anthriscus, stem erect, with nearly upright branches ; 

 leaves bipinnate, leaflets pinnatifiu ; umbels of many close rays, 

 with numerous general bracteas. Upright Hedge -parsley. 



Hab. Hedges and borders of fields. Aug. 



2. T. nodosa, stem prostrate, rough ; umbels lateral, simple, 

 nearly sessile ; fruit partly granulated. Knotted Hedge-parsley. 



Hab. Gravelly fields near Oxford, plentiful. Holy Island, 

 on the Heugh and Castle rock. June. 



90. ANTHRISCUS. 



1. A. vulgaris, stem smooth, swelled under each joint; leaves 

 triply pinnate, pinnatifid, light green, hairy ; fruit ovate, twice 

 the length of its beak. Common Eeaked^parsley. 

 Hab* Road sides common. June. Q 



91. SCANDIX. 



1. S. pecten-veneris, leaves triply pinnatifid, with linear acute 

 smooth segments ; umbels small, simple, solitary, or in pairs ; 

 bracteas jagged ; petals inflexed at the point ; fruit nearly 

 smooth, with a very long bristly-edged beak. Shepherd? s-needle. 

 Hab. Corn-fields, common. June-Sept. Q 



