142 PENTANDEIA DIGYNIA. [CL. V. 



flowers nearly sessile. Stems slender, smooth, creeping, with 



clusters of stalked leaves, and axillar flower-stalks, bearing a sim- 

 ple umbel, with small white flowers. Perennial : flowers in June 

 and July : grows in boggy places, and the edges of lakes and rivu- 

 lets : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xi. pi. 751. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 96. 



413. 



51. SANI'CULA. SANICLE. 



Flowers separated, the central barren, the marginal fertile, 

 without stamens. Calyx superior ; of the barren flowers small, 

 five-leaved, acute ; of "the fertile larger, nearly equal. Petals of 

 the barren flowers five, nearly equal, lance-shaped, inflected, 

 channelled, compressed ; of the fertile deciduous or wanting. 

 Filaments hair-like, spreading, twice as long as the petals ; an- 

 thers roundish. Germen roundish, bristly. Styles reflected, awl- 

 shaped, permanent ; stigmas acute. Fruit egg-shaped, acute, co- 

 vered with hooked bristles, separable into two. Seeds convex on 

 .the outer, flat on the inner side. Name from sano, to heal. 136. 



1. S. Europce'a. Wood Sanicle. Root-leaves simple ; flowers all 



nearly sessile. Stems about a foot long, ascending, slightly 



branched : umbels numerous, in an irregular, compound panicle : 

 flowers cream-coloured, tinged with red. Perennial : flowers in 

 May : grows in woods : common. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. pi. 98. Eng. 

 Fl. Vol. ii. p. 36. 414. 



52. CAU'CALIS. BTJR-PARSLEY.' 



Flowers imperfectly separated, irregular; the outermost fertile. 

 Calyx superior, of five broad, acute, unequal, permanent leaves. 

 Petals unequal, inversely heart-shaped, with an inflected point. 

 Filaments awl-shaped, shorter than the corolla ; anthers round- 

 ish. Germen oblong, bristly. Styles awl-shaped, much shorter 

 than the corolla, tumid at the base, permanent ; stigmas abrupt. 

 Fruit oblong. Seeds four-ribbed, the ribs covered with ascend- 

 ing, awl -shaped, hooked prickles, flat and close on the inner 

 side. Named from ceo, to lie along, and caulos, a stem, from 

 its procumbent habit. 137. 



1. C.daucoides. Small Bur -parsley. Umbels three -rayed, with- 

 out general involucral bracteas ; partial umbels with three brae- 

 teas, ripening about three fruits ; leaves repeatedly subdivided. 



Stem two feet high, deeply furrowed, smooth, hairy at the 

 joints ; partial umbels of two or three fertile flowers with several 

 barren ; petals white or reddish. Annual : flow r ers in June : 

 grows in corn-fields in England : not common. Eng. Bot. vol. iii. 

 pi. 197. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 41. 415. 



2. C. latifolia. Great Bur-parsley. "Umbels three-rayed with 

 membranous bracteas ; partial umbels ripening about five fruits ; 



leaves pinnate. Stem three feet high, covered with minute 



prickles : petals bright rose-colour. Annual : flowers in July : 

 grows in corn-fields in England: rare. Abundant in Cambridge- 

 shire. Eng. Bot. vol. iii. pi. 198. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 41. 416. 



53. TOBTLIS. HEDGE-PARSLEY. 



Flowers all perfect and fertile, slightly irregular. Calyx supe- 

 rior, of five short, broad, acute, nearly equal, permanent leaves. 



