148 37. UMBELLIFER.E. 



Tribe VIII. Daucinea. 



31. DAUCUS Linn. Carrot. 



1. D. Carota (L.) ; radical I. with an oblong narrow outline 

 bipinnate, Its. incise- dentate, segments acute, upper 1. broader 

 below with lanceolate segments, prickles of fr. slender mostly 

 distinct about equalling its breadth spreading tipped with 1 3 

 recurved minute bristles. E. B. 1174. St. 23 ft. high, hairy. 

 Umbel of fr. usually concave. Pastures. B. VI. VIII. 



2 ?. D. gummifer (Lam.) ; radical 1. triangular broad 2 3-pin- 

 nate, Its. ovate cut or pinnatifid, segm. blunt mucronate, upper 

 1. narrower below, prickles of fr. usually flattened and often united 

 below and shorter than its breadth incurved tipped with one 

 bristle. I), maritimus With, (not Lam.), E. B. 2560. St. short, 

 very hispid below. L. shining above, rather fleshy. Umbel of 

 fr. usually convex. Prof. E. Forbes found a form of this with 

 ciliated petals. Perhaps not distinct from D. Carota. Sea- 

 coasts, chiefly in the south. B. VII. VIII. 



Suborder II. Campylosperma. Tribe IX. Caucalinea. 



32. CAUCALIS Hoffm. Hen's-foot. 



1. C. daucoides (L.); 1. bipinnate, leaflets pinnatind with linear- 

 acute segments, general involucre 0, partial umbels of few fl. with 

 involucres of 3 5 leaves, secondary ridges of the fr. each with 

 one row of glabrous hooked prickles. E. B. 197. St. 6 12 

 in. high, furrowed, hairy at the joints. General umbels 3-cleft ; 

 partial bearing about 3 large obloagvery prickly fruits. Fl. small, 

 reddish. Corn-fields on a chalky soil." A. VI. E. 



f2. C. latifolia (L.); L pinnate, leaflets lanceolate decurrent 

 coarsely serrate, involucres oblong membranous, secondary ridges 

 of the fr. with retrorsely scabrous prickles. E. B. 197- Turgenia 

 Koch. St. 1 2 feet high, scabrous. General umbels about 

 3-cleft ; partial bearing about 5 large oblong very prickly fruits. 

 Fl. large, pink. Corn-fields, mostly on a chalky soil, very rare. 

 Formerly " abundant in Cambridgeshire." A. VII. E. 



33. TORILIS Adans. Hedge Parsley. 



1. T. Anthriscus (Gaert.) ; 1. bipinnate, leaflets ovate-oblong 

 incise-serrate, umbels stalked terminal, general involucre of many 

 leaves, fr. with subulate incurved not hooked scabrous prickles. 

 E. B. 987. St. erect, 13 feet high. Umbels on long stalks. 

 Fr. densely prickly. Fl. small, white or reddish. Hedges and 

 banks. A. VII. VIII. 



