UMBELLIFER^E 143 



minimum^ Lam.; stem 4-12 in., procumbent, flowers 

 white, leaves small, bi-pinnate ; Dauphiny. 



48. TORDYLIUM, L. 



Bracts of general and partial involucre linear, small, or 

 o; petals with an incurved point, often unequal; fruit 

 compressed dorsally; vittae 1-3 in each furrow. No 

 alpine. 



T. maximum, L. ; leaves simply pinnate, rough ; flowers 

 small, white or pink ; plant hispid ; Switzerland, rare 

 (Canton de Vaud), Pyrenees. 



49. DAUCUS, L. 



Bracts, when present, pinnatifid; calyx-teeth narrow 

 or o ; petals often unequal ; umbel the shape of a bird's 

 nest ; fruit spiny ; vittae solitary, beneath the secondary 

 ridges. Not alpine. 



D. Carota, L., Wild Carrot ; very common. 



50. CAUCALIS, L. 



Bracts of general involucre o or very few; flowers 

 white or purplish ; petals often unequal ; leaves pinnate, 

 hispid; ridges of fruit with 1-3 rows of spines; vittae 

 solitary beneath the ridges. Not alpine. 



C. daucoides, L. ; leaves bi- or ter-pinnate, spines of 

 fruit hooked ; fields, frequent. C. latifolia, L. (Turgenia 

 latifolia, Hoffm.); very hispid, leaves simply pinnate, 

 flowers pink, spines of fruit spreading, not hooked; 

 fields, occasional. 



