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DESCRIPTIVE BOTANY. 



DAUCUS, Tourn. (Carrot.) Calyx 5-toothed ; petals notched at 

 the end, with point turned in, the two outer larger and deeply cleft. 

 Leaves o-pinnate. Fruit oblong ; carpels with 5 primary bristly ribs 

 and 4 secondary, the latter more prominent, winged, and divided each 

 into a row of prickles having a single oil-gland beneath. Flower 

 envelope pinnate. Bracts of the involucels entire or 3-cleft. Fruit 

 oblong-ovate, bristly. Biennial herb. 



D. carota, L. Var. sativa. (Garden Carrot.) Stem rough, 2 to 3 feet 

 high, clothed with rough hairs, terete, branched from below the middle 



Daucus (Wild Carrot). 



Daucus carota (Carrot). 



upwards. Leaves 3-pinnate, deep-green; segments linear, pointed. Flowers 

 white or yellowish-white. Root fleshy, fusiform or conical, either white-orange 

 or reddish-yellow. 



There are many varieties known to the market gardeners, differing from 

 each other only in the .size, shape, and color of the root, which is a valuable 

 culinary vegetable. 



Geography. — The carrot is found under cultivation in the British isles, all 

 over the continent of Europe south of 60 degrees, especially in France and 

 Germany, in northern Africa, southwestern Asia, China, Japan, and many of 

 the Pacific islands ; in fact, it has found its way into all parts of the world 

 where European settlers have established themselves It was brought to 

 North America by English colonists, where it has run wild and become a 

 pest. 



