498 266. Daucus. 45. UMBELLIFER^. PL ex. cal. 



1. Daucus vulgaris. Coinpion carrot. 

 Stem and leaves hispid; petioles ribbed underneath; 



lobes of the leaflets slender, linear, pointed ; umbells when 

 in fruit concave ; prickles of the akenia bald, hooked at 

 the tip. 



Daucus vulgaris, Rati Syn, 218, 2. 



Pastinaca sylvestris tenuifolia, Ger. em. 1028, 1 ; Park. 902. 



Stapbylinus, Rivinus Pent. 28. 



Daucus Carota, Lin. S. P. 348. 



Cancalis Carota, Hudson Fl. Angl. 114. 



Wild carrot. Bird's nest. Bee^s nest. 



Edges of fields ; annual ; June and July. 



Root fusiform ; leaves tripinnate ; flowers white ; of the 

 centre blood-colour. — Seeds diuretic, carminative, and their 

 infusion useful in gravelly complaints. 



|3. polygamus. Marginal floiuers of the umbels mostly 

 male ; akenium yellow ; prickles very large. 



y. maritimus. Leaves dark glossy green, hairy ; seg- 

 ments deeply cloven ; flowers all white. 



Daucus maritimus, Lamarck Encyc. Meth. 1, 634. 



^.flavus. Roots large, deep yellow, or white. 



Daucus sativus radice lutea et alba, Rati Syn. 218, 1. 

 Pastinaca sativa tenuifolia, Ger. em. 

 Pastinaca tenuifolia sativa lutea, Park. 902. 

 Yellow carrots. 



Cultivated; biennial; June and July. 



£. atro-rulens. Roots large, blackish red. 



Daucus sativus radice atrorubente, Raii Syn. 218, 1. 

 Pastinaca sativa atrorubens, Ger. em. 1027. 

 Pastinaca sativa altera atrorubens. Park. 901. 

 Red carrots. Black carrots. 



Cultivated in deep rich soils ; biennial ; June and July. 



Roots of both these cultivated varieties saccharine, nu- 

 tritive, to man and beast ; but when horses are kept upon 

 them for some time they induce haematuria ; in poultices 

 they abate the pain and fcetor of foul and cancerous ulcers. 



2. Daucus P maritimus. Sea-carrot. 

 Stem woolly, scored; leaflets dilated, fleshy, rounded, 



hirsute ; umhell when in fruit convex. 



Daucus maritimus, Withering Bot. Arr. 290 ; not of Lamarck. 

 Daucus Carota y. Smith Fl. Brit. 300. 



Rocks on the sea-coasts ; annual ; July and August. 



Stem 2 feet high ; leaves woolly, leaflets cloven, broad, 

 round at the end, curled; involucrum pinnatifid; involu- 

 cella cut 6r not cut; akenium with 4 large deeply toothed 

 ridges, and .3 small intervening ones ; teeth flat. 



