402 tORILUS. LCLASS V. ORDEtR II. 



late, cut and sharply serrated, hairy, veiny, and somewhat paler 

 beneath, occasionally almost smooth. Umbels terminal and lateral, 

 on long slender peduncles, the general of about eight almost equal 

 slender striated rays, the partial of about the same number of short 

 ones. General involucre of from four to six awl-shaped segments, the 

 partial smaller. Flowers white or pinkish. Calyx teeth small. Petals 

 inversely heart-shaped, with an inflexed point, the outer ones radiant, 

 larger than the others, and bifid. Stamens on short awl-shaped 

 filaments, with small roundish anthers. Fruit small, obovate, clothed 

 with incurved bristles, with a small point at the apex, and crowned by 

 the elongated recurved styles, and somewhat conical base of the disk. 

 Albumen deeply channeled in front, roundish at the back. 



jya6i<a<.— Hedges and waste places; not uncommon. 



Annual ; flowering in July. 



2. T. infes^ta, Spreng. (Fig. 462.) Spreading Hedge Parsley. Stem 

 with spreading branches; leaves bi-pinnate; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 

 pinnated, serrated, the terminal leaflet often elongated ; general invo- 

 lucre of one segment, or wanting; the partial of several awl-shaped 

 ones ; prickles of the fruit with several hooks at the back. 



English Botany, t. 1314. — English Flora, vol. ii. p. 43. — Hooker, 

 British Flora, vol. i. p. 137. — Lindley, Synopsis, p. 1 14. — Scandex 

 infesta, Linn. — Caucalis infesta, Hudson. — Torilis Helvetica, Gmel. 



Root small, tapering, branched. Stem from six to eighteen inches 

 high, branched from the base, spreading, roundish, furrowed or striated, 

 rough, with short reflexed rigid hairs, leafy. Leaves alternate, bi- 

 pinnate, on shortish channeled footstalks, dilated at the base, and 

 somewhat sheathing, roughish, leaflets ovate-lanceolate, deeply cut in a 

 pinnate manner, serrated, the terminal leaflet of the upper leaves 

 especially elongated into lanceolate rough, especially on the under side, 

 and veiny. Umbels terminal and lateral, on slender long peduncles, 

 the general of about six rough equal rays, the partial of numer- 

 ous short ones. General involucre of one awl-shaped segment, or 

 frequently wanting, the partial of numerous narrow rough ones. 

 Flowers whitish or pink. Calyx of five small white hoary teeth. 

 Petals inversely heart-shaped, with an inflexed point, the outer ones of 

 the radiant flower larger than the others, and bifid. Stamens on 

 s\en^ex filaments, with ovate notched anthers, of a yellowish or purple 

 colour. Style about as long again as the convex fleshy disk. Stigmas 

 small, obtuse. Fruit ovate, crowded with roughish prickles, having 

 at the apex several reflexed small hooks, and three rows at the back of 

 each carpel, with small slender close pressed ones pointed upwards. 

 Albumen rounded at the back, deeply channeled in front, or with the 

 sides rolled inwards. 



Habitat. — Fields and road sides ; common. 



Annual; flowering in June and July. 



