TJMBELLIFER^;. 157 



compresssed ; spines about as long as the diameter of the crenio- 

 earp ; columella undivided. 



Var. a, gen ulna. 

 Plate DCXV. 

 '. FI. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 2840. 

 I). Carota, Sm Eng. Bot No. 1 174. Bab. Man. Brit. Bot. ed. v. p. 151. Hook. & Am. 

 Brit Fl. ed. viiL p. 157. Kocli, Syn. Fl. Gerin. et Helv. ed. ii. p. 343. Gr. & Godr. 

 Fl. de Ft. Vol. I. p. 665. 



Stem erect, branched in the upper part; branches making an 

 acute angle with the stem. Leaflets with strapshaped or linear 

 acute rather distant segments. Umbel generally concave in fruit; 

 spines of the fruit distinct nearly to the base, generally booked at 

 the top. 



Var. (3, gummifer. 



D. gummifer, Lam. Bab. Man. Brit. Bot. ed. v. p. 151. Gr. & Godr. Fl. de Fr. 



Vol. I. p. 658. 

 D. maritiimis, With. Sm. Eng. Bot, No. 256. Hooh &, Am. Brit. FL ed. viii. p. 187 



(non Lam.) 



Stem branching from the base; branches widely spreading. 

 Leaflets with the segments strapshaped or oblong, usually con- 

 tiguous. Umbels generally remaining convex or flat in fruit ; 

 spines of the fruit dilated and combined towards the base, without 

 hooks at the apex. 



Sea Carrot. 



French, Carotte de Boccone. 



Var. a very common on dry banks, borders of fields, and 

 pastures; generally distributed, except in the extreme North of 

 Scotland. Var. 3 on the seashore in the South of England. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Biennial. Summer 

 and Autumn. 



Var. a with the root tapering, scarcely fleshy in the wild plant. 

 Stem erect, 3 inches to 3 feet high, rather slender, sparingly hairy, 

 solid, furrowed. Leaves oblong-triangular in outline, finely divided, 

 with acute segments. Umbels stalked, with very numerous hispid 

 rays, | to 2 inches long. Leaves of the involucre with a mem- 

 branous border at the base, and 3 or 5 narrowly linear-acute her- 

 baceous segments ; involucel-leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, hispid 

 on the herbaceous central stripe, and ciliated towards the apex. 

 Flowers white, slightly radiant, £ inch across, the central flower of 

 the umbel generally dark reddish-purple. Umbel-ravs converging 



