PENTANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Torilis. 43 



narrovv' partial bracteax, not always general ones. Fl. 

 white, or reddish. Fruit small, adhesive. Qualities not 

 remarkable. 



1 . T. Anthriscns. Upright Hedge-parsley. 



Umbels of many close rays, with numerous general bracteas. 

 Leaflets pinnatifid. Branches nearly uiiright, 



T. Anthriscus. Gartn. v. 1 . 83. 



Caucalis Antlirisctis. Huds. 114. IViUd. Sp. PL v. 1. 13S8. FL 



Br. 298. EitgL Bot. v. 14. /. 987. Curt. Lond.fasc. 6. t. 22. 



Light/. 15:'}. Hook. Scot. S7. 

 C. n. 741. IlalL Hist. v. I.. 324. 

 Caucalis. Riv. Pentap. Irr. t. 32. 



C. semine aspero, flosculis rubcntibus. Bauh. Pin. 1 53. Prodr. 80./. 

 C, minor, flosculis rubentibus. Gcr. Em. 1022./. Raii Si/Jt. 219. 

 Tordylium Anthriscus. Linn. Sp. PL 3-16. Jac(j. Austr. ^ 26 1 . 



In hedges, and the borders of fields, very common. 



Annual. July. 



Root tapering. Stem erect, stiff, 2 or 3 feet high, solid, nearly 

 round, furrowed, rough with deflcxc-d bristles ; tlie branches al- 

 ternate, nearly erect. Leaves alternate, bipinnate, pinnatifid and 

 sharply cut, rather soft than harsh to the touch ; the lowermost 

 on long channelled footstalks, and much the most compound. 

 Umbels lateral and terminal, on long upright stalks, of from 7 to 

 10 rough rays, but little spreading. Bracteas both general and 

 partial, several, awl-shaped, short, rough, permanent. Fl. small, 

 either white, or flesh-coloured, the e.xierior ones only a little ir- 

 regular or radiant ; the middle ones frequently barren, or in 

 .some degree imperfect, but not uniformly so. Fr. small, with 

 incurved bristles, often purplish, especially at the summit, wlicre 

 it is crowned by the cal[/x, and the divaricated stijles, much 

 lengthened out after impregnation. 



2. T. wfesta. Spreading Hedge-parsley. 



Umbels of many close ra3's. General bracteas scarcely any. 

 Leaflets pinnatifid. Branches spreading. 



T. infesta. Sprcug.Prodr.2i. 



Caucalis infesta. Curt. Lond. fhsc. 6. t. 23. Fl.Br.299. Engl. Bot. 



D. 19. i'. 1314. Hook. Scot. 87. 

 C. arvensis. Iluds. 1 13. IFilld. Sp. PL v. 1. 1387- Light/. 155. 

 C. helvetica. Jacq. Hort. Find. v.o.V2. t.\6. 

 C. n. 742. FlalL Hist. r. 1 . 325. 

 C. humilis. Riv. Pentap. Irr. t.33. 



C. scgetum minor, Antlivisco liispido .similis. Raii Sijn. 220. 

 ScaniHx infesta. Linn.Si/st. Nat. cd. 12. r. 2. 732. Herb. Linn. 



