Caucalis.^ 



XXXVIII. UMBELLIFER^. 



187 



myrrh ; the foliage of one species at least possessing an agree- 

 able scent. 



1. M. "^ odor dta Scoj). (sweet C) ; leaves somewhat villous 

 beneath partial involucres lanceolate subulate. Scandix L.: 

 E. B. t. 697. 



Pastures in mountainous countries, especially in the north of Eng- 

 land and Lowlands of Scotland, generally near houses. %. 5, 6, 

 Whole plant highly aromatic, 2 ft. and more high. Leaves large 

 triply pinnate ; leaflets pinnatifidj ovate-lanceolate, incise-serrate. 

 Many of the partial umbels of this species, especially the inner ones, 

 and sometimes even entire umbels prove abortive. 



markable for their large size and powerful fragrance. 



^\\Q fruits are re- 



G. Fruit clothed tvith prickles or tvith a prickly involucre. 



(Gen. 37—40.) 



37. Daugus Linn. Carrot. (Tab. III. f. 37.) 



Fruit dorsally compressed, elliptic-oblong. Carpels with 3 

 dorsal ribs and two in the inner face, bristly, the four interstices 

 very prominent, and crowned with a single row of long flat 

 prickles. Albumen solid. ^ ' 

 bifid. 



(Involucres often pinnatijid.) 

 Dioscorides. 



Pet. radiant, those of the ray deeply 



^ame : the SavKoc of 



1. D. Carota L. (?mld C.) ; prickles of the fruit slender dis- 

 tinct at the base, leaves tripinnate, leaflets pinnatifid, segments 

 linear-lanceolate acute, umbels when in seed concave. F. B. 

 t. 1174. 



Pastures and borders of fields, very frequent. $. 6— 8. — The 

 origin of our garden Carrot. 



2. D. maritimus With, {Sea-side C.) ; prickles of the fruit 

 usually flattened contiguous and united at the base, leaves tri- 

 pmnate, leaflets pinnatifid lanceolate fleshy, segments rounded, 

 umbels convex or flat when in seed. — a. petals entire white or 



■/3. petals 



Anglesea, 

 6. Dorset. 



tinged with red. F. B. t. 2560. D. gummifer Bab. 

 fnnged greenish-yellow. 



Sea-coast of Kent, Dorset, Devon, and Cornwall- 

 Galloway, and Ishmd of Lismore ; Scotland. Ireland. 

 Prof E. Forbes. $. 7, 8. — Usually smafler than the preceding, 

 with broader and more fleshy radical leaves, and in general with the 

 ^pcJdes of the fruit shorter. Biit the two are scarcely permanently 



38. Caucalis Linn. Bur-Parsley. (Tab. III. f. 38.) 



Carpels with the ribs 



Fruit slightly laterally compressed, 

 (3^ slender dorsal ones, and 2 in the 



inner face) bristly or 



prickly, with prominent secondary ribs between them bearini? 



