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The leaves on them refemble thofe from the 
root; but they are fmaller: they are fmooth on 
the upper fide, and hairy underneath. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the branches 
in little umbells; and they are of a pale red. 
- The feeds are large and rough. 
It is found in our corn-fields, but is not com- 
mon. It flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Caucalis arvenfis echinata 
latifolia. Others, Lappula. 
2. Fine-leaved Baftard Parfley. 
Caucalis tenuifolia flofculis rubentibus. 
The root is long, flender, and hung with a 
few fibres. Ms 
The firft leaves are of a pale green, and divi- 
ded into numerous fmall fegments. 
The ftalk is upright, and divided into many 
branches, and is two feet high. 
The leaves on it refemble thofe from the root ; 
but they are fmaller, and have fewer fegments. 
The flowers are {mall and red. 
The feeds are little and rough, fticking to any 
thing they touch, 
It is common in our corn-fields in many parts 
of the kingdom, and flowers in Augutft. 
C.Bauhine calls it Caucalis arvenfis echinata 
parvo flore et fructu, Others, Lappula Canaria. 
3. Jagged-leaved Baftard Parfley. 
Caucalis foliis laciniatis. 
The root is long, white, and furnifhed with 
many fibres. 
The firft leaves are large, and divided into 
feveral branches, which are again cut and Jagged 
into fmaller parts. 
The ftalk is upright, and very much branched. 
The leaves on it are divided into numerous, 
long, flender parts ; and are of a fine green. 
The flowers are fmall and red. j 
The feeds are oblong, and very rough. 
It is found in corn-fields in our fouthern coun- 
ties, and flowers in July. 
Ray calls it Echinopbora laciniata. 
4. Hedge-Parfley. 
Caucalis minor flofculis rubentibus. 
The root is very long, flender, and white. 
The firft leaves are divided into long, narrow, 
fharp-pointed, ferrated fegments; and are of a 
deep green. 
The ftalk is upright, and divided into many 
branches. 
~ The leaves on it refemble thofe from the root ; 
but they have fewer divifions. 
The flowers ftand in little umbells at the tops 
of the branches ;° and they are {mall and red. 
The feeds are oblong, rough, fmall, and brown. 
It is common in hedges, and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Caucalis femine afpero flofcu- 
lis rubentibus. 
5. Low, branched Baftard Parfley. 
Caucalis bumilior ramofa: 
The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with 
fome ttraggling fibres. 
The firft leaves are divided into a number of ' 
oblong, ferrated, and fharp-pointed fegments . 
and they are of a deep green. ; 
The ftalk is a foot high, and divided into nu- 
merous branches, 
The leaves on it refemble thofe from the root ; 
they are divided into longer feements, 
The flowers are large, and of a pale red. © 
The feeds are rough and brown, 
It is common in the corn-fields of Suffex. 
Ray calls it Caucalis fegetum minor authrifco 
hifpido fimilis. 
6. Knotted Stone Parfley. 
Caucalis nodofa echinato femine. 
The root is long and flender. 
The firft leaves are {mall, and of a dufky green ; 
they are divided in a pinnated manner into many 
ferrated, and pointed fegments. 
The ftalks are numerous, and a foot lonc - 
but they generally trail upon the ground: they 
are branched, and of a pale green, 
The leaves on thefe refemble thofe from-the 
roots; but they are lefs. 
The flowers are placed in little umbells; and 
they are fmall and white: thefe umbells are not 
placed at the tops of the branches, but at the 
Joints of the ftalks, where they adhere by a very 
fhort footftalk ; fo that they feem to grow to it. 
The feeds are brown, and very rough. 
It is common in corn-fields and under hedges, 
and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Caucalis nodofa echinato fe- 
mine. 
The virtues of thefe plants are not known. 
7- Hemlock-leaved Baftard Parfley. 
Caucalis cicutae foliis pallidioribus. 
The root is long, flender, white, and hung 
with feveral fibres. 
The firft leaves are large, and compofed of in- 
numerable fegments ; which are foft to the touch, - 
of a remarkable pale green, and hairy. 
The ftalk is round, upright, branched, and 
alfo of a faint green. 
The leaves on it refemble thofe from the root ; 
but they are divided into fmaller fegments. 
" The flowers are placed in little umbells; not 
at the tops of the ftalks, but at the divifions ; 
and they are fmall and white. 
The feeds are oblong, rough, and pointed. 
It is common-every where under hedges, and 
flowers in June, 
C. Bauhine calls it Myrrhis fylveftris feminibus 
afperis, Others, Cerefolium cquicolorum. 
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