148 37. UMBELLIFER^. 



Tribe VIII. Daucinea. 



31. J) AV CVS Linn. Carrot. 



1. D. Carota (L.) ; radical 1. with an oblong narrow outline 

 bipinnate. Its. incise-dentate, segments acute, upper 1. broader 

 below with lanceolate segments, prickles of fr. slender mostly 

 ilistinct about equalling its breadth spreading tipped with 1 — 3 

 recurved minute bristles. — E. B. 1174. — St. 2 — 3 ft. high, hairy. 

 Umbel of fr. usually concave. — Pastures. B. VI.— VIII. 



2 ?. D. gummifer (Lam.) ; radical I. triangular broad 2 — 3-pin- 

 nate, Its. ovate cut or pinnatifid, segm. blunt mucronate, upper 

 I. narrower below, prickles of fr. usually flattened and often united 

 below and shorter than its breadth incurved tipped with one 

 bristle. — D. maritimus With, (not Lam.), E. B. 2560. — St. short, 

 very hispid below. L. shining above, rather fleshy. Umbel of 

 fr. usually convex. Prof. E. Forbes found a form of this with 

 ciliated petals. Perhaps not distinct from D. Carota. — Sea- 

 coasts, chiefly in the south. B. VII. VIII. 



Suborder II. Campy lospermm. Tribe IX. Caucalinea. 

 32. Catjcalis Hoffm. Hen's-foot. 



1 . C. daucoides (L. ) ; 1. bipinnate, leaflets pinnatifid with linear- 

 acute segments, general involucre 0, partial umbels of few fl. vrith 

 involucres of 3 — 6 leaves, secondary ridges of the fr. each with 

 one row of glabrous hooked prickles. — E. B. 197. — St. 6 — 12 

 in. high, furrowed, hairy at the joints. General umbels 3-cleft ; 

 partialbearingabout31argeoblong very prickly fruits. PI. small, 

 reddish. — Corn-fields on a chalky soil. A. VI. E. 



t2. C. latifolia (L.); I. pinnate, leaflets lanceolate decurrent 

 coarsely serrate, involucres oblong membranous, secondary ridges 

 of the fr. with retrorsely scabrous prickles. — E. B. 197. Turgenia 

 Koch. — St. 1 — 2 feet high, scabrous. General umbels about 

 3-cleft ; partial bearing about 5 large oblong very prickly fruits. 

 Fl. large, pink. — Corn-fields, mostly on a chalky soil, very rare. 

 Formerly " abundant in Cambridgeshire." A. VII. E. 



33. ToRiLis Adans. Hedge Parsley. 



1. T. JnfAnscKS (Gaert.) ; 1. bipinnate, leaflets ovate-oblong 

 incise-serrate, umbels stalked terminal, general involucre of many 

 leaves, fr. with subulate incurved not hooked scabrous prickles. 

 — E.B. 987. — St. erect, 1 — 3 feet high. Umbels on long stalks. 

 Fr. densely prickly. Fl. small, white or reddish.— Hedges and 

 banks. A. VII. VIII. 



