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east. The name is derived from Greek /-cm, a bug, from the 

 fcetid smell of the plant ; but the pleasantly aromatic fruit is con- 

 siderably used in confectionery. — Fl. lune. .Annual. 



40. U.xucus (Carrot). — Hispid plants ; Acnvs pinnately decom- 

 pound ; uinl'ds compound, many-ra)ed, the outer arching over the 

 inner when in fruit ; hnuis 



and brackiihs usually many, 

 pinnatifid ; Jntit with S rows 

 of prickles, one row on each 

 secondary ridge. (Name, the 

 (Ireek name of the plant.) 



1. n. Carotd (Wild 

 Carrot). — A tough, erect, 

 bristly plant, with much-cut 

 leaves and large concave 

 iiDibeh of dull white _//(?'t'd'r,f, 

 the central floiver or saoiul- 

 cry umbel deep red, in scent 

 and flavour resembling the 

 Garden Carrot. — Fields ; 

 common. — Fl. June — Au- 

 gust. Biennial. 



2, D- gummijer (Seaside 

 Carrot). — Fields ; differs in 

 being more prostrate, rather 

 fleshy, having the umbel 

 convex when in fruit. — Sea- 

 shores in the south ; rare. — 

 ri. July, August, Biennial. 



41. Caucai.is (Bur-Pars- 

 ley). — Hisi'id plants ; leaves 

 I 3-pinnate ; umbels com- 

 pound, or rarely simple, 

 usually few rayed ; braets few 

 or none ; bracteules many ; 

 fniit with I -3 rows of 

 prickles on each primary and secondary rnlge. 

 name of the plant.) 



T.* C. lalifblia (Great Bur-Parsley). — Ste'm i — 2 feet high, 

 rough ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets lanceolate, serrate, decurrent ; 

 umbels 2 — 4-rayed ; secondary umbels 4 — 6-fayed ; flowers large, 

 rose-coloured ; jruit large, oblong, very prickly, with 2 — 3 rows 

 of recurved prickles on each secondary -ridge. — Cornfields, 



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