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Umbels compound ; fruit prickly, not beaked 



27. Daucus (Carrot). — Frn/i! slightly flattened : carpels Mnittdhy 

 tlicir faces, oblong ; ridges bristly, with a row of prickles between ; 

 general bracts very long, often pinnatifid. (Name, the Greek name 

 of the plant.) 



28. Caucalis (Bur-parsley). — Fruit slightly flattened ; carpels 

 united by thin narrow edges ; ridges bristly, with 1-3 rows 

 of hooked prickles between. (Name, the Greek name of the 

 plant.) 



29. ToRiLis (Hedge Parsley). — Fruit shghtly contracted at the 

 sides ; ridges of the carpels bristly, with numerous prickles between ; 

 partial bracts numerous. (Name of doubtful origin.) 



Umbels compound ; fruit more or less beaked 



30. ScANDix (Shepherd's Needle). — Fruit contracted at the sides, 

 with a very long beak ; carpels with 5 blunt ridges ; general bracts ; 

 partial several, longer than the flowers. (Name, the Greek name of 

 the plant.) 



31. Anthriscus (Beaked Parsley). — Fruit with a short beak ; 

 carpels without ridges ; general bracts o ; partial several. (Name, 

 the Greek name of this or some allied plant.) 



32. Ch^erophyllum (Chervil). — Fruit contracted at the sides, 

 with a short beak ; carpels with 5 blunt ridges ; partial bracts 

 several. (Name in Greek signifying pleasant leaf, from the agree- 

 able perfume of some species.) 



33. Myrrhis (Cicely). — Fruit contracted at the sides, with a deep 

 furrow between the carpels ; carpels with 5 sharply-keeled ridges ; 

 general bracts ; partial several. (Name from the Greek, myrrha, 

 myrrh, from the fragrance of the leaves.) 



I. Hydrocotyle (White-rot) 



I. H. vulgaris (Common White-rot, Marsh Pennywort). — A small 

 creeping plant, very unlike the rest of the Umbelliferous Tribe, with 

 round, smooth, crenale leaves, i-i J inches across, and inconspicuous 

 heads of about 5 minute reddish-white flowers, which never rise 

 above the leaves, and require a close search to be detected at all. 

 Each leaf is attached by its centre to the stalk, and resembles a 

 little platter. The only British species ; common in marshes and 

 bogs. — Fl. May June. Perennial. 



