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CALYCIFLOR^ 



■parUal several. Smaller than Ihe last, 6-18 inches high, with more 

 branched stems and more rigid leaves. The fruit is covered with 

 spreading hooked bristles. Hedges; common. — Fl. July, August. 

 Annual. 



3. T. nodosa (Knotted Hedge Parsley). — Stem prostrate ; umbels 

 simple, lateral, nearly sessile. Well dis- 

 tinguished from all other British umbelli- 

 ferous plants by its prostrate mode of 

 growth, its very small, almost globular 

 umbels of whitish flowers, and by the 

 outer carpels in each umbel being covered 

 with hooked prickles, while the inner are 

 warty. Hedges and waste places ; com- 

 mon. — Fl. May to July. Annual. 



30. ScANDix (Shepherd's Needle) 



I. S. pecten (Shepherd's Needle, Venus' 

 Comb). — A small plant 3-9 inches high, 

 with finely cut, bright green leaves and 

 few-rayed umbels of small white flowers, 

 which are succeeded by long, beaked seed- 

 vessels. Common in cultivated ground. 

 — Fl. June to September. Annual. 



CANmxx Pecten {Shepherd's 

 Needle, Vemis' Comb) 



31. Anthriscus (Beaked Parsley) 



1. A. vulgaris (Common Beaked Parsley). — Stem smooth ; leaves 

 twice pinnate, with blunt segments ; 



umbels lateral on rather short stalks ; 

 fruit bristly. Remarkable for its smooth, 

 polished stem and delicate green leaves, 

 which are slightly hairy beneath. The 

 stem is 2-3 feet high, slightly swollen 

 under each joint. The flowers are white, 

 and grow in umbels opposite the leaves ; 

 partial bracts 5 or 6, with fringed edges. 

 Waste ground, chiefly near towns. — 

 Fl. May. Annual. 



2. A. sylvestris (Wild Beaked Parsley). 

 — Stem slightly downy below, smooth 

 above ; leaves thrice pinnate, the seg- 

 ments rough-edged ; umbels terminal on 

 long stalks, drooping when young ; fruit 

 smooth. One of our early spring flowers, 



distinguished when in bud by the droop- Anthrtscus Sylvestris 

 ing partial umbels, each of which has {Wild Beaked Pars/ey) 



