198 PEXTANDRIA DIGYNIA 



Gallice — Carotlc. Germanici — Die Moehre, JJisp. — Zanahoriti 



Hoot biennial, fusiform, yellowish. Stem 2 to -1 feet huh, lereto, striate- «ul cat* 

 hispid, branching. Leaves twice or thrice pinnate, hlspidly pilose ; leaflets hi if 

 an inch to an inch long, much incised, or pinoatifid, the segments cuspidate ai l 

 bristly-ciliate. Umbels on long peduncles, or naked branches, at first nearly flat 

 or a little convex, concave when in fruit. Involucre many-leaved ; haves do m.Iv 

 pinnalitid, nearly as long as the umbel; segments linear-subulate, scabrous-cili- 

 ate. Tnvolucels many-leaved ; leaves linear-subulate, often trifid, scarioua and cil 

 ate on the margin, about as long as the rays of the umbellets. Petals white 

 often ochroleucous, occasionally with tinges of purj>)<\ ihe outer ones la re t 

 Ovary hirsute. Fruit oblong-oval, crowned with the thickish depressed base f 

 the diverging styles, Carpels with the primary ribs very slender, ciliate with mi- 

 nute bristles, -2 of them on the commissure; the secondary ribs winged, cleft Into 

 prickles, which are somewhat barbed. 



Ilab. Pastures, road-sid< s, and gardens : frequent. FL July-Sept. Fr. Sei t.-Octo 

 Obs. The var. saliva, DC or hortensis,Lindl. (common Garden Carrot) NV j ln a 

 large, fleshy, yellow, or reddish orange-colored root, is often cultivated in Gar- 

 dens, as a culinary vegetable, for soups, <5cc. In Europe it is much esteemed as a 

 food for milch cows, and other stock ; but in this country the root culture, for such 

 objects, is not much attended to. The wild variety is extensively naturalized 

 amongst us ; and is becoming quite a nuisance on our farms, where the proprietors 

 are careless and slovenly. The root and seeds are said to be actively diuretic, and 

 arc quite popular as a remedy for calculous complaints. One other species is enu- 

 merated in the U. States. 



Sub-Ord. II. Seed injlexed at the margin, or with a longitudinal 



groove on the face. Campylospkumj-:. JJC. 



Fruit with primary rids only. 



15. Scandix Tribe. Fruit laterally compressed or contracted, elongated, gen- 

 erally beaked. Scandicine.e. DC. 



153. CH-*R0PHYLLI:M. /.. Mutt. Gen. 279. 

 £Gr. Chairo, to rejoice, and Phyllon, a leaf; the leaves having an agreeable odor.J 



Calyx with the limb obsolete. Petals ovate, or obovate, entire, or 

 •marginate, mucronate, or with a small indexed acuminatum. Fruit 

 linear-oblong, scarcely beaked, contracted at the sides. Carpels with 

 5 obtuse equal smooth ribs, of which the lateral ones arc marginal ; 

 the commissure with a deep longitudinal groove. Channels wilh 

 •ingle vitt.r. Seed terete-convex, suleate on the face. Involucre 0, 

 or few-leaved. Invohicels many-leaved. 



1. C. proctjmbexs, Lam. Stem somewhat procumbent, more or les* 

 pilose ; leaves bipinnatc ; leaflets pinnatifid, segments lance-oblong, ra- 

 ther obtuse ; umbels opposite the leaves, 2 to 3-rayed ; involucre ; 

 Umbellets 3 to 5-rayed ; invohicels of 4 or 5 ovate-oblong ciliate leaves; 

 fruit prismatic, smooth. Beck, Bot. p. 149. 



Scandix procumbens. JVilld. Sp. 1. p. 1452. Ait. Keiv. 2. p. 152. 

 Muhl. CataLp. 31. 



Myrrhis procumbens. Torr. Fl. I. p. 309. Ejusd. Comfi. p. 135. Fl$- 

 Tul. Cestr.p. 139. 



Uraspermum procumbens. Eat. Man. p. 377. 



PmocuMBEST CuiEHorHxiLUM. Vulgo— Wild Chervil. 



