CAUCALIS ÁNTHRISCUS. HEDGE CAUCALIS. 
 Hudfon Fl, Angl ed. 2. p. 119... PeNTANDRIA DicvN1A. 
Corolle radiate, Fruétus fubovatus, fitiatus, fétis rigidis 
hifpidus. 
Rau Syn. Gem, 31, UMsELLITER & Hers. 
CAUCALIS  Zbrifcus involucris multifidis*, umbella conferta, feminibus oblongis, foliolis ovatis 
pinnatifidis, ramis ereCus. Hud/on FI, Angl, ed. 9. p. 12. 
TORDYLIUM <Anthrifcus umbellis confertis, foliolis ovato-lanceolatis, pinnatifidis, Linn. yf. 
Vegetab, $. 275.  Mantif. g50. Jacq. Fl. Auftr. v. 3. f. 251. 
CAUCALIS foliis duplicato-pinnatis, nervo multoties latioribus. Hall, Hifi, n. 741. 
CAUCALIS <Anthrifcus. Scopoli Fl. Carn, n, 311. 
CAUCALIS femine afpero flofculis rubentibus. Baubh, Pin. 153. 
CAUCALIS minor flofculis rubentibus, Ger. emac.'1023% 
CAUCALIS minor flore rubente. Parkinf: g21. 
ANTHRISCUS quorundam femine afpero hifpido. JZ. B. III. 2. 83... Razi Syn. ed. 3. p. 219. An. 4. 
| Hedge Parfley. 

RADIX annua, tenuis, fufiformis, parum fibrofa, extus # ROOT annual, flender, tapering, flightly fibrous, yel- 
flavicans, intus alba. 
CAULIS 4—6 pedalis, erectus, fubflexuofus, teres, pur- 
puraícens, fcaber, fetis minutis rigidis vix vi- 
fibilibus deorfum appreffis veftitus, ramofus. 
Rami plures, alterni, fubere€ti, 
FOLIA pauca, fere palmaria, remota, patentiffima, 
duplicato-pinnata, ad apices deflexa, petiolata, 
petiolis canaliculatis, bafi latiore fubvaginan- 
tibus; Pzzmarum tria, quatuorve paria, cum 
impari Ovate, acute, inferiores petiolate, 
latiores, fequentes feffiles, breviores, angufti- 
ores, extima longiffima, lineari-lanceolata ; 
Foliola incifo-ferrata acutiufcula, fetis minutis 
confpicuis tamen obfita, 
FLORES in umbellis mediocribus planis, albi aut ru- 
bentes, inodori. 
UMBELLA wnrverfalis planiufcula, rara, inequalis, 
radius circiter otto; partiahs paulo denfior, 
convexiufcula, inzequalis, radiis 12 aut pluri- 
bus, exterioribus longioribus, omnibus fetis 
furfum appreffis Bun 
INVOLUCRUM : znzverf/ale polyphyllum, dimidia ra- 
diorum longitudine, foliolis radiorum ple- 
rumque numero, linearibus, acutis, margine 
membranaceo, albido; partiale polyphyllum, 
foliolis confimilibus, appreffis, longitudine 
umbellularum, 
PERIANTHIUM proprium 5-dentatum, exiguum fepe 
inter pilos reconditum. 
COROLLA: warverfalis difformis, radiata; F/ofcu/r difci 
 abortivi; propria difoi mas, parva, petalis 5 
inflexo-cordatis, aequalibus ; propria radi: her- 
maphrodita, petalis 5, inflexo-cordatis, paten- 
tiffimis, fubtus villofiufculis, extimis pauco 
majoribus, bifidis, fg. 1. aut. 
STAMINA omnibus, FiLAMENTA 5, capillaria, petalis 
paulo longiora; ANTHER« parve, didymz, 
urpuree, jig. 2. 
PISTILLUM: Germen oblongum, inferum, hifpi- 
dum; STYLI duo, breves, patentes, demum 
reflexi; STIGMATA duo, obtufa. 
PERICARPIUM nullum: Fruéfus parvus, ovatus, le- 
viter compreflus, fig. 4. 
SEMINA duo, hinc gibba, trifulea, fetis rigidis fur- 
fum arcuatis albis aut rubellis hifpida, iilinc 
linea glabra longitudinaliter excavata, jig. 5. 
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LEAVES 
lowifh without and white within. 
STALK from 4 to 6 feet high, upright, a little crook- 
ed, round, purplifh, rough, covered with 
minute rigid briflles, prefled downwards to 
the ftalk, and fcarcely vifible, branched. The 
Brancbes numerous, alternate, and nearly 
upright. 
lev. a hand's-breadth neaily in length, dif- 
tant, fpreading greatly, doubly pinnated, 
turned downwards at the tips, ftanding on 
footftalks, which are hollowed above, broad- 
er at the bafe and fomewhat fheathing ; 
Pinne three or four pair, with an odd one, 
ovate, pointed, the lower ones ftanding on 
footftalks, broader, the upper ones feffile, 
fhorter, narrower, the outermoft very long, 
betwixt linear and lanceolate; the Ja 
Leaves of which they are compofed incifo- 
ferrated, a little pointed, covered with very 
minute yet vifible fetae, 
FLOWERS white or reddifh, without fcent, growing 
in middle-fized flat umbels. 
UMBEL: the zzzver/z/ one flatüfh, thin, unequal, 
with about eight rays; the partza/ one a little 
thicker, fomewhat convex, unequal, with about 
twelve or more rays, the outermoft longeft, 
all of them hifpid with fete preffed upwards. 
INVOLUCRUM : the wniver/a/ one compofed of many 
leaves, about~half the length of the rays, 
the leaves ufually as numerous as the rays, 
linear, pointed, the margin membranous and: - 
white; the partial one compofed of many 
leaves, fimilar to the others, preffed to the 
rays, the length of the fmall umbels, 
PERIANTHIUM of each floret 5-toothed, minute, 
often hid among the hairs. 
COROLLA: the genera/ one mifhapen, radiated; F/- 
rets of the difk abortive; each floret of the difk 
male, fmall, of 5 petals, inflexo-cordate, equal ; 
each floret of the radius hermaphrodite, of 5 
petals, inflexo-cordate, very widely {preading, 
on the under fide flightly villous, the outermoft 
ones fomewhat largeft and bifid, fr. 1. magn. 
STAMINA inallthe flowers, 5 capillary Fit AMEN TS, 
a little longer than the petals; ANTHER& 
fmall, double, and purple, jig, 2. 
PISTILLUM: Germen oblong, beneath the corolla, : 
hifpid; Srvrxs two, fhort, Ípreading, finally 
bowed back; STiGMATA two, blunt. 
SEED-VESSEL none: jr f{mall, ovate, [lightly 
flattened, jig. 4. 
SEEDS two, on one fide gibbous, with three grooves, 
hifpid with rigid briftles of a white or red 
colour, bowed upwards, on the other fide 
marked longitudinally with one fmooth hol- 
low groove, jig. 5. 
* We prefume Mr. Hupson means polyphyllis. 
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