+ CAUCALIS INFESTA. CoRN CAUCALLISs. 
CAUCALIS Lin. Gen. Pl. PENTANDRIA Dicynia. 
Cor. radiate ; difci mafcule. Petala inflexo-marginata. FrucLus fetis 
hifpidus. Jnvolucra integra. 
: Rau Syn. Gen. 131. UMBrzLiLIFER.E HERB. 
-CAUCALIS  arvenfis involucro univerfali monophyllo, umbella conferta, feminibus rotundato- 
ovatis, foliolis ovato-lanceolatis, pinnatifidis, ramis divaricatis. 
ed. 2. f. 113. 
SCANDIX infefta femine exteriore hifpido, umbellulis confertiffimis hemifphzericis. 
1.237. Jacq. Fl. Auftr. t. 46. 
 Hudf. Fl. Angl. 
Lin. Syft. Veg, 
CAUCALIS foliis duplicato-pinnatis, pinnulis longe confluentibus. Hall. Hifl. 742. 
CAUCALIS fegetum minor Anthrifco hifpido fimilis. Razi Syn. p. 20. 
Corn-Parfley. ! 
Hif.Pl. p. 468. Small 
CAUCALIS pumila fegetum Goodyero. Ger. emac. 
nt 
RADIX annua, fufiformis, tenuis, fublignofa, al- 
bida. 
CAULIS folitarius, femipedalis ad bipedalem, prope 
bafin in ramos patentes, longos divifus, pa- 
rum flexuofus, teres, inferne. glaber, fubru- 
bens, fuperne fcabriufculus, ftriatus, vi- 
ridis. 
FOLIA alterna, feffilia, remotiufcula, patentia, apice 
parum deflexa, petiolata, pinnata, pilis mi- 
nutis albis utrinque hirfutula, fordide viridia, 
pleraque demum purpurea; Folola feu 
pinne tres, ad feptem, oppofite, circum- 
{criptione ovate, aut ovato-lanceolate, ex- 
tima longiffima, pinnatifide, laciniis lanceo- 
latis, acutis: infimz petiolate, remotiores, 
cetere feffiles, fuperiores confluentes. 
FLORES in umbellis, parvi, albi, inodori. 
CALYX: UwsrrLA vnwer/als, inequalis, radiis 
tribus ad novem. 
—— fartzalis inequalis, conferta, 
convexa, radiis pluribus, exterioribus quin- 
ue longioribus. 
INVOLUCRUM  «ner/ale fubmonophyllum, ple- 
rumque nullum. 
farüiale foliolis fubquinis, lineari- 


fubulatis, appreffis, hirfutulis, umbellulz fere , 
longitudine. 
PERIANTHIUM proprium, minutum, quinqueden- & 
tatum. 
COROLLA wniverfalis difformis, radiata ; flofculi 
difci fepe abortivi. | 
propria hermaphrodita; PETALIS quin- 
que inflexo-cordatis, inzqualibus, extimo 
maximo, ceteris gradatim diminutis, fig. 1. 
rr ttt 

STAMINA: FiLAMENTA quinque, capillaria ; An- € 
THER parva, purpurafcentes, jig. 2. 
PISTILLUM: Germen oblongum, inferum, hifpi- + 
dum, pilis apice rubris, fig.3. Sty11 duo, 
fubulati, patentes ; SriGMATA duo, capi- ; 
tata, fig. 4. 
FRUCTUS ovato-oblongus, flriatus, fetis rigidis unci- 
natis hifpidiflimus, fig. 5. 
SEMINA duo, oblonga, hinc convexa, inde plana. 
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|. e y; nV S " NERO COR ON DESDE ERSTES SENSE. The gilhg ase ston ail, 
atte ae ate nte e te A ENG BNE ELE LE A TG NE Ve LOSE AF TE Te HAE TES RE AE TKS TNE ARE EA ANS TRE AE TR AEN AN ANE A de ide 
ROOT annual, tapering, flender, fomewhat woody, 
and whitifh. d 
STALK fingle, from half a foot to two feet high, di- 
vided near the bafe into long fpreading 
branches, a little crooked, round, fmooth 
below, and reddifh; above roughihh, flriated, 
and green. . à 
LEAVES alternate, feffile, fomewhat remote, fpread- 
ing, turned down a little at the tip, ftanding 
on footftalks, pinnated, covered on both fides 
with minute white hairs, whence flightly hir- 
fute, of a dull green colour, moft of them 
finally purple; the leaflets or pinne from 
three to feven, oppofite, ovate or ovato- 
lanceolate, the outermoft very long, pinna- 
tifid, the fegments lanceolate, pointed, the 
: lowermoft ftanding on footftalks, and more 
diflant than the others, the reít feffile, the 
upper ones running together. 
FLOWERS growing in umbeis, fmall, white, and 
{centlefs. 
CALYX: the wnzverfal Umper, unequal, with from 
three to nine rays. 
—— — — the fartzal UmBEL, unequal, crowded, con- 
vex, compofed of numerous rays, the five 
outermaft of which are the longeft. 
;, INVOLUCRUM: the general one, of one leaf, more or 
lefs, moft commonly wanting. 
the farizal one, compofed of about 
five {mall leaves, very narrow and tapering, 
appreft, flightly hirfute, almoft the length of 
the {mall umbel. 
PERIANTHIUM of each floret very fmall, with five 
teeth. 
COROLLA: the univerfal Con orrA mifhapen, ra- 
diated, the florets of the difk often abortive. 
———— —-- the florets hermaphrodite, compofed of 
five PzTALs, inflexo-cordate, unequal, the 
outermoft very large, the relt gradually 
diminifhed in fize, fig. 1. 
STAMINA: have five capillary FitLAMENTS, and 
{mall purplifh ANTHERA, fig. 2. 
PISTILLUM : Germen oblong, below the corolla, 
hifpid, hairs red at the tips, fg. 3. StyLes 
two, tapering, fpreading wide; STIGMATA 
two, each forming a little head, fig. 4. 



à FRUIT ovato-oblong, ftriated, exceedingly hifpid, 
with ftiff hooked briftles, fig. 5. 
SEEDS two, oblong, convex on one fide, and flat 
on the other, 
Moft of the ancient Botanifts confounded this plant with the Caucalis Anthrifcus, which they might do with- 
out any great difparagement of their difcernment: Mr. Goopyer, of Hampj/hire, the friend of old Gen ARD, 
and often mentioned by him with refpeét, appears firft to have noticed it; Ray afterwards defcribes 1t with 
great accuracy. As LA SM 
Though the plant appears now to be well known, Botanitts differ as to the genus to which it fhould be 
referred: Linn us in his Syflema Nature has confidered it as a Scandix, and JACQUIN In his accurate and 
elegant work has followed him; Baron HarrER, on the contrary, ranks itas a Caucalis, and Mr. Hunson, in 
our humble opinion with great propriety, coincides with him in opinion ; for we apprehend it will generally 
be allowed that in the umbelliferous plants, a character taken from the feed is more to be depended on than 
one drawn from the involucrum ;—-we have therefore taken Mr. Hupson’s fpecific defcription, but that we 
might differ as little as poflible from LINN.E us, we have changed the generic name only. 
‘The term 2nfefia has been applied to this plant, from its being a very common and bad weed in corn-fields, 
to which it is not altogether confined, being fometimes found by the fides of hedges and among rubbifh : we 
meet with it frequently in Batterfea fields, where it flowers from une to Augufl.—lhe feeds when ripe 
adhere to one's clothes. 
