PARSLEY FAMILY 



east. The name is derived from Greek koris, a bug, from the 

 foetid smell of the plant ; but the pleasantly aromatic fruit is con- 

 siderably used in confectionery. — Fl. June. Annual. 



40. Daucus (Carrot). — Hispid plants ; leaves pinnately decom- 

 pound ; umbels compound, many-rayed, the outer arching over the 

 inner when in fruit ; bracts 



and bracteoles usually many, 

 pinnatifid ; fruit with 8 rows 

 of prickles, one row on each 

 secondary ridge. (Name, the 

 Greek name of the plant.) 



1. D. Carbta (Wild 

 Carrot). — A tough, erect, 

 bristly plant, with much-cut 

 leaves and large concave 

 umbels of dull white flowers, 

 the central flower or second- 

 ary umbel deep red, in scent ^ 

 and flavour resembling the ^^ 

 Garden Carrot. — Fields ; 

 common. — Fl. June — Au- 

 gust. Biennial. 



2. D. gummifer (Seaside 

 Carrot). — Fields ; differs in 

 being more prostrate, rather 

 fleshy, having the umbel 

 convex when in fruit. — Sea- 

 shores in the south ; rare. — 

 Fl. July, August. Biennial. 



41. Caucalis (Bur-Pars- 

 ley). — Hispid plants ; leaves 

 1 — 3-pinnate ; umbels com- 

 pound, or rarely simple, 

 usually few-rayed ; bracts few 

 or none ; bracteoles many ; 

 fruit with 1 — 3 rows of 



prickles on each primary and secondary ridge. (Name, the Greek 

 name of the plant.) 



1.* C. latifblia (Great Bur-Parsley). — Stem 1 — 2 feet high, 

 rough ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets lanceolate, serrate, decurrent ; 

 umbels 2 — 4-rayed ; secondary umbels 4 — 6-rayed ; flowers large, 

 rose-coloured ; fruit large, oblong, very prickly, with 2 — 3 rows 

 of recurved prickles on each secondary ridge. — Cornfields, 



daucus car6ta (Wild Carrot). 



