200 THE UMBELLATE FAMILY, 
In hedges, on roadsides, and waste places, common throughout Europe 
and central and Russian Asia, except the extreme north. Abundant all 
over Britain. Fl. summer and autumn. 
8. CG. arvensis, Huds. (fig. 449). Spreading €.—Very near C. 
Anthriscus, but usually a rather smaller and more spreading plant; the 
general involucre is either entirely wanting or reduced to a single bract, 
often lanceolate, and the bristles of the fruit are usually less curved, but 
_with a minute hook at the top ; this character is not, however, so constant 
as that of the involucre. (C. infesta, Curt. : 
In cultivated and waste places, on banks and in roadsides, in central 
and southern Europe to the Caucasus, not extending into Scandinavia. © 
In England, chiefly amongst corn, in the midland and eastern counties 
and in Wales. It is said to be abundant in several local Floras, but C. 
Anthriscus is often mistaken for it. Fl. summer and autumn. 
4. GC. daucoides, Linn. (fig. 450). Small C.—Erect or spreading, 
and much branched, seldom above a foot high. Leaves twice or three 
times pinnate, with rather narrow, but short, pinnatifid segments, the 
general outline of the leaf being broadly triangular. Umbels terminal or 
opposed to the leaf, on rather long peduncles, usually of 3 or 4 rays only. 
General involucre of one bract, partial ones of afew linear bracts. Flowers 
white or pink, the outer petals occasionally larger. Fruits nearly sessile, 
attaining, when ripe, nearly half an inch, covered with long, stout 
prickles. There are usually in each partial umbel a few barren flowers 
on longer pedicels. 
A cornfield weed of southern origin, now widely spread over Europe 
and Russian Asia. Apparently well established in some of the eastern 
and southern counties of England, and the Channel Islands. Fl. with 
the corn. 
5. GC. latifolia, Linn. (fig. 451). Broad C.—Stem seldom a foot 
high, erect or spreading, and branched at the base. Leaves much less 
divided than in the other species, being simply pinnate, with oblong- 
lanceolate segments, the lowest above an inch long, and pinnatifid, the 
others gradually diminishing to the top, and less deeply cut. Umbels 
terminal or opposite the leaves, on stout peduncles, consisting of 2 or 
more rays. Involucres, both general and partial, of broad, thin bracts. 
flowers white or purple, the outer petals large. Fruit 4 or 5 lines long, ~ 
the primary and secondary ribs equally prominent, with long, straight, 
or hooked prickles. 
In fields and waste places, in southern Europe and west-central Asia, 
often establishing itself for a time in more northern localities. Occasion- 
ally found as a cornfield weed in several of the more southern counties 
of England. Fl. with the corn. 
XXXII. DAUCUS. CARROT. 
Leaves dissected. Umbels compound, with general and partial invo- 
lucres of several linear, pinnatifid or divided bracts. Fruit ovoid, prickly 
on the ribs, the 4 secondary ribs more coe a than the 3 primary 
dorsal ones. Albumen not furrowed. 
A genus of very few real species, although many are published; ~ 
they are widely spread over most cultivated or maritime parts of the 
globe. a 
