UMBELLIFEM]. 



small and pink. Fruits about 3 lines 

 long, the thickened border very pro- 

 minent. 



In waste and cultivated lands, in 

 southern Europe, and eastward to the 

 Caucasus ; more rare as a weed of cul- 

 tivation in central Europe. In Britain, 

 only in Middlesex and some adjoining 

 counties. FL summer. 



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Fig. 433. 



XXIX. SCANDIX. SCANDIX. 



Leaves dissected. Umbels compound, with partial involucres of 

 several bracts, and white flowers. Eruit linear, with a very long, 

 smooth beak. Carpels (below the beak) with 5 obtuse ribs, without 

 vittas. Albumen of the seed with a longitudinal furrow on the inner 

 face. 



A small but distinct genus, ranging chiefly over the Mediterranean 

 region and west central Asia. 



1. Needle Scandix. Scandix Pecten, Linn. (Eig. 434.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 1397. Shepherd? s-needle or Venus' s-comb.) 



A branching annual, erect or spreading, 6 inches to a foot high, and 

 more or les3 hairy. Leaves twice or thrice pinnate, with short seg- 

 ments cut into narrow lobes. Umbels terminal, of 2 or 3 rays, with- 

 out general involucres ; partial involucres of several lanceolate bracts, 

 often 2- or 3-lobed at the top. Elowers almost sessile, small and 

 white, with a few large outer petals. Fruits attaining near 2 inches ; 

 the carpels at the base cylindrical and ribbed, 4 or 5 lines long, the 



