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THE UMBELLATE FAMILY. 



5. Broad Caucalis. Caucalis latifolia, Linn. (Fig. 444.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 198.) 



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. Involu- 

 cres, 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 south- 

 Fig. 444. ern Europe and west-central Asia, often 

 establishing itself for a time in more 



northern localities. Occasionally found as a cornfield weed in several 



counties of England. Fl. with the corn. 



XXXIV. CARROT. DAUCUS. 



Leaves dissected. Umbels compound, with general and partial in- 

 volucres of several linear, pinnatifid or divided bracts. Fruit ovoid, 

 prickly on the ribs, the 4 secondary ribs more prominent than the 3 

 primary dorsal ones. Albumen not furrowed. 



A genus of very few real species, although the published forms are 

 now numerous ; they are widely spread over most cultivated or mari- 

 time parts of the globe. 



1. Common Carrot. Daucus Carota, Linn. (Fig. 445.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 1174.) 



An erect annual or biennial, 1 to 3 feet high, with a taproot. Lower 

 leaves twice or thrice pinnate, with deeply 3-lobed or pinnatifid seg- 



