The BRITISH HERBAL. 
The leaves on them refemble thoie from the 
root i but they are fmaller ; ihcy are fmooth on 
the upper fide, and hairy underneath. 
The ilowers fland at the tops of the branches 
in little umbells; and they are of a pale red. 
The fetds are large and rough. 
It is found in our corn-fields, but is not com- 
mon; It flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Caucalis c.rvenfis ecbimta 
latifdia. Others, Lappila. 
E. Fine- leaved Baftard Parfley. 
Caucalis tenuifolia fiofculis riibentlhus. 
The roQt is long, (lender, and hung with a 
few fibres. 
The Brft leaves are of a pale green, and divi- 
ded into numerous fmall fegxents. 
The ftallc is upright, and divided into many 
branches, and is two feet high. 
The leaves on it refemble thofe from the root ; 
but they are fmaller, and have fewer fegments. 
The flowers are fmal! and red. 
The feeds are liule and rough, flicking to any 
thing they touch. 
It is common in oiu toiii-fielUa in many- paita 
of the kingdom, and flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Caucalis arvenfis echinata 
parvo jJore et fru£fi!. Others, Lapiula Canaria. 
3- Jiigged-leaved Baftard ParCley. 
Caucalis foUis laciniatis. 
The root is long, white, and furniftied with 
many fibres. 
The firft: leaves are large, and divided into 
feveral branches, which are again cut and jagged 
into fmaller parts. 
The flalk is upright, and very much branched. 
The leaves on it are divided into numerous, 
long, flender parts ; and are of a fine green. 
The flowers are fmall and red. : 
The feeds are oblong, and very rough. 
It is found in corn-fields in our fouthern coun- 
ties, and flowers in July. 
Ray calls ic Echinopht/ra laciniata. 
4. Hedge- Parfley. 
Caucalis minor fiofculis rubentibus. 
The root is very long, flender, and white. 
The firfl: leaves are divided into long, narrow, 
Iharp-pointed, ferrated fegments ; and are of a 
deep green. 
The ftalk is upright, and divided Into many 
branches. 
The leaves on it refemble thofe from the root ; 
but they have fewer divifions. 
The flowers fl:and in little umbells at the tops 
of the branches ; and they are fmall and red. 
The feeds are oblong, rough, fmal!, and brown. 
It is common in hedges, and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Caucalis femine afisro fiofcu- 
lis rubmlibus. 
5. Low, branched Bartard Parfley. 
Caucalis humilior ramofa. 
The root is long, flender, and fumiflicd with 
fome llraggling fibres. 
The firft leaves are divided into a number of 
oblong, ferrated, and fliarp-pointed feo-ments - 
and they are of a deep green. 
The fliaik is a foot high, and divided into nu- 
merous branches. 
The leaves on it refemble thofe from the root ; 
they are divided into longer frgments. 
The flowers are large, and of a pate red. 
The feeds are rough and brown. 
It is common in the corn-fields of Sufll-x. 
Ray calls it Caucalis fcgctum minor anthifco 
hifptdo funilis. 
6. Knotted Scone Parfley. 
Caucalis nodofa echinatd femine. 
The root is long and flender. 
The firft leaves are fmall, and of a dufliy green ; 
they are divided in a pinnated manner into many 
ferrated, and pointed fegments. 
TliL n^^lka aic nuincious, and a foot long ; 
but they generally trail upon the ground : they 
are branched, and of a pale green. 
The leaves on thefe refemble thofe from the 
roots ; but they are lefs. 
The flowers are placed in little umbells ; and 
they are fmall and white; thefe umbells are not 
placed at the tops of the branches, but at the 
joints of the ftalks, where they adhere by a very 
fliort footftalk ; fo that they feem to grow to it. 
The feeds are brown, and very rough. 
It is common in corn-fields and under hedges, 
and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Caucalis nodofa echinaio ft- 
mine. 
The virtues of thefe plants are not known. 
7. Hemlock -leaved Baftard Parfley. 
Caucalis cicuta foliis pallidioribus. 
The root is long, flender, white, and hung 
with feveral fibres. 
The firfl leaves are large, and compofed of in- 
numerable fegments i which are foft to the touch, 
of a remarkable pale green, and hairy. 
The fl:alk is round, upright, branched, and 
alfo of a faint green. 
The leaves on it refemble thofe from the root ; 
but they are divided into fmaller fegments. 
The flowers are placed in little umbells; not 
at the tops of the flialks, but at the divifions •■, 
and they are fmall and white. 
The feeds are oblong, rough, and pointed. 
It is common every where under hedges, and 
flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Myrrhis fyhefiris feminibus 
afpsri.', OcherSj Cerefdium ifqu.co/oram. 
GENUS 
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