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radiate. Calix -entire, styles divaricate, stig- 
mas capitate, petals 5 unequal plicate involute. 
Seeds unequal oblong, with 1 or 3 ribs unequaly 
echinate cristate. Habit of Daucus . The 
name was an ancient one for Daucus. 
778. Tiricta daucoides Raf. stem virgate 
terete smooth ; leaves few, lower on long pe- 
tiols, upper sessile, bipinnate, folioles linear con- 
fluent cuspidate, margin rough ; 2 or 3 umbels 
on long peduncles, invol. 5-8phyle, linear entire, 
umbels multiflore longer.— In the Pine barrens 
of South New Jersey, root annual ? white per- 
pendicular not odorous as in Daucus, stem bi- 
pedal simple, leaves slender, flowers small white 
autumnal. Compare the Leptocaulis echinatus 
of Nuttal. 
779. BABIRON Raf. involucre none, par- 
tial oligophyle simple. Flowers similar, none 
male nor radiate. Calix hardly 5toothed, pe- 
tals ovate obtuse flat equal. Fruit ovate round- 
ed smooth, seeds with several rows of small 
scaly tubercles. Habit of Ammi and Lepto- 
caulis . — How distinct from the last, the name 
was also an ancient one of Daucus in Egypt, 3 
sp. at least, some of which are among the hep - 
tocaulisof Nuttal in Decandole, but not of same 
Genus. 
780. Babiron fusillum Raf. annual quite 
smooth, stem simple filiform striate, leaves short 
2-3pinnate, segments linear acute, the upper se- 
taceous ; umbels trifid terminal filiform, invo- 
lucre none or 1 subulate, partial 3-4subulate, 
umbelules 3-5flore, pedicels unequal — sent me 
from Alabama, and by Dr. Torrey from Geor- 
gia as the Daucus pusillus ! see 788. Stem 4 
to 6 inches high redish, leaves small finely cut, 
