(272.) 
SCANDIX* * • 
Linnean Class and Order. Penta'ndrta f, Dic.y'nia. 
Natural Order. Umbelli'fer.'eJ, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 218. — Sm. 
Gr. of Bot. p. 132. — Lindl. Syn. p. 111. ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of 
Bot. p. 4. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 463. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 517. — 
Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. & Bot. v.iii. p. 235. — Mack. FI. Hibern. 
p. 113. — Umbellate, Linn. — Rosales; sect. Angelicin^ ; 
type. Smyrniace.e; subtype, Scandicida: ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. 
pp. 614, 770, 780, & 781. 
Gen. Char. Flowers separated ; the innermost barren. Calyx 
obsolete. Corolla (see fig. 1.) superior, of 5, unequal, undivided, 
spreading, indexed petals, tapering at the base (see fig. 2). Fila- 
ments (see fig. 1.) 5, thread-shaped, spreading, the length of the 
corolla. JInthers roundish. Germen (see figs. 1 & 3.) inferior, 
oblong, somewhat compressed, more or less rough, with close 
hairs. Styles (see fig. 3.) 2, spreading, short, finally upright, per- 
manent, swelled at the base. Stigmas simple ; in the barren 
dowers blunt. Fruit (fig. 4.) ribbed, compressed at the side, some- 
what bristly, elliptic-oblong, with a straight, linear, flat, bristly, 
very long beak, crowned with the permanent, enlarged, 5-lobed, 
coloured receptacle of the flower, surrounding the base of the styles. 
Carpels (figs. 5 & 6.) with 5, blunt, equal ridges, the lateral ones 
marginal. Channels without vitta, or with scarcely any. Seed 
(fig. 7.) roundly convex, with a deep furrow in front. Universal 
Involucrum none, or few-leaved ; partial involucrum 5- or 7- 
leaved. Flowers white. 
The obsolete calyx ; the unequal, undivided petals ; the some- 
what bristly fruit, with a very long beak ; and the carpels with 
5 blunt, equal ridges, with the channels destitute of vittce, or with 
scarcely any ; will distinguish this from other genera in the same 
class and order. 
One species British. 
SCA'NDIX PECTEN-VENERIS. Venus’s Comb. Our Lady’s 
Comb. Common Shepherd’s Needle. Needle Chervil. Beggar’s 
Needle Crow Needles. 
Spec. Char. Stem rough. Leaves thrice pinnatifid ; with many 
strap-shaped, short segments. Fruit roughish, with a very long 
beak. 
Eng. Bot. 1. 1397.— Curt. Brit. Entomol. v. ix. t. 401. — Linn. Sp PI. p.368. — 
Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 123. — Sm. Brit. FI. v. i. p. 324; Engl. FI. v. ii. p. 
46. — With. (1st ed.) v. i. p. 174.— Lindl. Syn. p. 125.— Light!'. FI. Scot. v. i. 
p. 166. — Davies’ Welsh Bot. p.29. — Relh. FI. Cant. (3rd ed.) p. 123. — Hook. 
FI. Scot. p. 92.— FI. Devon, pp. 52 & 167.— Jolinst. FL of Berw. v. i. p. 67. — 
Winch’s FI. of Northumb. and Durham, p. Jfi.— Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and 
Fig. I. A single Flower. — Fig. 2. A Petal. — Fig. 3. The young Fruit, crowned 
with the floral receptacle and styles. — Fig. 4. The full grown Fruit. — Fig. 5. A 
Carpel, with its beak. — Fig. 6. A Carpel divided transversely. — Fig. 7. Section of 
the Seed, showing the Embryo. 
* From Skeo, Gr. to prick ; because of the sharp and long points to the Seeds. 
SirW, J. Hooker. 
t See folio 48, note f. 
$ See folio 235, a. 
