498 266. Daucus. 45. UMBELLIFERiE. PI. ex, cal. 
1 . Daucus vulgaris, . ' Common carrot. 
Stem and leaves hispid ; petioles ribbed underneath ; 
lobes of the leaflets slender, linear, pointed ; umbells when 
in fruit concave ; prickles of the akenia bald, hooked at 
the tip. 
Daucus vulgaris, Raii Syn „ 218, 2. 
Pastinaca sylvestris tenuifolia, Ger.em. 1028, 1; Park. 902. 
Staphylinus, Rivinus Pent. 28. 
, Daucus Carota, Lin. S. P, 348. 
Caucalis Carota, Hudson FI. Angl. 11 4. 
Wild carrot . Bird's nest. Bee's nest. 
Edges of fields; annual; June and July. 
Root fusiform; leaves tripinnate; flowers white; of the 
centre blood-colour. — Seeds diuretic, carminative, and their 
infusion useful in gravelly complaints. 
ft polygamus. Marginal flowers of the umbels mostly 
male ; akenium yellow ; prickles very large. 
y. maritimus. Leaves dark glossy green, hairy ; seg- 
ments deeply cloven ; flowers all white. 
Daucus maritimus, Lamarck Encyc. Meth. 1, 634. 
& flavus . Roots large, deep yellow r , or white. 
Daucus sativus radice lutea et alba, Raii Syn. 218, 1. 
Pastinaca saliva tenuifolia, Ger. em. 
Pastinaca tenuifolia sativa lutea, Park. 902. 
Yellow carrots. 
Cultivated; biennial; June and July. 
s, atro-rubens . Roots large, blackish red. 
Daucus sativus radice atrorubente, Raii Syn. 218, 1. 
Pastinaca sativa atrorubens, Ger. em. 1027. 
Pastinaca sativa altera atrorubens, Park. 901. 
Red carrots. Black carrots. 
Cultivated in deep rich soils ; bieynial ; June and July. 
Roots of both these cultivated varieties saccharine, nu- 
tritive, to man and beast; but when horses are kept upon 
them for some time they induce haematuria ; in poultices 
they abate the pain and foetor of foul and cancerous ulcers. 
2 . Daucus P maritimus. Sea-carrot . 
Stem w T oolly, scored ; leaflets dilated, fleshy, rounded, 
hirsute ; umbell when in fruit convex. 
Daucus maritimus, Withering Bot. Arr. 290; not of Lamarck. 
Daucus Carota y, Smith FI. Brit. 300. 
Rocks on the sea-coasts ; annual ; July and August. 
Stem 2 feet high ; leaves woolly, ' leaflets cloven, broad, 
round at the end, curled; involucrum pinnatifid; involu- 
cella cut or not cut ; akenium with 4 large deeply toothed 
ridges, and 3 small intervening ones ; teeth flat. 
