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Caticalis.'] 
dorsal ribs and two on the inner face, bristly, the four interstices 
very prominent, and crowned with a single row of long flat 
prickles. Albumen solid. Pet. radiant, those of the ray deeply 
bifid. (Involucres often pinnatifid.) — Name: the Savicog of 
Dioscorides. 
1. D. Carota L. (wild C.) ; prickles of the fruit slender dis- 
tinct at the base, leaves tripinnate, leaflets pinnatifid, segments 
linear-lanceolate acute, umbels when in seed concave. E. B. 
t. 1174. 
Pastures and borders of fields, very frequent. $. 6 — 8. — The 
origin of our garden carrot. 
2. D. muritimus With. ( Seaside C.) ; prickles of the fruit 
usually flattened contiguous and united at the base, leaves tri- 
pinnate, leaflets pinnatifid lanceolate fleshy, segments rounded, 
umbels convex or flat when in seed. — a. petals entire white 
or tinged with red. E. B. t. 2560. D. gummifer Bub. — f3. pe- 
tals fringed greenish-yellow. 
Sea-coast of Kent, Dorset, Devon, and Cornwall ; Anglesea. 
Galloway, and Islands of Skye and Lisinore ; Scotland. Ireland. — 
0. Dorset: Prof. E. Forbes, f. 7, 8. — Usually smaller than the 
preceding, with broader and more fleshy radical leaves, and in general 
with the prickles of the fruit shorter. But the two are scarcely 
permanently distinct. 
38. Caucalis Linn. Bur-Parsley. (Tab. III. f. 38.) 
Fruit slightly laterally compressed. Carpels with the ribs 
(3 slender dorsal ones, and 2 on the inner face) bristly or 
prickly, with prominent secondary ribs between them bearing 
prickles ; vittce solitary below each secondary rib. Albumen 
involute. Pet. radiant ; those of the ray deeply bifid. (In- 
volucres none , or 1 — 3-leaved.) — Name : icavicaXis of the Greeks, 
according to Linnaeus from ««, to lie along , and tcavXoc, a stem; 
from their trailing along the ground. 
* Prickles of the secondary ribs in a single row, longer than the bristles 
of the fruit. 
1. C . daucoides L. ( small B.); leaves bi-tripinnatifid, seg- 
ments short, umbels of few rays, general involucre none, partial 
umbels of few flowers, their involucres of about 3 small leaves, 
prickles of the secondary ribs hooked. E. B. t. 197. 
Corn-fields, on a chalky soil, principally in the east and south-east 
of England. 0. 6. — Peduncles lateral and terminal. General and 
partial umbels of about 3 rays. 
