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to the midrib into from 1-3 pairs of broad, toothed, and often 3-lobed leaflets and 1 larger 
terminal one which is almost always 3-lobed (imparipinnate ) ; the leaf-stalks with sheathing 
bases. [ Plate 58. 
Very common. Hedges, waste places, woods, meadows, &c. July — August. Perennial. 
♦HARTWORT. (TORDYLIUM, LINN.) — Flowers white or pink, in small clusters of shortly- 
stalked flowers, the outer petals being larger, all rising from the same point on longer stalks, which 
longer stalks have one common starting-point on the main flowering-stalk (compound umbels). 
Bracts many, both of the entire and of each small flower cluster. Calyx with 5 teeth ; petals 5, 
unequal, with the tip bent inwards, cleft ; stamens 5 ; carpels 2. Fruit oval or round, without 
ridges, flattened from back to back, and extending into a narrow, thick wing, composed of 2 
united cases, each containing 1 hanging seed (cremocarp). Herbs with divided leaves, and leaf- 
stalks sheathing at the base. 
*Great Hartwort. (Tordylium maximum, Linn.) — Not a native. As just described. 
Flowers small and pinkish, in small clusters ; fruit hairy ; stem 1-4 feet high, furrowed, 
hairy, with leaves divided to the midrib into 2-4 pairs of lance-shaped or oblong toothed 
leaflets and 1 terminal one (imparipinnate). 
Very rare. Waste places at Oxford, Eton, and Isleworth. June — July. Annual. 
♦CORIANDER. (CORIANDRUM, LINN .) — A genus consisting of one species — 
♦Coriander. (Coriandrum sativum, Linn.) — Not a native. Flowers white or pink, in 
small clusters of shortly-stalked flowers, the outer petals being larger, all rising from the same 
point on longer stalks, which longer stalks all have one common starting-point on the main 
flowering-stalk (compound umbels). Bracts o ; calyx with 5 teeth ; petals 5, unequal, with the tip 
bent inwards, apparently notched ; stamens 5 ; carpels 2. Fruit round, smooth, crowned with the 
calyx-teeth, composed of 2 united, slightly 5-ridged cases, each containing 1 hanging seed 
(cremocarp). A herb 1-3 feet high, with its lowest leaves divided to the midrib into several 
pairs of leaflets and 1 terminal one, which are sub-divided in like fashion into broadly, egg- 
shaped, toothed leaflets (bi-imparipinnate) ; the upper leaves being similarly divided into very 
narrow leaflets and lobes. 
The whole plant has a very disagreeable smell, but when dried the fruit is aromatic and is 
used in confectionery. 
Rare. An escape from cultivation. Fields and waste places in the south and east of England. 
June. Annual. 
CARROT. (DAUCUS, LINN.) — Flowers white, pink, or yellowish, in clusters of shortly-stalked 
flowers, all rising from the same point on longer stalks, which longer stalks have one common 
starting-point on the main flowering-stalk (compound umbels). Bracts surrounding the entire 
cluster and each little flower cluster numerous, entire or lobed to the midrib (pinnatifid). Calyx 
with 5 teeth ; petals 5 ; unequal, with the tip bent inwards, apparently notched ; stamens 5 ; 
carpels 2. Fruit oval, flattened back to front, with 8 rows of prickles, composed of 2 united 
cases, each containing 1 hanging seed (cremocarp). Herbs with leaves divided and sub-divided 
to the midrib into several pairs of leaflets and 1 terminal one (bi- or tri-imparipinnate), and leaf- 
stalks sheathing at the base. 
Wild Carrot. (Daucus Carota, Linn.) — As just described. The flowers white ; the 
outer petals of each cluster larger, and the central flower of each entire cluster, which is flat or 
almost hollow, usually of a deep crimson-purple ; the bracts surrounding the entire cluster 
