t . o r 1ST C A U C A LI S. 
Caucalis Infesta. 
CAUCALIS Lin. Gen. PL Pentandria Digvnia. 
Pentandria . 
ftr. ratals; difci mafcta. Petala inflexo-margmata. FruSus ftt, s 
hifpidus. Involucra integra. 
^nSyn.Gen.ss. *«“• conferta , ferain ibus rolundato- 
CAUCALIS ™ is di '' arical,s ' ^ K ^ 
SCANDIX mfefta fem^n^exterwre hifpido, umbellulis —a -“i"- ^ ^ 
p. 237. Jacq. FI. Aujlr. t. 40. 
p. 237. Jacq. ri. nuju . *• 
CAUCALIS foliis duplicato-pinnatis, pinnulis longe confluentibus. Hall. W 74 - 
CAUCALIS fegetum minor Anthrifco hifpido flmilis. Rais Syn. f. 20. Hejl. Ft. p. 46S. 
Corn-Parfley. 
CAUCALIS pumila fegetum Goodyero. Ger. emac. 
r ur r- 0 i a ROOT annual tapering, (lender, fomewhat woody, 
RADIX annua, fufiformis, tennis, fubhgnofa, al- V ROOT annuabja^ g, 
bida. . . . 5 o r r a t k* fin trip frnm half a foot to two feet high, di- 
CAULIS folitarius, femipedalis ^ b 'Pedakm^rope | STALK Angle, flora h ^ into long fpreading 
bafin in ramos patentes, longos diviius, pa- ^ branches a little crooked, round, fmooth 
vi- I below, and reddifh; above roughilb, ftr.ated, 
— 9 .. and green. 
ridis. 
FOLIA akerna, feffilia, remo.iufcula, patentia apice | LEAVES alternate.felflle, 
parum deflexa, petiolata, pinnata, pilis mi- 
r • 11 • fnr/V 1 ~ 
paruni ucucau, y — -- — r . . ... v 
nutis albis utrinque hirfutula, fordide viridia, | 
pleraque demum purpurea ; Foliola feu * 
pinnze tres, ad feptem, oppofitas, circum- | 
fcriptione ovatas, aut ovato-lanceolatae, ex- 0 
tima longiflima, pinnatifidtE, laciniis lanceo- ^ 
latis, acutis : infima petiolatas, remotiores, $ 
ceteras feffiles, fuperiores confluentes. | 
FLORES in umbellis, parvi, albi, inodori. 
CALYX : Umbella univerfalis, inasqualis, 
tribus ad novem. 
-partialis inasqualis, conferta, | • 
ing, turned down a little at the tip. Handing 
on footffalks, pinnated, covered on both fides 
with minute white hairs, whence flightly hir- 
fute, of a dull green colour, mod of them 
finally purple; the leaflets or pinnas from 
three to feven, oppofite, ovate or ovato- 
lanceolate, the outermoft very long, pinna- 
tifid, the fegments lanceolate, pointed, the 
lowermoft Handing on footflalks, and more 
f, diflant than the others, the refl feflile, the 
f upper ones running together. 
I FLOWERS growing in umbels, fmall, white, and 
$ fcentlefs. 
radiis | CALYX : the univerfal Umbel, unequal, with from 
three to nine rays 
the partial Umbel, unequal, crowded, con- 
vex, compofed of numerous rays, the five 
outermofl of which are the longefl. 
convexa, radiis pluribus, exterioribus quin- | 
INVOLUCRUM °univerfale fubmonophyllum, ple- % INVOLUCRUM: .the general one, of one leaf, 
ruraque nullum. . f Ws, moft c “')| wantm S- f f 
- partiale foliolis fubquinis, lineari- £ the partial one, compofed of about 
r m ^ ■ r ...ii. — i__n..i — . t five f ma ll leaves, very narrow and tapering, 
apprefl, flightly hirfute, almoH the length of 
the fmall umbel. 
fubulatis, appreflis, hirfutulis, umbellulse fere | 
longitudine. | 
PERIANTHIUM proprium, minutum, quinqueden- I PERIANTHIUM of each floret very Anal!, with five 
tatum. ' I teeth. 
COROLLA univerfalis difformis, radiata; flofculi J COROLLA: the univerfal Corolla milhapen, ra- 
A diated, the florets of the difk often abortive. 
the florets hermaphrodite, compofed of 
que mliexo-cordatis, masquaimus, ciuuuu » five Petals, inflexo-cordate, unequal, the 
maximo, ceteris gradatim diminutis, fig. i. | 
$ 
difci fepe abortivi. . . 
- propria hermaphrodita; Petalis quin- ■ 
e inflexo-cordatis, inaequalibus, extimo | 
outermoH very large, the reff gradually 
diminifhed in fize, fig. 1. 
STAMINA: Filamenta quinque, capillaria; An- | STAMINA : have five capillary Filaments, and 
ther.c parvae, purpurafcentes. Jig. 2. fmall purplifh Anthers, fig. 2. 
PISTILLUM: Germen oblongum, inferum, hifpi- f PISTILLUM: Germen oblong, below the corolla, 
dum, pilis apice rubris, fig. 3. Styli duo, | hifpid, hairs red at the tips. Jig. 3. Styles 
fubulati, patentes ; Stigmata duo, capi- $ two, tapering, fpreading wide ; Stigmata 
tata, Jig. 4. £ two, each forming a little head. Jig. 4. 
FRUCTUS ovato-oblongus, Hriatus, fetis rigidis unci- | FRUIT ovato-oblong, Hriated, exceedingly hifpid, 
natis hifpidiffimus. Jig. 5. f with ftiff hooked briflles. Jig . 5. 
SEMINA duo, oblonga, hinc convexa, inde plana. | SEEDS two, oblong, convex on one fide, and flat 
$ on the other. 
MoH of the ancient Botanifts confounded this plant with the Caucalis Anthrifcus, which they might do with- 
out any great difparagement of their difcernment : Mr. Goodyer, of Hampfhire, the friend of old Gerard, 
and often mentioned by him with refpeft, appears firH to have noticed it ; Ray afterwards defcribes it with 
great accuracy. 
Though the plant appears now to be well known, Botanifls differ as to the genus to which it fhould be 
■ referred : Linnaeus in his Syjlevia Natures has confidered it as a Scandix, and Jacquin in his accurate and 
elegant work has followed him ; Baron Haller, on the contrary, ranks itas a Caucalis, and Mr. Hudson, in 
our humble opinion with great propriety, coincides with him in opinion ; for we apprehend it will generally 
be allowed that in the umbelliferous plants, a charatler taken from the feed is more to be depended on than 
one drawn from the involucrum ;— we have therefore taken Mr. Hudson’s fpecific defeription, but that we 
might differ as little as poflible from Linn a: us, we have changed the generic name only. 
The term infejla has been applied to this plant, from its being a very common and bad" weed in corn-fields 
to which it is nor. altogether confined, being fometimes found by the fides of hedges and among rubbilh ■ we 
meet with it frequently m Batterfea fields, where it flowers from June to Augufi.—Thz feeds when ripe 
adhere to one’s clothes. J ^ 
