Caucalis Anthriscus. Hedge Caucalis. 
Hudfon Fl. Angl. ed. 1 . p. 112. Pentandria Digynia. 
Corolla radiatse. Frudlus fubovatus, ftriatus, fetis rigidis 
hifpidus. 
Rail Syn. Gen. 11. Umbei-lifer^e Herb.e. 
CAUCALIS Anthrifcus involucris multifidis*, umbella conferta, feminibus oblongis, foliolis ovatis 
pinnatifidis, ramis ere&is. Hudfon Fi. Angi. ed. 2 . p. 12. 
TORDYLIUM Anthrifcus umbellis confertis, foliolis ovato-lanceolatis, pinnatifidis. Linn. Syjl. 
Vegetab. p. 275. Manti/. 350. Jacy. Fl. Auflr. v. 3. t. 251. 
CAUCALIS foliis duplicato-pinnatis, nervo multoties latioribus. Hali. Hijl. n. 741. 
CAUCALIS Anthrifcus. Scopoli Fl. Carn. n. 311. 
CAUCALIS femine afpero flofculis rubentibus. Bauh. Pin. 153. 
CAUCALIS minor flofculis rubentibus. Ger. emac. 1022. 
CAUCALIS minor flore rubente. Parkinf. 921. 
ANTHRISCUS quorundam femine afpero hifpido. I. B. III. 2. 83. Rau Syn. ed. 3. p. 219. An. 4. 
Hedge Parfley. 
RADIX annua, tenuis, fufiformis, parum fibrofa, extus $ ROOT annual, {lender, tapering, {lightly fibrous, yel- 
flavicans, intus alba. % lowifh without and white within. 
CAULIS 4 — 6 pedalis, ere£lus, fubflexuofus, teres, pur- 4 STALK from 4 to 6 feet high, upright, a little crook- 
purafcens, fcaber, fetis minutis rigidis vix vi- £ ed, round, purplifh, rough, covered with 
fibilibus deorfum appreflis veftitus, ramofus. * minute rigid bridles, prefled downwards to 
Rami plures, alterni, fubere£li. y the ftalk, and fcarcely vifible, branched. The 
| Branches numerous, alternate, and nearly 
$ upright. 
FOLIA pauca, fere palmaria, remota, patentiflima, | LEAVES iew, a hand s-breadth nearly in length, dif- 
duplicato-pinnata, ad apices deflexa, petiolata, $ tant, ^ fpreading greatly, doubly pinnated, 
petiolis canaliculatis, bafi latiore fubvaginan- f 
tibus ; Pinnarum tria, quatuorve paria, cum | 
impari, ovatae, acutae, inferiores petiolatae, $ 
latiores, fequentes fefliles, breviores, angufti- | 
ores, extima longiflima, lineari-lanceolata; k 
ores, extima longiflima, lineari-lanceolata ; $ 
Foliola incifo-ferrata acutiufcula, fetis minutis | 
confpicuis tamen obfita. l> 
turned downwards at the tips, {landing on 
footftalks, which are hollowed above, broad- 
er at the bafe and fomewhat fheathing; 
Pinna three or four pair, with an odd one, 
ovate, pointed, the lower ones {landing on 
footftalks, broader, the upper ones feflile, 
{horter, narrower, the outermoft very long, 
betwixt linear and lanceolate ; the /mail 
f Leaves of which they are compofed incifo- 
| ferrated, a little pointed, covered with very 
f minute yet vifible fetae. 
FLORES in umbellis mediocribus planis, albi aut ru- | FLOWERS .white or rc =ddifh, without fcent, growing 
^ inodori. v in middle-fized flat umbels. 
UMBELLA univcrfalis planiufcula, rara, inaequalis, % UMBEL : the umverfal one flattilh, thin, unequal, 
radiis circiter ofto ; partialis paulo denfior, % with about eight rays ; the partial one a little 
convexiufcula, imequalis, radii's 12 aut pluri- * «ter.fomewhatconvex.unequal.with about 
bus, exterioribus longioribus, omnibus fetis f twelve or more rays, the outermoft longeft, 
annreffis hifoBis ♦ all of them hlfpid with feta: prefled upwards. 
INVOLUCRUM: Lu"y;ipolyphyIlum, dimidia ra- | INVOLUCRUM; the uMU one compofed of many 
1 diorum longitudine, filiolis radiorum ple- I leaves, about half the length of the rays, 
rumque nulero, linearibus, acutis, margine | the leaves ufually as numerous as the rays 
memuranaceo, albido ; partiale polyphyllum, | hn™, “? mal 'S ,n membranous and 
foliolis confixilibus, appreffis, longitudine | white; the parttal one compofed l of many 
umbellularum. J *° ^ 
PERIANTHIUM proprium 5-dentatum, exiguum fepte | PERIANTHTOM o^eachjomt^-toothed, minute, 
coRouir I coroll a : c 
Mexo-coSs" aequalibus J propria Lii her- | male fmall, of 5 petals, mflexo-cordate, equal ; 
rnaphrodita, peXlis 5, inflexo-cordatis, paten- J each foret of the raims hermaphrodite, of 5 
Sis fubtus villofiufculis, extimis pauco $ petals, mfiexo-cordate very widely Ipreadmg 
tnnmis, KUGllc tin 1 * on the under fide {lightly villous, the outermoft 
majoribus, bifidis, fig. 1. aud. | ones fomewhat J arg eft Ld bifid, fig. 1. magn. 
! “ I,L 
refl ^V Sx , GMAT r r 5 narviis ovatus le- SEED-VESSEL none: Fruit fmall, ovate, {lightly 
PERICARPIUM nullum: FruBrn parvus, ovatus, le sr-t-u 
viter compreflus,^. 4. ■ • i- r f SEEDS two, on one fide gibbous, with three grooves, 
SEMINA duo, hinc gibba, ™ . ri id 8 briflles of a ^ or red 
firm arcuatis albis aut rubellis hifpida, .Umc * “f bowc | d on the other flde 
linea glabra longitudmaliter excavata, fig. 5. J , ongjtudi P ally with one fmooth hol- 
% low groove, fig. 5. 
* We prefume Mr. Hudson means polyphyllis. 
The 
