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BRITISH WILD FLOWERS. 
GENUS I. 
THE CARROT. (Daucus, Lin.) 
Lin. Syst. PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Generic Character. —Calyx five-toothed. Petals obovate, emargi- 
nate, inflexed; the outer often radiant and deeply bifid. Fruit com¬ 
pressed from the hack. Carpella with the five primary ridges filiform 
and bristly, of which the three intermediate ones occupy the back, and 
the two lateral ones the plane of the commissure ; the four secondary 
ridges equal, more prominent, with the prickles in a single row. Chan¬ 
nels under the secondary ridges with single vittse. Seed flat in front. 
Involucrum universal and partial, many-leaved. Flowers white or 
pink. ( Lindley.) 
Description, &c. —There are only two species in this genus, both of which are biennials. The name of 
Daucus was applied by the ancients to this plant, but its derivation is not known. 
1— THE WILD CARROT. (Daucus Carota, Lin.) 
Synonyme. —Bird’s Nest. 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 1174 ; 2nd ed., t. 423 ; and our fig. 1, 
in PI. 38. 
Specific Character. —Bristles of the fruit slender. Leaflets pin- 
natifid, with linear-lanceolate acute segments. Umbels with a solitary, 
coloured, abortive flower ; when in fruit concave. (Lindley). 
Description, &c. —The Wild Carrot grows in great abundance on calcareous and chalky soils in every part 
of England; and.though its flowers never expand fully, their great abundance and the massive heads formed by 
them, make the plant have a showy appearance. The part which we use as food has, in the wild Carrot, 
merely the appearance of a somewhat thickened root, and the change produced in it by cultivation is almost as 
great as that effected in the cultivation of the Cabbage. 
THE SEA CARROT. (D. maritimus, Withering.) 
This is probably only a variety of the preceding species. The leaves are broader and more fleshy ; the 
bristles on the fruit are flattened, and the umbels are somewhat more convex. It is only found on the sea-coast 
of the southern parts of England. 
GENUS II. 
THE BUR-PARSLEY. (Caucalis, Lin.) 
Lin. Syst. PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Generic Character. —Calyx five-toothed. Petals obovate, emar- 
ginate, inflexed; the outer radiant and deeply bifid. Fruit laterally com¬ 
pressed. Carpella with the five primary ridges filiform, bristly, or 
with little prickles ; of these the three middle are dorsal, the two 
lateral on the plane of the commissure; the four secondary ridges 
more prominent, armed with prickles, in one or two rows. Channels 
under the secondary ridges witli single vittse. Seed involute, or 
inflexed at the edge. Involucrum both universal and partial, of many 
leaflets. Flowers white or pink. (Lindley.) 
Description, &c. —There are only two species in this genus; both annuals. The botanic name is derived 
from two Greek words, signifying a stem lying on the ground. 
1.—THE GREAT BUR-PARSLEY. (Caucalis latifolia, Smith.) 
Synonyme. —Tordylium latifolium, Lin. 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 198 ; 2nd ed., t. 426 ; and out fig. 2, 
in PI. 38. 
Specific Character. — Umbels three-cleft, with membranous 
involucra; partial ones ripening about five fruits. Leaves pinnate, 
serrated. (Lindley.) 
Description, &c.— This is the most beautiful of all the British Umbelliferas, and its flowers are of a bright 
pink, a colour extremely rare among plants belonging to this order. It is only abundant in the dry fields in 
Cambridgeshire, where it makes a brilliant show during its flowering season, which is in the month of July. 
