CAUCALIS Lin. Gen. PL Pentandrïa Dig yn ia .
Cor. radiatæ ; difci mafculæ. . Petala inflexo-marginata. FruEbus fetis
hifpidus. Involucra integra.
Raii Syn. Gen. 11. Umbelliferæ Herbæ.
CAUCALIS arvenfis involucro univerfali monophyllo, umbella conferta, feminibus rotundato-
ovatis, foliolis ovato-lanceoïatis, pinnatifidis, ramis divaricatis. Hudf. Fl. Angl.
ed. 2. p. 113.
SCANDIX infefta femine exteriore hifpido, umbellulis confertiflimis hemifphæricis. Lin. Syfl. Vcf.
p. 237. Jacq. Fl. Aujir. t. 46.
CAUCALIS foliis duplicato-pinnatis, pinnulis longe confluentibus. Hall. Hiji. ,742.
CAUCALIS fegetum minor Anthrifco hifpido fimilis. Raii Syn. p. 20. FUJI. Pl. p. 468. Small
Corm-Parfley.
CAUCALIS pumila fegetum Goodyero.. Ger. emac.
blX annua, fufiformis, tenuis, fublignofa, al- jt ROOT annual, tapering, (lender, fomewhat woody,
bida. % and whitifh.
lULIS folitarius, femipedalis ad bipedalem, prope § STA LK (ingle, from half a foot to two feet high, dir
bafin in ramos patentes, longos divifus, pa- J vided near the bafe into long fpreading
rum flexuofus, teres, inferne glaber, fubru- | branches, a little crooked, round, fmooth
bens, fuperne fcabriufculus, ftriatus, vi- f below, and reddilh; above roughilh, (Iriated,
ridis. * ' and green.'
;L1A alterna, feffilia, remotiufcula, patentia, apice § LEAVES alternate, feffile, fomewhat remote, fpreadparum
deflexa, petiolata, pinnata, pilis mi- f
nutis albis utrinque hirfutula, fordide viridia, $
pleraque demum purpurea ; Foliola feu f
pinnae très, ad feptem, oppofitæ, circum- f
fcriptione ovatæ, aut ovato-lanceolatæ, ex- é
tima longiflima, pinnatifidæ, laciniis lanceo- f
latis, acutis : innmæ petiolatae, remotiores, |
ceteræ feffiles, fuperiores confluentes. f
TORES in umbellis, parvi, albi, inodori.
ing, turned down a little at the tip, (landing
oil footftalks, pinnated, covered on both (ides
with minute white hairs, whence (lightly hir-
fute, of a dull green colour, mod; of them
finally purple; the leaflets or pinnae from
three to feven, oppoute, ovate or ovato-
lanceolate, the outermoft very long, pinna-
tifid, the fegments lanceolate, pointed, the
■ lowermoft (landing on footftalks, and more
diftant than the others j the reft feflile, the
upper ones running together.
FLOWERS growing in umbels, fmall, white, and
fcedtlefs.
sLYX: Umbella univerfalis, jnaequalis, radiis | C A L Y X : the univerfal Umbel, unequal, with from
tribus ad noVem. ■ § three to nine rays.
--------------- -partialis inaequalis, conferta, J -----------the partial Umbel, unequal, crowded, con-.
convexa, radiis pluribus, exterioribus quin- | vex, compofed of numerous'rays, the five
que longioribus. .. | outermpft of which are the longeft.
^OLUCRUM uniterfale fubmonophyllum, pie- | INVOLUCRUM: the general one, o f one leaf, more or * I
rumque nullum.
partiale foliolis fubquinis, linear!
fubulatis, apprefljs, hirfutulis, umbellulæ fere |
longitudine. |
lefs, mod commonly wanting
the partial one, compofed of about
five fmall leaves, very narrow and tapering,
appreft, (lightly hirfute, almoft the length of
, {. the fmall umbel.
^RIANTHIUM proprium, minutqm, quinqueden- I- PERIANTHIUM of each floret very fmall, with five
l ' tatum. | p i l l teeth.
jlROLLA univerfalis difformis, radiata ; flofculi% CO ROLLA: the univerfal Corolla mifhapen, ra-:
difci fepe abortivi. $ diated, the florets of the di(k often abortive. •
---- -propria hermaphrodita; Petalis quin- | ---- —------ -— the florets hermaphrodite, compofed of
que inflexo-cordatis, insequalibus, extimo f five Petals, inflexo-cordate, unequal, the
maximo, ceteris gradatirn diminutis, 1. Y outermoft very large, the • reft gradually
IdVTTMA r* . . . $ diminilhed in fize, Jig. i.
■ tamina: Filamenta quinque, capillar.ia; A n- | STAMINA: have five capillary Filaments, and
wtit t ttHER'E Parv®> purpurafcentes, 2. X fmall purplifh A nther^:, fig. 2.
| 11LLUM: Germen oblongum, inferum, hifpi- | PISTILLUM : G ermen oblong, below the corolla,
dum, pilis apice rubris, Jig. 3. St y l i duo, | hifpid, hairs red at the tips, fg . 3. Styles’
iubulati, patentes ; Stigmata duo, capi- | two, tapering, fpreading wide ; Stigmata 4- . | two, each forming a little head, f ig . 4.
| ovato-oblongus, ftriatus, fetis rigidis unci- J FRUIT ovato^-oblong, ftriated, exceedingly hifpid
L m A T hirpidiffirnus’ A°-- 5- ,f with (lifthooked bridles, fig. 5.
W "A duo, oblonga, hinc convexa, inde plana. | SEEDS two, oblong, convex on one fide, and flat
f pn the other,
manv°^e a?Jc*ent Lotanifts confounded this plant with the Caucalis Anthrifcus, which they might do with-
I 0Lgreat disparagement o f their difcernment: Mr. G oodyer, of Hampfhire, the friend of old G erard,
L n mentioned by him with refpefl, appears firft to have noticed it; R ay afterwards defcribes it with
fbred? The P^ant aPPears n ow to w e il known, Botanifts differ as to the genus to which it (hould be
f e S l i W ln his ?ypma Natures has confidered it as a Scandix, and Jagquin in his accurate and
«humble •• •ed ’ Baron Haller, on the contrary, ranks itas a Caucalis; and Mr. Hudson, in
|allowed ?pin.10n Wltlj great propriety, coincides with him in opinion ; for y t apprehend it will generally
\ drawn r ” 31 P S umbelliferous plants, a chara£ler taken from.the feed is more to be depended on than
Jight differQIi|; 1 lnvolucrum ^we have therefore taken Mr. Hudson’s fpecific defcription, but that we
jThetermPfn6,® poflible from L innaeus, we have changed the generic name only,
fhich itig^ ihaS been aPP!ied to this P,ant> .from its being a very common and bad weed in corn-fields,
Kt with 5 P0talt°gether confined, being fometimes found by the fides of hedges and among rubbi(h : we
here t0 o n fe|'?^ tly in Batter/ ea fields> where ( flowers from June to Augujl.— The feeds when ripe