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D A U C U S maritimus.
Sea-coast Carrot,
PEN TANDRIA Digynia.
G en. C har. Invol, pinnatifid. Corolla somewhat
radiant. Fruit rough.
Spec. C har. Fruit armed with compressed teeth.
Leaflets dilated, succulent, hairy, with rounded
segments. Umbels convex when in seed.
S yn. Daucus maritimus. With. 2Q0.
D , Carota y. Sm. Fl. Brit. 300. Hull. ed. 2 . 7 9 .
• N a t i v e of the coast of Cornwall, where Dr. Withering first
observed it; and his friend the Rev. Mr. Thompson of Penzance,
by many subsequent remarks, confirmed him in the idea, in which
we now concur, of its being a specie? distinct from D . Carota,
t. 1174.
The root is of a dirty white, we presume biennial. Stem
scarcely above 18 inches high, woolly rather than hairy, branched,
leafy. Leaves also rather woolly; their leaflets broad and succulent,
with rounded segments. Umbels white, sometimes slightly
reddish, convex and often globose when in flower, nor are they
flat, much less concave; when in seed. The fruit is armed with
flattened teeth, dilated at the base, approaching to the nature of
what are found in the exotic D . mauritanicus arid muricatus,
not like the bristles of D . Carota. The central, abortive, red
or purple flower is not found in D . maritimus. This species
flowers in July and August.