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Show The 416 BRITIS the The leaves on them refemble thofe from on root; but theyare fmaller: they are fmooth the upperfide, and haity underneath. branches The flowers ftandat the tops of the red. ip little umbells ; and they are of a pale The feeds are large and rough. comTt is foundin our corn-fields, but is not mon. It flowers in July. Bauhine calls it Caucalis arvenfis echinata Others, Lappula. . Fine-leaved Baftard Parfley. Caucalis tensifolia flofeulis rubentibus, The root is long, flender, and hung with a fewfibres. The firft leaves are of a pale green, anddivinto numerous fmall fegments. he ftalk is upright, and divided into many branches, and is two feet high. The leaves on it refemble thofe from the root; but they are fmaller, and have fewer fegments. The flowers are fimall and red. The feeds arelittle and rough, fticking to any thing they touch. It is common in our corn-fields in manyparts om, and flowers in Auguft. e calls it C lis arvenfis echinata yudiu. Others, Lappula Canaria. 3. Jagged-leaved Baftard Parfley. Caucalis folits laciniatis. The root is long, white, and furnifhed with many fibres. The firft leaves are large, and divided into feveral branches, which are again cut and jagged into fmaller parts. The ftalk is upright, and very much branched. The leaves on it are divided into numerous, long, flender parts; and are ofa fine green. The flowers are {mall and red. The feeds are oblong, and very rough. It is found in corn-fields in our fouthern counties, and flowers in July. Raycalls it Echinophora laciniata. 4. Hedge-Parfley. Bloqug Caucalis minor flofculis rubentibus. The root is very long, flender, and white. The firft leaves are divided into long, narrow, fharp-pointed, ferrated fegments, and are of a deep green. The ftalk is upright, and divided into many branches. ‘The leaves on it refemble thofe from the root; but they have fewer divifions. The flowers ftand inlittle umbells at the tops of the branches; and they are {mall and red. Thefeeds are oblong, rough, fmall, and brown. It is common in hedges, and flowers in June. C. Bauhinecalls it Cancalis femine afpero flofeu- lis rubentibus, HM; AER AD. The BRIT IS 5. Low, branched Baftard Parfley. H HERBAL, 404 sarees Caucalis bumilior ramofa. Gis The root is long, lender, and furnithed with fome ftraggling fibres, The firft leaves are divided into a numberof oblong, ferrated, and fharp-pointed fegments , and theyare of a deep green. The ftalk is a foot high, anddividedinto numerous branches. Theleaves onit refemble thofe fromthe root ; they are divided into longer fegments, The flowers are large, and of apale red, The feeds are rough and brown, It is commonin the corn-fields of Suffex, Ray calls it Caucalis feg Cauca The virtues of thefe plants are not known 7. Hemlock-leaved Baftard Parfley. Caucalis cicute foliis pallidi The root is long, flender, white, and hung withfeveral fibres. The firft leaves are large, and compofed of innumerable fegments ; whichare foft to the touch, of a remarkable pale green, andhairy. The ftalk is round, upright, branched, and alfo of a faint green, petals. divifions of the branches. Each flower is compofed of five oblong, heart-fafhioned, and bent = 2 . ar . . The cup is fmall, and is divided into five fegments, The feeds are rough, andthe leaves of the plant are prickly. Linnzus places this among the pentandria monogynia ; the threads being five, and the fty! es two in each flower. This author does not, in his Genera Plantarum, allow it to be a diftin& genus, but makes it a kind of ceucalis. In his fpecies he makesit of a diftinét genus, but there joins a caucalis withit: in both erroneous, There is but one knownfpecies, properly diftinguiifhed, and that is a native ofBritain. Prickly Sampire. Echinophora. PZ59 «1l The root is long andthick, and furnifhed with many fibres. The firft leaves are very broad and fpreading : they are divided into innumerable fmall, oblong feements, in an irregularly pinnated manner ; and thefe are prickly at the end. The ftalk is very thick, round, ftriated, uptight, and divided. into numerous branches. The leaves on thefe refemble thofe from the Gooch Nya tafte, and flefhy fabftance. It is common on our fea-coafts, and flowers in Auguft. C. Bauhine calls it Crithmum maritimum JpinoSum. XXVII. § CORI A ND EIR: Rie ,, WM HE flowers are-difpofed in-fmall umbells,. There are noleaves at the bafe of the firft divifion, but three at each of the fubdivifions of the branches. Each flower is compofed of five petals ; and they are of unequal fize, but all bent backward, and heart-fafhioned. The cupis fmall, and divided into five fegments. The feeds are hemifpherical. Linnzus places this among the pentandria digynia; the threads being five, and theftyles two in each flower. DPVISEON BORW I Tr 5 FE Common Coriander. . 2 ff, 2 Coriandrum vulgare. fZSQ«42 The root is long, flender, white, and’ fur- at the tops of the ftalks, but at the divifionss branches. and they are fmall and white. The feeds are oblong, rough, and pointed. The leaves on it are divided into fmall, nartow fegments, andof a pale green: whenbruifed they have a very {trong anddifagreeable {mell. Others, Cerefo The feeds are oblong and rough. The root of this plant is of a very agreeable G0 2Ranb “A. ING Dis Theleaves on it refemble thofe fromthe root; but they are divided into fmaller fegments. The flowers are placed in little umbells; not afperis. The flowers are fmall and white; and they ftand in umbells, terminating the tops of the branches; root, and are in the fame manner prickly. nifhed with a few fibres. The firft leaves are divided ina pinnated manher, into manybroad, ferrated fegments. The flalk is two feet high, and has many It is common every where under hedges, an¢ flowers in June. C. Bauhine calls it Myrrbis XXVI. ECHINOPHORA placed at the tops of the branches, but atthe joints of the ftalks, where they adhere by a very fhort footftalk ; fo that they feemto growto it. The feeds are brown, and very rough. It is common in corn-fields and under hedges, and flowers in June. echinato fiC. Bauhinecalls it Caucalis no mine. a8 SAMPIRE, HE flowers are difpofed in moderately large umbells, withlittle leaves at the d ivifions and fub- ofa echinato The root is long and flender. The firft leaves are fmall, and ofa dufkygreen; they are divided in a pinnated manner into many ferrated, andpointed fegments. The ftalks are numerous , and a foot long; but they generally trail upon the ground: they are branched, andof a pale green. efemble thofe from the The leaves on th roots; but they arelefs. The flowers are placedinlittle umbells; and they are fmall and white: thefe umbells are not Un, Ein PRICKLY SP Eh CI “Ee s: andare fmal] and white, with a very faint blufh of red. The feeds are large, and ofa pale brown. We have it in ourweftern counties in dry places, and by road-fides ; perhaps native, perhaps from feeds cafually dropt. It flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Coriandrum majus. Others, Coriandrum vulgare. The feeds are cordial, and good againft flatulences; and’they are greatly recommended by their agreeable tafte, The flowers ftand at the tops of the branches DIVISION FO RETDGN IL Small Sweet Coriander. Coriandrum minus. 7059 «7¢ Therootis very long, flender, and white. The firft leaves are fmall, and of a pale green; N° 4x, SPECIES. and they are deeply divided into flender fegments. The ftalks are numerous and weak: they are about eight inches high ; and’ they lie {pread upon the ground, The leaves on thefe refemble thofe from the 50 rogts |
