. Flowers of the field. Botany. I2S CALYCIFLOR^ â parUal several. Smaller than Ihe last, 6-18 inches high, with more branched stems and more rigid leaves. The fruit is covered with spreading hooked bristles. Hedges; common.âFl. July, August. Annual. 3. T. nodosa (Knotted Hedge Parsley).âStem prostrate ; umbels simple, lateral, nearly sessile. Well dis- tinguished from all other British umbelli- ferous plants by its prostrate mode of growth, its very small, almost globular umbels of whitish flowers, and by the outer carpels in each umbel being covered with hooked prickles, while the inner are w
. Flowers of the field. Botany. I2S CALYCIFLOR^ â parUal several. Smaller than Ihe last, 6-18 inches high, with more branched stems and more rigid leaves. The fruit is covered with spreading hooked bristles. Hedges; common.âFl. July, August. Annual. 3. T. nodosa (Knotted Hedge Parsley).âStem prostrate ; umbels simple, lateral, nearly sessile. Well dis- tinguished from all other British umbelli- ferous plants by its prostrate mode of growth, its very small, almost globular umbels of whitish flowers, and by the outer carpels in each umbel being covered with hooked prickles, while the inner are warty. Hedges and waste places ; com- mon.âFl. May to July. Annual. 30. ScANDix (Shepherd's Needle) I. S. pecten (Shepherd's Needle, Venus' Comb).âA small plant 3-9 inches high, with finely cut, bright green leaves and few-rayed umbels of small white flowers, which are succeeded by long, beaked seed- vessels. Common in cultivated ground. âFl. June to September. CANmxx Pecten {Shepherd's Needle, Vemis' Comb) 31. Anthriscus (Beaked Parsley) 1. A. vulgaris (Common Beaked Parsley).âStem smooth ; leaves twice pinnate, with blunt segments ; umbels lateral on rather short stalks ; fruit bristly. Remarkable for its smooth, polished stem and delicate green leaves, which are slightly hairy beneath. The stem is 2-3 feet high, slightly swollen under each joint. The flowers are white, and grow in umbels opposite the leaves; partial bracts 5 or 6, with fringed edges. Waste ground, chiefly near towns.â Fl. May. Annual. 2. A. sylvestris (Wild Beaked Parsley). âStem slightly downy below, smooth above ; leaves thrice pinnate, the seg- ments rough-edged ; umbels terminal on long stalks, drooping when young ; fruit smooth. One of our early spring flowers, distinguished when in bud by the droop- Anthrtscus Sylvestris ing partial umbels, each of which has {Wild Beaked Pars/ey). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced
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