UMBELLIFERAE. CXXXVI. Scanprx. 
Scándix in many important characters), or Campylosperme 
paucijugatze, elongate, Koch, umb. p. 130. Sprengel in Schultes, 
syst. 6. p. 42. D.C. prod. 4. p. 220. Fruit evidently com- 
pressed or contracted from the sides, usually beaked. Mericarps 
with ő filiform ribs, now and then winged : lateral ones marginat- 
ing; all equal ; and sometimes all are obliterated at the base, and 
only evident at the tops. Seed teretely convex, having a pro- 
found furrow in front, or with the margins somewhat involute. 
CXXXVI. SCA’NDIX (Greek name of an eatable plant, but 
what plant is unknown). Gertn. fruct. 2. p. 33. t. 85. D.C. fi. 
fr. 4. p. 291. Lag. am. nat. 2. p. 37. Koch, umb. p. 132. 
Spreng. syst. 1. p. 201. D.C. prod. 4. p. 220.—Scandix and 
Wylia, Hoffm.—Scandix species, Lin. 
Lin. syst. Penléndria, Digynia. Margin of calyx obsolete, 
or somewhat 5-toothed. Petals obovate, truncate or emarginate, 
usually furnished with an inflexed point. Fruit somewhat com- 
pressed from the sides, having a very long beak; mericarps with 
5 blunt equal ribs: lateral ribs marginating; furrows without 
vittæ, or with obsolete ones. Carpophore undivided, or forked 
at the apex. Seed teretely convex, with a deep furrow in front. 
—Annual herbs, with terete, rather striated stems, and bi-pinnate 
leaves, having the leaflets divided into linear lobes. Umbels of 
few rays. Involucra wanting, or of one leaf. Umbellules of 
few rays ; involucels of 5-7 leaves. Flowers white. 
Sect. I. Px’cren (from pecten, a comb; beaks of fruit like 
the teeth of a comb). Duby in D.C. bot. gall. 1. p.240. D.C. 
prod. 4, p. 221.—Scandix, Hoffm. umb. 1. p. 23. Beak of 
fruit compressed from the back. Petals nearly equal. Carpo- 
phore setaceous, undivided. 
1S. PINNATIFIDA (Vent. hort. cels. t. 14.) leaves of invo- 
lucels divided into linear lobes; umbels of few rays, fasciculate; 
fruit scabrous in the seminiferous part. ©.H. Native of the 
Levant, between Bagdad and Kermancha; and of Persia, in the 
province of Aderbeidjan, between Amadan and Teheran ; also of 
Tauria and Iberia. Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 229. suppl. 235. Schultes, 
syst. 6. p. 505. S. stélla, Russ. alep. Stem and leaves gla- 
brous, or hardly pilose. Leaves multifid, with slender segments. 
erhaps S. parviflora, Retz, pug. 12. Schultes, syst. p. 502. is 
teferrible to this species. 
Pinnatifid-leaved Shepherd’s-needle. 
1805.. Pl. 1 foot. 
. 2 S. Pe’cren-Ve'nents (Lin. spec. 368.) leaves of involucels 
Jagged ; fruit nearly smooth, with a bristly edged beak. ©. H. 
Native of Europe, Levant, north of Africa and Teneriffe, in cul- 
‘vated fields, common ; plentiful in Britain. Smith, engl. bot. 
X 1397. Curt. lond. 5. t. 21. Mart. rust. t. 38. Fl. dan. 844. 
acq. austr. t. 263. S. Pécten, Hoffm. umb. 1. p. 24. t. 1. f. 
22. Schultes, syst. 6. p. 501. Chærophýllum Pécten-Véneris, 
rantz, austr. p. 189. Cherophyllum rostràtum a, Lam. dict. 
1. p. 685. Mýrrhis Pécten-Véneris, All. pedem. no. 1376.— 
WV. pent. irr. t. 38. Pécten-Véneris, Matth. valgr. 1. p. 481. 
with a figure. Cam. epit. 304. with a figure. Stem furrowed, 
smooth, or rather hairy, often purplish. Leaves pale green, 
triply pinnatifid: with linear acute smooth segments. _Umbels 
Simple, solitary or in pairs, over-topped by the broad jagged 
aves of the involucels. Flowers in some degree radiant. Petals 
Inflexed at the point. This is sometimes a troublesome weed, 
to which, though slightly aromatic and acrid, no particular use is 
a unted: Dioscorides, indeed, mentions it as eatable, but his 
kavouE may not be ours. è 
FI Common Shepherd’s-needle, Venus’s-comb, or Needle Chervil. 
- June, Sept. Britain. Pl. 1 foot. ‘ 
hia S. BRAcHYca’RPA (Guss. ind. sem. 1825. prod. sic. 1.-p. 
" -) involucrum wanting; leaves of involucels entire; umbels 
few rays; fruit glabrous in the seminiferous part ; beak hardly 
Fl. June, July. Clit. 
363 
twice the length of the seed. ©. H. Native of Sicily, on the 
Nebrodes; and of Syria. This is an intermediate plant between 
the two sections of the genus from habit; but the beak of the 
fruit is compressed from the back, not from the sides. Leaves 
ternately decompound, glabrous: lobes short. Stem hardly a 
hand high. Fruit 10 lines long. 
Short-fruited Shepherd’s-needle. Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
Secr. II. Wy'tia (named in memory of Sir James Wylie, M.D. 
president of the Medico-Chirurgical Academy of Petersburgh, 
and first physician to the emperor of Russia), Duby in D, C. 
bot. gall. 1. p. 240. D. C. prod. 1. c. Wylia, Hoffm. umb, 1. 
p. 3. t. 2. Beak of fruit compressed from the sides. Carpo- 
phore bifid at the apex. Petals radiant. 
4 S. austra‘iis (Lin. spec. 569.) leaves of involucels ovate, 
acute, a little toothed, erect, somewhat convolute around the 
pedicels; radiant petals obovate, entire, exceeding the others a 
little; fruit scabrous in every part; stem glabrous below. ©. 
H. Native of the south of Europe, in corn fields and sterile 
places. D.C. fl. fr. 4. p. 202. Sibth and Smith, fl. gree, t. 
285. Myrrhis australis, All. pedem. no. 1377. Cheerophyllum, 
australe, Crantz. umb. 76. Cheerophyllum rostratum 3, Lam. 
dict. 1. p. 685. Wy’lia australis, Hoffm. umb. 1. p. 5. t. 2. 
f. 1. Col. ecphr. 1. t.90, Sheaths of leaves and petioles usually 
pilose. 
Southern Shepherd’s-needle. 
4 foot. 
5 S. rarca`ra (Lond. journ. mosce. 1. p. 87. t. 5. ex Hoffm.) 
leaves of involucels obovate, bluntly bidentate, ciliated, with 
membranous margins; radiant petals obovate, somewhat emar- 
ginate ; fruit rather falcate, scabrous from bristles; stem and 
petioles pilose; umbels glabrous. ©. H. Native of Tauria, 
frequent. S. australis 8, Bieb. suppl. 424. Wy’lia radians, 
Schultes, syst. 6. p. 504. ? 
Falcate-fruited Shepherd’s-needle. 
Pl. 4 foot. 
6 S. aricura`ra (D. C. prod. 4. p. 221.) leaves of involucels 
oval, acutely mucronate or bidentate, with membranous ciliated 
margins ; radiant petals oblong-obovate, entire or bifid, with an 
acute recess; fruit scabrous from bristles; stem and petioles 
pilose; umbels glabrous. ©. H. Native of the Levant. Very 
like S. falcata, but differs in the involucels being mucronate and 
acute; in the styles being long, and at length diverging ; in the 
lower leaves being on longer petioles, and in the plant being 
smaller. 
Apiculated-fruited Shepherd’s-needle. Pl. 4 foot. 
7 S. GRANDIFLÒRA (Lin. spec. 369.) leaves of involucels ovate, 
obtuse, somewhat denticulated, with membranous ciliated mar- 
gins; radiant petals somewhat obcordate, with an obtuse recess ; 
fruit bristly; stem and leaves hairy. ©.H. Native of Greece, 
Tauria, and Iberia, in fields; also of Dalmatia, if S. hirsùta of 
Biasoletto, collected at Lossin-Piccolo, be the same. Scandix 
orientalis flore maximo, Tourn. cor. p. 23. Chzrophy'llum 
grandifldrum, Lam. dict. 1. p. 686. Wy'lia grandiflora, Hoffm. 
umb. 1. p. 15. t. 2. f. 3. 
Var. B, glabrata (D. C. prod. 4. p. 222.) stem and leaves gla- 
brous. ©. H. Native of the Levant, about Bagdad. Rays of 
umbel forming almost a straight angle : lateral ones bearing 12- 
15 fruit, and the terminal ones 5-6, the rest abortive. Invo- 
lucels spreadingly deflexed, rather ciliated. Perhaps a proper 
species, or a variety of S. falcata. 
Great-flowered Shepherd’s-needle. Fl. May, June. Cit. 1818. 
Pl. 1 foot. 
8 S. Isz’rica (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 230.) leaves of involucels 
ovate, somewhat bidentate, with rather membranous ciliated 
margins ; radiant petals obcordate, with an acute recess; fruit 
3a 2 
Fl, May, June. Clt. 1713. PI. 
Fl. May, Ju. Cit. 1817. 
