364 
scabrous from bristles ; stem furnished with one row of hairs; 
umbels glabrous. ©.H. Native of Iberia, in corn fields, and 
in gravelly places; and of Persia, in the province of Aderbeidjan, 
at Seidkhodzi and Badalan. Wy’lia Ibérica, Hoffm. umb. 1. p. 
19. t. 2. f. 4. Fruit nearly 2 inches long, scabrous in the semi- 
niferous part, having the beak compressed and scabrous at the 
angles ; the rest smooth. 
Iberian Shepherd’s-needle. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1823. Pl. 1 ft. 
+ Species not sufficiently known. 
9 S. Gira’nica (S. G. Gmel. itin. 3. p. 304. t. 31. f. 2.) 
stems branched, striated; fruit smooth.—Native of the north of 
Persia. Gmel. syst. veg. 486. 
Gilan Shepherd’s-needle. PI. 1 foot. 
Cult. Sow the seeds in the open ground. 
CXXXVII. ANTHRI'SCUS (a name given by Pliny to a 
plant resembling Scandia). Hoffm. umb. 1. p. 38. Koch, umb. 
131. f. 57-60. D. C. prod. 4. p. 222.Cherophy'llum, Lag. 
am. nat. 2. p. 98. but not of Hoffin.—Cerefolium, Hall.— 
Scándix and Cherophy'llum species, Lin.—Cherophy’llum, 
My’rrhis, and Anthriscus species, Spreng. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Digynia. Margin of calyx obsolete. 
Petals obovate, truncate or emarginate, with an inflexed point, 
which is usually very short. Fruit contracted from the sides, 
beaked; the beak shorter than the seed. Mericarps nearly 
terete, without any ribs, the beak alone 5-ribbed. Carpophore 
bifid at the apex. Seed teretely convex, having a deep furrow 
in front.—Perennial, biennial or annual herbs. Stems terete, 
striated or furrowed. Leaves decompound, with usually linear 
slender segments. Umbels opposite the leaves or terminal. 
Involucrum wanting. Involucels of many leaves. Flowers 
white. The fruit varying in many of the species, either naked 
or furnished with a whorl of hairs at the base, resembling a col- 
lar. (Koch, in litt.) 
* Perennial species. 
1 A. rorava‘ra (Duby, in D. C. bot. gall. 1. p. 239.) gla- 
brous; stem rather striated; leaves bipinnate ; leaflets ovate- 
lanceolate, coarsely and deeply toothed; leaves of involucels 
deflexed, lanceolate, acuminated, ciliated; umbels terminal; rays 
glabrous; outer petals radiant; fruit shining, girded by a series 
of small bristles at the base. 2/.H. Native of the Alps of the 
south of Provence and Piedmont. Cherophy’Jlum torquatum, 
D.C. fi. fr. suppl. 505. My’rrhis bulbdsa, All. pedem. no. 
1373. exclusive of the synonymes. My’rrhis torquata, Schultes, 
syst. 6. p. 514. 
Collared-fruited Rough Chervil, 
Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
2 A. Sicura (D. C. prod. 4. p. 223.) stem glabrous, striated ; 
leaves ternately decompound ; sheaths and involucra ciliated ; 
leaflets ovate, pinnatifid: lobes oblong, deeply toothed, bluntish ; 
fruit oblong, glabrous, smooth, girded by a series of bristles or 
hairs at the base. 4. H. Native of Sicily, in woods and shady 
groves. Chzrophy’llum Siculum, Guss. prod. 1. p. 352. 
Var. B, scabra (D. C. 1. c.) fruit scabrous from tubercles, par- 
ticularly on one side. 2%.H. Native of Sicily. 
Sicilian Rough Chervil. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
3 A. cicura’riaA (Duby, in D. C. bot. gall. 1. p. 239.) plant 
smoothish; leaves ternate, then pinnate; leaflets pinnatifid, un- 
equal at the base; segments lanceolate, bluntly toothed ; umbels 
opposite the leaves and terminal; rays numerous, glabrous; 
petals hardly emarginate, outer ones radiant ; fruit ovate-oblong, 
smooth, naked at the base. 2/. H. Native of the Alps of 
Dauphiny and Switzerland, &c. in humid places ; also of Vol- 
hynia and Podolia, in woods. Chzerophy'llum cicutaria, Vill. 
dauph. 2. p. 644. D, C. f. fr. suppl. p. 506. Anthriscus hù- 
Fl. May, June, Clt. 1819. 
UMBELLIFERE. CXXXVII. Anrnntscvs. 
milis, Bess. enum. p. 13, no. 358. 
Desf. cat. hort. par. 1828. 
Cherophy lum daucifdliun, 
Leaves membranous, glabrous; 
leaflets broad. Involucels of 5 deflexed leaves, with ciliated 
margins. Flowers either white or red. 
Cicuta-like Rough Chervil. Fl. May, Ju. Cit.1810. Pl.1} ft. 
4 A. sytve’stris (Hoffm. umb. 40-46. t. 1. f. 19. p. 210. t 
1. B, f. 17.) stem branched, striated, the lower part downy; 
leaves triply pinnate ; leaflets ovate, pinnatifid, rough edged: 
extreme ones elongated; umbels smooth, terminal ; involucels 
of 5 ovate fringed deflexed leaves; styles short, hardly diverg- 
ing ; fruit lanceolate, with a deep channel on each side, smooth. 
4%. H. Native throughout the whole of Europe, even to Cau- 
casus, in hedges and the borders of pastures and fields, ina 
rather fertile soil, very common ; plentiful in Britain. Chæro- 
phy'llum sylvéstre, Lin. spec. 369. Smith, engl. bot. t, 752. 
Curt. lond. fasc. 4. p. 25. Mart. rust. t. 96. Jacq. austr. t. 149. 
Riv. pent. irr. t. 44, Hayn. arz. gew. 1. t. 33. Cerefolium, no. 
748. Hall. helv. 1. p. 328.—Moris. hist. 3. p. 303. sect. 9. te 
11. f. 5. Cicutaria vulgaris, Raii. syn. p. 207. My'rrhis, 
Fuch’s hist. 524. t. 525. Flowers white. Petals unequal in 
the marginal flowers, which alone are prolific. Perhaps A. pró- 
cerus, Bess. enum. pl. volh. 13. no. 359. is referrible to this 
species. The whole herb having the flavour of carrots, 1s eaten 
by domestic cattle, and is reported to be very grateful to rabbits. 
The snow white flowers, some of the earliest of their tribe, 
plentifully adorn the hedges and bushy margins of fields in 
spring, and announce the approach of summer. J. Bauhm men: 
tions instances of two families being poisoned by eating small 
quantities of the root, 
Var. B, tenuifdlia (D. C. prod. 4. p. 223.) plant glabrous; 
leaves finely cut. 3. H. Native of the Alps of Dauphiny. 
Cherophy’llum alpinum, Vill. dauph. 2. p. 462. $ i 
Var. y, pilésula (D. C. mem. soc. gen. vol. 4.) petioles an 
nerves of leaves hispid from hairs beneath. %. H. ie 
country unknown, but grown in gardens under the name 0 
Cherophy’llum angústum. i 
Var. ò, scébrida (Spreng. umb. prod. 4. p. 223.) fruit rather 
scabrous. 2. H. Native of Germany and Italy. Cheero- 
phyllum Magellénse var. a, Tenore, prod. fi. neap. append. 4 
p- 15. exclusive of variety 3, which is a synonyme of A, nemo- 
ròsa, according to Koch. $ : 
Wild Chervil or Smooth Cow-parsley. FI. April, May. Bri- 
tain. Pl. 3 feet. : ceo 
5 A. nemordsa (Spreng. umb. prod. 27.) stem wie 
branched, glabrous ; leaves triply pinnate: leaflets pinnatifi : 
segments broad-lanceolate, acute; petioles pilose; umbels a3 
minal, and opposite the Jeaves; leaves of involucel ciliat 7 
fruit ovate, short, muricated, and girded by a circle of hairs a 
the base. 2. H. Native of Caucasus and Kamtschatka. 
Cheerophyllum nemorésum, Hoffm. umb. 45 and 210. t L i 
f. 19. Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 2. p. 390. The "i 
herb is very like 4. sylvéstris, but the fruit is more ovate an 
shorter, and always more or less echinated. A 
Var. B, lùcida (D. C. prod. 4. p. 223.) fruit somewhat muri- 
cated on one side ; lobes of lower leaves blunter. 2. H. Chæ- 
rophy'llum lùcidum, Desf. cat. hort. par. 1828. : 
Grove Chervil. Fl. May,June. Clt. 1810. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
** Annual species. 
6 A. cERErÒLIUM (Hoffm. umb. 41. 47. t. 1. f. 21. p- 210. t 
1. B, f. 26.) herb pale green, shining, delicate, and tender ; stem 
a little hairy at the joints, only striated; leaves twice pinnate, 
cut, with channelled footstalks; umbels either axillary or ped oe 
site the leaves, sessile, of 3-5 pubescent rays ; fruit somewhat 
furrowed, not ribbed, oblong-linear, smooth. ©: H. tent? 
of the south of Europe. In Britain, near Worcester; 1n grea 
