UMBELLALS. 252 UMBELLIFERS. _ 
Habitat. Waste places, a common weed. : 
Quality. Deleterious ; has been the cause of accidents in con-— 
sequence of being mistaken for the following. Some Dutch 
soldiers, who gathered it by mistake for common Chervil, 
“were poisoned by the soup into which it was put.—Burnett. — 
Anthriscus sylvestris is reputed to be similar in its effects to 
Hemlock, only rather less narcotic, (Herba Cicutarize Officin.) 
2. A. Cerefolium Hoffmann.—(Cuervit.) Fig. 342. 
Stems hairy above the joints ; umbels lateral, sessile ; 
fruit smooth, about twice as long as the beak. : 
Habitat. Waste ground of Europe. Occasionally cultivated in 
gardens. 
Quality. Leaves agreeably aromatic. 
Uses. Grown merely for soups, and salads. 
Cuminum. JLinneus. 
Umbels compound. Involucre : general of 2-4 bracts, partial halved, 
finally reflexed. Calya of 5 lanceolate setaceous teeth. 
Fruit slightly contracted at the side. Ridges blunt, 
filiform, the lateral on the edge. Vittw 1 beneath each 
prominent hairy furrow. Albumen nearly flat. 
E 1. C. Cyminum Linneus.—(Commin.) Fig. 343. 
| « Leaves multifid, setaceous; umbels 3-5-cleft ; involuc! 
longer than the hairy fruit. : 
Habitat. Egypt and the Mediterranean. ; 
Quality. Mildly stimulant and carminative ; discutient. a 
Uses. In the preparation of plaisters in veterinary practice ; and in 
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Fenroutum. Hoffmann. 
Umbels compound. Involucre 0. Calyx a tum 
margin. Fruit taper. Ridges 5, prominent, 
blintly keeled. Vittw 1, large, to each furrow, 
Albumen plano-convex. a 
1. F. officinale Allioni.—(Fexneu.) Fig. 344. 
Leaves multifid, with setaceous segments. 
Habitat. Coast of the Mediterranean, Common in gardens. 
Quality, An aromatic stimulant, carminative. 
Uses. Chiefly as a potherb for flavouring sauces. 
Orowra. Lindley. 
Umbels compound. Involucres: general obsolete, partial of many bri 
Calyx obscurely 5-toothed. o Fret terete, nad. Ridges =3 dorsal 
a) angles. Vitte one large one beneath 
furrow, and one small one beneath each 
Albumen furrowed next the commissure- 
1. 0. galbanifera Lindley. Fig. 345. — 
Leaflets oblong, obtuse, serrulate, decurrent. 
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teakis. 542-—a, Fruit of Anthriscus Cerefolium, natural size; b, one of its halves, magnified 
: 3 343. a, balf the fruit of : b, its transverse 
344. a, Fruit of Peeniculum officinale Cuminum Cyminum, magnified; b, its 
345, Transverse section of half « fruit of Opoidia gai b, one half magnified ; oa nee 
