ANTHRISCUS. 



ANTHRISCUS. 



Calyx obsolete. Petals obovate, truncate or emarginate, with 

 an inflexed lobe which is generally very short. Fruit contracted 

 at the side, beaked : the beak shorter than the seed. Half-fruits 



nearly taper, without ridges except on the beak which has 5 



Perennials, biennials, or annuals. Stems taper, striated or fur- 

 rowed. Leaves decompound; segments generally linear and 

 fine. Umbels opposite the leaves or terminal. Involucre none ; 

 involucels many-leaved. Flowers white. 



119. A. sylvestris Hoffm. iimbellif. t. i. f. 19. DC. prodr. 

 iv. 223. JVees and Eberm. med. pi. suppl. handb. iii. 30. — Chae- 

 rophyllum sylvestre Linn. sp. plant. 369. Eng. Bot. t. 762 — A 

 common weed all over Europe as far as the Caucasus. 



Stem furrowed, smooth, branched. Leaves 3-cut decompound ; 

 segments ovate pinnatifid; lobes oblong rather obtuse, the end ones 

 longest. Umbels terminal ; rays smooth. Styles very short, scarcely 

 diverging. Fruit oblong smooth. — Recommended by Osbeck, in 

 1811, in the form of extract in siphilitic cases. Reputed to be 

 similar in its effects to Hemlock only rather less narcotic. (Herba 

 Cicutariae Officin.^) 



120. A. vulgaris Pers. synops. i. 320. DC. prodr. iv. 224. — 

 Scandix Anthriscus Linn. sp. pi. 368. Eng. Bot. t. 818. — A 

 common annual weed, as far as the Crimea. (Rough Chervil.) 



Stem naked, smooth. Leaves 3-parted decompound; segments 

 pinnatifid; lobes short, obtuse; petioles hairy ; sheaths ciliated. Um- 

 bels opposite the leaves. Fruit ovate, muricated, bristly, with a conical 

 beak. — Deleterious. Some Dutch soldiers who gathered it by mis- 

 take for common Chervil were poisoned by the soup into which it was 

 put. Burnett. 



121. A. Cerefolium Hoffm. umb. t. i. f. 21. DC. prodr. 

 iv. 223. Nees and Eberm. handb. iii. 31. — Scandix Cerefolium 

 Linn. sp. plant. 368. Eng. Bot. t. 1268. Chaerophyllum sativum 

 Lam. — Cultivated grounds and waste places all over Europe. 

 (Chervil.) 



Nearly smooth. Leaves 3-parted, decompound ; segments ovate 

 pinnatifid, with rather blunt lobes. Umbels opposite the leaves, 

 sessile. Rays from 3 to 5, downy. Fruit oblong, linear, smooth. — A 

 common potherb, with eatable roots. 



CACHRYS. 



Calyx 5-toothed or more rarely obsolete. Petals ovate en- 

 tire involute or inflexed at the apex. Disk depressed, scarcely 

 visible in the ripe fruit. Fruit turgid, somewhat taper or double. 

 Half-fruits with 5 thick ridges variable in form. Commissure 

 nearly as broad as the half-fruit. Seed loose, covered with nu- 

 merous vittae, deeply rolled inwards. — Perennials. Leaves de- 

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