PENTANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Mynhis. 49 



Cicutaria vulgaris. Ruii Syn. 207. 



Myrrhis. Fuchs. Hist. 524. ^. 525. Dalech. Hist. 761./. 



In hedges, and the borders of pastures and fields^ in a rather fertile 

 .soil, very common. 



Perennial. April, May. 



Root spindle-shaped, a little milky. Stem about a yard high, 

 branched; leafy, round, striated, hollow, somewhat swelled be- 

 low the joints, especially when full grown ; the lower part downy ; 

 upper sleek, and generally devoid of pubescence. Leaves triply 

 pinnate 3 leaflets ovate, pinnatifid, rough-edged. C/wi6e/i' smooth ; 

 the partial ones drooping more or less when young ; quite erect 

 when in full bloom, with about 5 ovate, membranous, densely 

 fringed, deflexed hracteas to each. Petals unequal in the mar- 

 ginal Jlowers, which alone are prolific. Fr. lanceolate, with a 

 deep channel at each side, blackish, polished, quite smooth and 

 even, with a short, angular, furrowed beak. Bases of the styles 

 almost globular, seated on a scarcely discernible floral recep- 

 tacle. 



The whole herb, having the flavour of carrots, is eaten by domestic 

 cattle, and is reported to be very grateful to rabbits. The snow- 

 vAviitJioujers, some of the earliest of their tribe, plentifully adorn 

 the hedges, and bushy margins of fields, in spring, and announce 

 the approach of summer. 



145. MYRRHIS. Cicely. 



Tourn. t. 1 06. Moris, v. 3. 301 . Hall. Hist. v. 1 . 329. Spreng. 

 Prodr. 28. G(ertn. t. 23. 



Species of Scandtx and Chceroj)hi/llum. Linn. 



Fl. imperfectly separated; the innermost barren. Cal. none. 

 Pet. somewhat unequal, uniform, inversely heart-shaped, 

 with an inflexed taper point. Filam. thread-shaped, 

 spreading, as long as the petals, or longer. Anth. round- 

 ish. Germ, inferior, linear-oblong, somewhat club-shaped, 

 abrupt, furrowed, smooth, slightly compressed. Styles 

 awl-shaped, a little spreading, very tumid, and almost 

 globose, at the base. Stigmas obtuse, or slightly capitate. 



- Floral receptacle wanting. Fruit linear-lanceolate, a little 

 curved, deeply furrowed, without a beak, altogether 

 smooth, except, in some instances, a minute bristly 

 roughness at the upper part, either of the furrows or of 

 the angles, which latter are either acute and very promi- 

 nent, or obtuse and dilated ; the summit crowned with 

 the thick bases of the spreading, permanent styles. 



Perennial or biennial herbs, aromatic, pungent or sweet. 

 Stem erect, branched, leafy, either rough or smooth; often 



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