48 PENTANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Chserophyllum. 



Annual or perennial aromatic herbs, with a sweetish taste. 

 Stem upright, branched, leafy, smooth and even, or fur- 

 roM'ed. Leaves twice or thrice pinnate, cut, smooth. 

 Umbels either terminal and stalked, or lateral and sessile, 

 of several general as well as partial rays. General hracteas 

 none; partial several, ovate-lanceolate. Pt"/. white. Fruit 

 polished. 



1. Ch. sativum. Garden Chervil. 

 Umbels sessile, lateral. Bracteas lanceolate. 



Ch. sativum. Bauh. Phi. 152. Gartn. v. ]. 107. Sproig. Prodr. 30. 

 Hook. Scot. 93. 



Chserefolium sativum. Trag. Hist. 47\.f. 



Cerefolium. Rw.Pentap.irr.t.43. Matth. Falgr.v. l.iSO.f. Co- 

 mer. Epit. 302. f. 



C. n. 747. HalLHist. v. 1 . 327. 



C. sativum. Moris, v. 3. 303. sect. 9.t.l].f.l. 



C. vulgare sativum. Ger. Em. 1038. /". 



Scandix Cerefolium. Linn. Sp. PI. 368. Willd. v. 1. 1450. JVilh. 

 307. Engl. Bot. V. X'S.t.X 268. Jacq. Austr. t. 390. Lam.f. 1 . 



Gingidium, Fuchs. Hist. 217. ^. 2 1 G. 



In waste ground ; perhaps the outcast of gardens. 



Near Worcester. Dr. Stokes. In great plenty on a bank near 

 Halesworth, Suffolk, to all appearance wild. Mr. Turner and 

 Mr. Wigg. Frequent near Glasgow. Mr. Hopkirk. 



Annual. June. 



Root tapering. Herbage light-green, shining, delicate and tender. 

 Stem round, hollow, striated, a little hairy at the joints only. 

 Leaves twice pinnate, cut, with chp<.nne\\ed footstalks. Umbels 

 either axillary, or opposite to the leaves, of 3 or 4 spreading g-e- 

 neral raijs, and several partial ones. Fl. slightly radiant. Fr. 

 somewhat furrowed, not ribbed ; sometimes, according to Jac- 

 quin's report, very slightly hairy. 



This herb is much used in France for salads, and is mentioned as 

 a pot-herb by Gerarde, though now little regarded. 



2. Ch. sylvestre. Wild Chervil. Smooth Cow-parsley. 

 Umbels terminal, stalked. Bracteas ovate, membranous. 



Ch. sylvestre. Linn. Sp. PI. 3G9. Willd. v.\. 1452. Fl. Br. 32G. 



Engl. Bot. v.W. t. 752. Curt. Lond. fasc. 4. t. 25. Mart. Rust. 



t. 96. Hook. Scot. 93. Jacq. Austr. t. 149. Lam.f. 2. 

 Cerefolium n. 748. Hall. Hist. v. 1. 328. 

 C. sylvestre. Riv. Pentap. Irr. t. 44. 

 C. sylvestre perenne, seminibus l^vibus nigris. Moris, v. 3, 303. 



sect.9.t.\\.f.b. 



