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(VII. Scandix Tribe.) 



21. Chjerophyllum. Linn. Chervil. 



Calyx obsolete. Petals obcordatc, with an inflexed point. 

 Fruit laterally compressed, or contracted. Carpels with five 

 obtuse, equal ridges, of which the lateral ones are marginal, 

 with a deep furrow on the inner face of the carpels. Inter- 

 stices with single viltce. Seed tereti-convex, furrowed in front. 

 — Universal involucre 0, or of few leaves, partial of many 

 leaves. — Differs from all the Ammi Tribe in the deep furrow 

 in front of each carpel. — Name from x c "l> w > t0 rejoice, and 

 (finWov, a leaf: hence our word Chervil, applied to the culti- 

 vated jnthriscus Cerefolhim, whose leaves have an agreeable 

 smell. Pentandria. Digynia. 



1. C. lemulentum, Linn. Rough Chervil. Fruit with obtuse 

 ribs; stem rough, (spotted) swelling below each joint ; partial 

 involucres reflexed. Br. Fl. 1. p. 130. E. Dot. t. 1521.— 

 Myrrhis iemuleuta, E. Fl. v. ii. p. 51. 



Hedges and bushy places, common. Fl. June, July. %. — Three 

 feet or more high, rough with hairs. Leaves doubly pinnate ; leaflets 

 pinnatifid or inciso-lobate. Fruit linear oblong, striated. Umbels at 

 first drooping. 



22. Anthriscus. Pers. Beaked-Parsley. 



Calyx obsolete. Petals obcordate with an inflexed, generally 

 short, point. Fruit contracted on the side, rostrate. Carpels 

 subterete, without ridges, the beak alone with five ridges. Seed 

 tereti-convex, deeply furrowed in front. — Universal involucre 

 none, partial of many leaves. — Name given by Pliny to a plant 

 allied probably to this genus, but whose derivation we are 

 ignorant of. Pentandria. Digynia. 



* Carpels smooth. 



1. A. sylicstris, Koch. Wild Beaked- Parsley. Umbels ter- 

 minal, stalked; stem a little swelling below each joint, glabrous. 

 Br. Fl. 1. p. 131. — Chcerophyllum sylvestre, Linn. — E. FL v. ii. 

 p. 48. E. Bot. t. 752. 



Under hedges and borders of fields, frequent. Fl. April— June. 

 %. — Three feet or more high, branched. Leaves triply pinnate ; 

 leaflets ovato-laneeolate, deeply cut. Umbels at first slightly drooping. 

 Partial involucres of several ovato-lanceolate leaves. Fruit linear 

 oblong, with a much less evident beak than in A. Cei efolium. This 

 beak, alone, is marked with a few ribs. 



2. A. Cerefulium, Koch. Garden Beaked- Parsley. Umbels 

 lateral, sessile ; leaves tripartite, decompound ; leaflets ovate, pin- 

 natifid, segments obtuse. Br. FL 1 . p. 1 3 1 . — Scandix Cer folium, 



