302 PENTANDRTA. DIGYNIA. Scandix. 



SCAN'DIX. Bloss. radiated : central florets fre- 

 quently male : petals notched at the end : 

 styles permanent: fruit awl-shaped. 



odora'ta. S. Seeds furrowed ; angular. 



Jacq. anstr. app. 3~-E. hot. 697-Kniph. 4~Riv. pent. 57, 

 odorata-H. ox. ix. 10. \~Dod. 701. l-Lob. obs. 423. 2. 

 andic. i. 734. 1-Ger. em. 1039. 3-Park. 935. 1-Ger. 

 882.2-£/*f*w. 243. 



Leaves trebly winged \ little -leaves with winged clefts ; seg- 

 ments deeply and sharply serrated. Seeds longer than the umbel- 

 lules. Woodward. Umbels on fruit-stalks, both lateral, and 

 terminating. Seeds of a sweet agreeable taste. Whole plant of 

 an aromatic scent. Dr. Stokes. Flowers white. 



Sweet C ice ley f or Shepherd* s-needle. Great Sweet Chervil. 



Sweet Fern. Orchards and waste places, but always near houses. 

 Lightf. St. And hedges. Huds. Banks of the Derwent above 

 Chatsworth. Mr. Whatelt. Pretty common near Leeds, and 

 certainly wild. Mr. Wood. In an orchard at the top of Sous- 

 ton's Roche, near Shelshley Walsh, Worcestershire. Mr. Bal- 

 lard. — Llangollen Monastery, Denbighshire, and White Ladies 



Dscobeh Shropshire. Mr. Dickenson. Tixall near Staf- 





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Pec'ten. S. Seeds with a very long beak : leafits with many fine di- 



visions. 



Jacq. austr. 263-Curt. 249-F/. dan. 8M~Riv. pent. 38, 

 Scandix-Dod. 701. 2-Lob. obs. 41 Q. 2, andic. 726. 2- 

 Ger. em. 1040. l-Park. £l6\ 1-J. B. iii. 6. 7U2-H.0X. 

 ix. 11, row 2. l-Matth. 527 -Ger. 884. 



Seeds thread-shaped, containing a kernel at the base. Linn. 

 From 8 to 1 8 inches high. Jnvolucr. none. Umbel 'of '2 or 3 spokes, 

 -In<volucell. leafits cloven. Umbellules of 7 or 3 florets. Fruit 

 flatted at the base, finely serrated at the edges. The glandular 

 receptacle crowning the germen of a fine purple. By carefully 

 dividing the germen after it has shot out an inch or more in 

 length, a tube continued from the styles down to the seeds may 

 be discovered. Petals white. 



Common Shepherds Needle. Crake Needle. Venus Comb. Corn 



fields. A. June, July* 



*• The seeds are used in the North of England for polishing and per- 

 fuming oak floors and furniture. Mr. Woodwa&d. 





