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flo\v]:rs ()!•■ 'IH1-; coi<niii:i.ds 



iiMlluTS and stiyma ripenini;' to^cihcr. or the aiuhc-rs first. '1 he 

 staminate lowers are usually in the middle, or absent, but those in 

 the umbels of the third order are male as a rule. The points of the 

 petals are turned inwards. The styles are straight, the disk expanded. 

 The whole contrivance of the fiowcr shows that it lends itself to self- 

 pollination, the flowers beiiii^ little xisiicd or liable to be- visited by 

 insects, because like other cornlicKl jilants ihey are not generally 

 accessible to insects. 



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The long needle-like jxxls open and e.xpel the seeds by an elastic 

 movement. 



Being a sand plant, Venus's Comb is addicted to a sand soil, and 

 may also be a lime-loving plant growing freely on a lime soil on 

 calcareous rock soils. 



Like other plants of cultivated ground there are no fungal or insect 

 pests that infest it. 



Scandix, Theophrastus, is the Greek name for Chervil; pcctcn 

 veneris, Dodonaeus, is the Latin for \'enus's Comb. 



This plant has many common names: Adam's Needle, Beggar's 

 Needle, Needle Chervil, Clock-needle. Lady's Comb, \'enus's Comb, 

 Shepherd's Comb, Coombs, Crake -needle. Crow -needle, Crowpecks, 



