APRIL. 89 
PENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. 
CALYCIFLORA. APIACES. 
ANTHRISCUS. (Bzakep Parstey.) 
Generic Character. No calyx. Petals rather heart-shaped, 
with a sharp point. Seed-vessel contracted at the side, beaked. 
No universal izvolucre (or small leaves at the base of the flower- 
stalks). Partial one (or those under the upper flower-stalks) of 
many leaves. 
This genus belongs to the umbelliferous order of plants, 
and is one of the earliest that makes its appearance. An 
umbel is a head of flowers, with the flower-stalks of nearly 
equal length arising from a common centre. 
ANTHRISCUS VULGARIS. (Plate IV. Fig. 15.) Common 
beaked Parsley. The flower has no calyx. Petals white, 
equal, uniform, inversely heart-shaped. Filaments hair-like, 
as long as the corolla, anthers roundish. Fruit egg-shaped, 
beaked, seeds without ribs, covered with short incurved 
bristles. Leaves divided into three, with the leaflets deeply 
cut. Stem two or tree feet high, erect, smooth and glossy, 
swelling under the joints. Umbels opposite the leaves. Itis 
found in abundance in waste ground, on dry banks and road- 
sides. In some places I have seen it so plentiful that it 
