CEREFOLIUM 243 



SCANDIX, Linn. Gen, n. 319 (Tournefort, Inst. t. 173). 



S. Fecteu- Veneris, Linn. Sp. PL 256 (1753). ShephercVs KeecUc, 



Venus' Comb. 

 Top. Bot. 205. Syme, E. B. iv. 171, t. 627. Nyman, 302. Fl. Oxf. 137. 

 Colonist. Agrestal. Cornfields. Very common and generally dis- 



tiibuted. A. April-October. 

 First record. Cornfields, too frequent, Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. 

 Everywhere about Marlow, Mr. G. G. Mill, PJujt. i. 986, 1843. 

 It occurs on the top of Walbury Camp, 957 feet high, on Gibbet 

 Hill, and is extremely frequent on the Compton Downs. 



The primary leaves are simple and linear, rather closely resembling 

 the leaves of Myosurus minimus. 



Scandix occurs commonly in all the bordering counties. 



**S. piNNATiFiDA, Vent. Jard. Cels. t. 14 (1800). 



Nyman, 302. Eeichb. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv, vol. xxi. t. 206, f. 2247. 



Casual. Rubbish heaps. A. July-August. 



A native of Spain and the Taurus ; found on rubbish heaps at Grandpont, 

 near Oxford, in 1892. 



CEREFOLIUM, Link in Usteri. Delect. Opusc. ii. (1793) 114. 

 Anthriscus, Bernh. Syst. Verz. Erf. 113 (1800). 

 C. Anthriscus, Beck, Fl. Nieder Oesterreich. 632 (1893^ 



Anthriscus vulgaris, Bernh. 1. c. 168. Scandix Anthriscus, Linn. Sp. PI. 257. 

 Top. Bot. 205. Syme, E. B. iv. 166, t. 622. Nyman, 301. Fl. Oxf. 136. 

 Native. Viatical, &c. Waysides, walls, dry hedge-banks, &c. Local 



and rather rare. A. April-June. 



First record. Anthriscus vulgaris, from the neighbourhood of Marlow, 



without a definite locality, by Mr. G. G. Mill in Phyt. i. 987, 1843. 



2. Ock. Very rare, about three miles from Kingston Bagpuze, 



Bosivell in Britt. Contr. Marcham, Walker. Not unfrequent about 



Cothill, Marcham, and Frilford, Fl. Oxf. Near Shippon. Canal - 



side near Abingdon. Besilsleigh. Sandford. Near Abingdon. 



4. Kennet. Near Wash Common, Jackson. Between Thatcham and 



Newbury. About Reading Abbey. Near Southcote in a very 

 luxuriant condition. 



5. Loddon. Near Marlow, Mill. [The locality may have been in 



Bucks.] Saunders' Lane, Wokingham, Scdmon. By Early Court 

 Park, Tufnail. 

 C. Anthriscus, a very elegant plant, is quite local in the county, and 

 appears to prefer dry sandy soil. It occurs in all the bordering counties. 



C. sylvestre, Bess. Prim. Fl. Galic, i. 218 (1819). Keck, Common Corn 

 Parsley, Wild Cicely. 

 Anthriscus sylvestris, Hoffm.Umb.ed. 2, 40 (1814). Chaerophyllum sylvestre j 

 Linn. Sp. PI. 251 (1753). 



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