406 A.VTHKISCUS. [CLASS V. ORDER 11, 



one-fil'th its lenglli, witli live equal obtuse richjes. Albumen roundish 

 at the back, deeply furrowed in front. 



Habitat. — Fields and shady places ; frequent. 



Perennial ; flowering in June and July. 



This plant has not an unpleasant smell, something like carrots; 

 and as it grows only in the greatest luxuriance in a good rich soil, that 

 circumstance is said to be a guide as to the fertility of the land. It 

 is occasionally used as pot-herb, and is a favourite food of cattle and 

 rabbits. The leaves give a good green dye, and the umbels a yellow. 

 The flowers are the resort of numerous insects, who appear to be at- 

 tracted by its sweets. 



2. A, Cerefo'lium, Hnffm. (Fig. 466.) Garden Beaked Parsley, 

 Stem swollen beneath the joints; the lateral umbels sessile; leaves 

 tri-pinnate, smooth, except on the nerves on the under side ; leaflets 

 ovate, pinnate, with obtuse segments ; fruit linear, smooth, with a long 

 beak, and channels half as long as the fruit. 



Hooker, British Flora, vol. i. p. 138. — Lindley, Synopsis, p. VIA. — 

 Scandix CerefoHum, Linn. — English Botany, t. 1268. — ChcerophijUum 

 sativum, Banh. — English Flora, vol. ii. p. 48. 



i2oo< small, tapering, annual. Stem slender, erect, round, smooth, 

 finely striated, slightly swollen beneath the joints, and somewhat hairy 

 above them, from one to two feet high, branched and leafy. Leaves 

 thrice pinnate, delicate pale green, with slender footstalks, hairy, and 

 somewhat dilated at the base, leaflets ovate, pinnated, smooth, except 

 the veins on the under side being somewhat hairy. Umbels terminal 

 and lateral, the lateral ones sessile at the axis of the upper leaves, the 

 general of about four long slender rays, the partial of numerous short 

 stout ones. General involucre none, the partial of about three linear 

 segments on one side. Flowers numerous, white, the outer ones with 

 three of the petals larger than the others. Calyx an obsolete margin. 

 Petals inversely heart-shaped, with a small inflexed point. Stamens 

 on slender filaments, with small roundish anthers. Styles very short, 

 with small obtuse stigmas, and very small fleshy dish. Fruit linear, 

 oblong, smooth and shining, minutely dotted, and frequently lubcr- 

 culatcd, the beak about one-third the length of the fruit, with obtuse 

 ridges. Albvmcn roundish, with a deep furrow in front. 



Habitat. — Hedges and about gardens ; not unfrequent. 



Annual ; flowering in July. 



Under the name of Garden Chervil this plant is frequently culti- 

 vated on the Continent, where it is much used as a saliad, with other 

 vegetables, and as a pot-herb ; but in England it is not much used. 



** Carpels clothed irilh spines. 



3. A. rulgn'ris, Pers. (Fig. 467.) Common Ikahed Parsley. Stem 

 smooth ; leaves tri-pinnate, smooth, or scattered over with hairs ; 



