342 THE PABSLEY FAMILY. 



28. Rough Chervil — {Chmrophyllum iermdentum.) 

 Hedgebanks and by ditches and waysides, everywhere. Fl. June, 



July. 



Curtis, ii. 388 ; E. B, xxii. 1521 ; Baxter, vi. 483. 



Often conspicuous in the autumn, through the rich purple hue then assumed 

 by the finely-divided and hairy leaves. 



29. Sweet Ciceley — {Myrrhis odordta.) 

 Abundant in the meadows adjacent to every stream of importance 

 in the district, especially in those lying near the Tame, and near the 

 Mersey, about Cheadle. Fl. May, June. 



E. B. X. 097 (as Scandix odorata) ; Baxter, v. 374. 



Eemarkable for its sweet and aromatic odour, whence it is sometimes called 

 " Paregoric." The fruit is remarkably large, an inch long, dark brown, and with 

 deep longitudinal furrows ; and the whole plant of a soft and delicate yellowish- 

 green hue. 



30. Coriander — [Condndrum sativum.) 

 In cultivated fields, like the caraway, an occasional visitant. Fl. 



June. Annual. 



E. B. i. 07 ; Baxter, vi. 504. 



Well marked by its globular and pleasantly aromatic fruit. 



Bupleurum rotundifoUum made its appearance a few years ago in a garden at 

 Middleton ; and a season or two afterwards, in James Percival's garden, Hope- 

 square, near Prestwich. How the seeds were conveyed is not known. 



The Umbelliferee are in very few cases considered sufficiently ornamental for 

 the flower garden. Two or three species of Eryngo, with prickly leaves, and 

 dense egg-shaped heads of sessile blueish flowers ; as many more of the pretty 

 genus Astrantia, the umbels of which are simple and surrounded by large pinkish 

 bracts ; and that prodigious plant, the Siberian cow-parsnip, pretty nearly com- 

 plete the list. The Siberian cow-parsnip is the largest discovered plant of the 

 family, the stem rising eight or ten feet high, and the umbels measuring nearly 

 a yard across. It is now becoming common in gardens, and has been grown in 

 the public parks. Two species are distinguished, tbe HerAcleuvi giganteum, a 

 biennial, with the umbels somewhat convex ; and the Ilerdcleum Sibiricum, which 

 is perennial, and lias the umbels flat-topped. In the kitchen-garden they are 

 more copiously represented : — Parsley, or Petroselinum sativum ; Fennel, or 

 Faeniculum vulgare ; and the parsnip, or Pastinaca saliva; along with celery, 

 the carrot, coriander, and tlie caraway, enumerated in the list of native species, 

 are grown everywhere in less or greater quantity. 



