umbellifertE. 165 



in England ; rare in Scotland, where it is not certainly known to 

 grow North of Edinburgh, though it has been reported from near 

 Montrose. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Biennial. Spring 

 and Summer. 



Stem 6 inches to 2 feet long, generally diffuse, often procum- 

 bent unless supported by the adjacent herbage, branched principally 

 towards the base. Leaves smaller and with much finer divisions 

 and shorter stalks than in C. infesta and C. Anthriscus. Umbel 

 rays generally less than ^ inch long, so that the fruits appear in 

 subsessile bunches opposite the leaves. Cremocarp ^^ to |^ inch 

 long, the external ones with the outer mericarp spiny. Plant 

 yellowish-green, more or less strigosely hairy, especially on the 

 leaves and umbel rays. 



Knotted Hedge- JParsley. 



French, Caucalide Noueuse. German, Knoten/riicIUiger Haftdolde. 



Tribe IX.— SCANDICINE^E. 



Cremocarp elongate-ovoid or cylindrical, often sub-didymous, 

 attenuated at the apex or beaked ; columella distinct ; mericarps 

 with 5 primary filiform ridges, sometimes obliterated. Seed with 

 a deep channel on the side next the columella. Umbels com- 

 pound. 



GENUS XXXIL—O HJEROPHYLLUM. Linn. 



Calyx-limb obsolete. Petals obovate, truncate or notched, Avith 

 an inflexed lobe. Cremocarp lanceolate-ovoid or sub-cylindrical, 

 slightly laterally compressed, attenuated at the summit, and 

 frequently prolonged into a beak shorter than the rest of the fruit ; 

 columella free, more or less deeply 2-cleft ; mericarps with the 5 

 primary ridges frequently obliterated, in wdiich case the beak of 

 each presents 5 ridges ; interstices with or without vittse. Albu- 

 men of the seed with a deep furrow upon the face next the colu- 

 mella. Involucre none, or rarely of a single leaf. 



Herbs with ternate-pinnately decompound leaves, and compound 

 umbels of white flowers, the central ones male. 



The name of this genus of plants is from two Greek words, ycu^o) (chairo), T 

 esteem, and fvXXoy {phullon), a leaf. An estimable plant, but we fail to see the force 

 of the application to the plants that now belong to the family. 



