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compound, many-rayed ; brads absent ; hracteoks many, mem- 

 branous ; flowers white ; fruit long, contracted at the sides with a 

 deep furrow between the carpels ; ridges sharp, prominent, almost 

 winged. (Name from the Greek murrha^ myrrh, from the fragrance 

 of the leaves.) 



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I. M. odorata (Sweet 

 Cicely).— Stem 2 — 3 feet 

 high, furrowed, and hollow ; 

 leaves large, tripinnate, cut, 

 slightly downy ; umbels 

 terminal, downy ; bradeoles 

 whitish, ciliate ; flowers 

 white ; fruit remarkably 

 large, an inch long, becom- 

 ing dark brown. — Mountain 

 pastures in the north. Re- 

 markable for the sweet and 

 highly aromatic flavour of 

 the leaves and fruit. — Fl. 

 May, June. Perennial. 



21. C H .EROPH YLLUM 



(Chervil). — Hairy plants ; 

 leaves decompound ; umbels 

 compound, many - rayed ; 

 bracts absent or very few ; 

 bracteoles several ; flowers 

 usually white ; fruit shortly 

 beaked, contracted at the 

 sides ; ridges blunt. (Name 

 from the Greek chairo, I 

 rejoice, and phullon^ a leaf, 

 from the agreeable odour of 

 the leaves in some species.) 



1. C. Anthriscus (Com- 

 mon Beaked Parsley). — 



Stem 2 — 3 feet high, smooth, polished, slightly swollen at the 

 nodes ; leaves 3-pinnate, with blunt segments, slightly hairy 

 beneath ; umbels lateral, on rather short stalks, opposite the 

 leaves ; brads absent ; bradeoles 5 or 6, with fringed edges ; fruit 

 bristly w4th hooked bristles. — Waste places ; common. — Fl. May, 

 June. Annual. 



2. C. sylvestre (Wild beaked Parsley or Chervil). — Stem slightly 

 downy below, smooth above; leaves 3-pinnate, coarsely serrate; 



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CH-EROPHVLLUM T^MULLM {RoUgh Cketinl). 



