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UMBELLfFER^ 



umbels terminal on long stalks ; bracts absent ; b?'acteoles about 5, 

 ovate-lanceolate, fringed ; fruit smooth. — Hedges ; common. 

 One of our early spring flowers. — Fl. April — June. Perennial. 



3. C. temulum (Rough Chervil). — Stem slender, 2—3 feet high, 

 rough with short hairs, spotted with purple, and swollen below the 

 nodes ; kaves bipinnate, deeply lobed and cut, hairy, often mak- 

 ing the plant conspicuous in autumn by their rich purple hue ; 

 2i77ibels terminal, drooping when in bud ; bracts absent or very few ; 



CH^ROPHYLi-UM sylv6str6 {Wild Beakcd-Parshy). 



bracteoks several, fringed and deflexed ; flowers white. — Woods 

 and hedges ; very common. — Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



4.* C. Cerefblium (Garden Chervil), is not a native plant, though 

 sometimes found near gardens. It may be distinguished from 

 the preceding by having only 3 bracteoles, lateral sessile umbels 

 and smooth //'//zV.—Fl. May, June. Perennial. 



22. ScANDix (Shepherd's Needle). — Herbs with pinnately decom- 

 pound leaves, no bracts^ several bracteoks, petals white and often 



