PEKTAND. DIGYN. 9,3 



pinnate, their segments cut. Umbellules very small, as are the flow- 

 ers. Fruit singularly large, oblong, striated, rough, terminated by 

 a beak of 2 inches in length, scabrous at the edges. In this genus 

 it has been usual to place the S. Anthriscus, odorata and Cerefo- 

 Uum : the former I agree with Persoon in thinking should constitute 

 a new genus, the two latter in uniting with the Cluzrophylla. 



62. ANTHRISCUS. 



1. A. vulgaris (common 4nthriscns) 9 bristles of the fruit hooked, 

 stem smooth, umbels mostly lateral. Pers. Syn. PL v. \.p. 820. 

 Light/, p. 166, and E. B. t. 818 (Scan dix shit /*.). 



HAS. Waste places and dry banks, near towns and villages, common. 

 FL June. Q- 



Two f. or more high, swelling under each joint. Leaves tripinnate, 

 slightly hairy, segments lanceolate, cut, or deeply serrated. Um- 

 bellules small, with small involucres. Fruit rather large, ovate ; 

 beak smooth, about half its length, with aline down the middle. 



63. CH.EROPHYLLUM. 



* Fruit smooth (not striated) . 



1. Cb. sylvestre (smooth Cow- Parsle ?/) , stem a little swelling be- 

 low each joint glabrous, umbels on long stalks. Lightf. p. 167. 

 E. B. t. 752. 



HAB. Under hedges and the borders of fields, abundant. Fl. May, 

 June. I/ . 



Three f. or more high, branched. Leaves triply pinnate leaflets ova- 

 to-lanceolate, deeply cut. Umbels at first a little drooping. Par- 

 tial involucres of several ovato-lanceolate leaves. Fruit linear, ob- 

 long, smooth and glabrous. ' 



2. Cb. sativum (Garden Cow-Parsley or Chervil), umbels lateral 

 sessile, fruit a little swelling below. Pers. Syn. Pi. v. 1. 

 p. 320. E. B. t. 1262 (Scandix Cerefolium). 



HAB. Hedges and about gardens, frequent near Glasg., Hopk. FL 



July. O . 

 Stem slender, 1 or 2 f. high. Leaves pale yellow green, delicate, bi- 



pinnate j leaflets ovate, cut. Umbels sessile, lateral, of few rays, 



pubescent. Partial involucres few, on one side. Umbellules small. 



Fruit large, smooth, tapering upwards. 



** Fruit striated. 



3. Ch. temulentum (rough Coiv-Parsley], stem rough (spotted) 

 swelling below each joint. Lightf. p. 167. -E. B. t. 1571. 



HAB. Hedges, common. FL June, July. If. . 



Three f. or more high, rough with hairs. Leaves doubly pinnate, leaf- 

 lets pinnatifid or inciso-lobate. Fruit linear-oblong, striated. Um- 

 bels at first drooping. 



4. Ch. odoratum (sweet Cicely] , seeds deeply sulcate (very 

 large). Lightf. p. 166, and E. B. /. 697 (Scandix odor.).' 



HAB. Frequent in the Lowlands, in orchards and waste places, but 





