364 



UMBELLIFERjE. CXXXVII. ANTHRISCCS. 



scabrous from bristles ; stem furnished with one row of hairs ; 

 umbels glabrous. Q. H. Native of Iberia, in corn fields, and 

 in gravelly places ; and of Persia, in the province of Aderbeidjan, 

 at Seidkhodzi and Badalan. Wy'lia Iberica, Hoffm. umb. 1. p. 

 i9. t. 2. f. 4. Fruit nearly 2 inches long, scabrous in the semi- 

 niferous part, having the beak compressed and scabrous at the 

 angles ; the rest smooth. 



Iberian Shepherd's-needle. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1823. PI. 1 ft. 



t Species not sufficiently known. 



9 S. GILA'NICA (S. G. Gmel. itin. 3. p. 304. t. 31. f. 2.) 

 stems branched, striated ; fruit smooth. Native of the north of 

 Persia. Gmel. syst. veg. 486. 



Gilan Shepherd's-needle. PI. 1 foot. 



Cult. Sow the seeds in the open ground. 



CXXXVII. ANTHRI'SCUS (a name given by Pliny to a 

 plant resembling Scdnd'tx). Hoffm. umb. 1. p. 38. Koch, umb. 

 131. f. 57-60. D. C. prod. 4. p. 222. Chserophy'llum, Lag. 

 am. nat. 2. p. 98. but not of Hoffm. Cerefolium, Hall. 

 Scandix and Chserophy'llum species, Lin. Chaerophy'llum, 

 My'rrhis, and Anthriscus species, Spreng. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Digynia. Margin of calyx obsolete. 

 Petals obovate, truncate or emarginate, with an inflexed point, 

 which is usually very short. Fruit contracted from the sides, 

 beaked ; the beak shorter than the seed. Mericarps nearly 

 terete, without any ribs, the beak alone 5-ribbed. Carpophore 

 bifid at the apex. Seed teretely convex, having a deep furrow 

 in front. Perennial, biennial or annual herbs. Stems terete, 

 striated or furrowed. Leaves decompound, with usually linear 

 slender segments. Umbels opposite the leaves or terminal. 

 Involucrum wanting. Involucels of many leaves. Flowers 

 white. The fruit varying in many of the species, either naked 

 or furnished with a whorl of hairs at the base, resembling a col- 

 lar. (Koch, in litt.) 



* Perennial species. 



1 A. TORQUA'TA (Duby, in D. C. bot. gall. 1. p. 239.) gla- 

 brous ; stem rather striated ; leaves bipinnate ; leaflets ovate- 

 lanceolate, coarsely and deeply toothed ; leaves of involucels 

 deflexed, lanceolate, acuminated, ciliated; umbels terminal; rays 

 glabrous ; outer petals radiant ; fruit shining, girded by a series 

 of small bristles at the base. 7/ . H. Native of the Alps of the 

 south of Provence and Piedmont. Chaerophy'llum torquatum, 

 D. C. fl. fr. suppl. 505. My'rrhis bulbosa, All. pedem. no. 

 1373. exclusive of the synonymes. My'rrhis torquata, Schultes, 

 syst. 6. p. 514. 



CWfarcd-fruited Rough Chervil. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1819. 

 PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



2 A. SICULA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 223.) stem glabrous, striated ; 

 leaves ternately decompound ; sheaths and involucra ciliated ; 

 leaflets ovate, pinnatifid: lobes oblong, deeply toothed, bluntish; 

 fruit oblong, glabrous, smooth, girded by a series of bristles or 

 hairs at the base. If. . H. Native of Sicily, in woods and shady 

 groves. Chperophy'llum Siculum, Guss. prod. 1. p. 352. 



Var. ft, scabra (I). C. 1. c.) fruit scabrous from tubercles, par- 

 ticularly on one side. If. . H. Native of Sicily. 

 Sicilian Rough Chervil. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



3 A. CICUTA'RIA (Duby, in D. C. bot. gall. 1. p. 239.) plant 

 smoothish ; leaves ternate, then pinnate ; leaflets pinnatifid, un- 

 equal at the base ; segments lanceolate, bluntly toothed ; umbels 

 opposite the leaves and terminal ; rays numerous, glabrous ; 

 petals hardly emarginate, outer ones radiant ; fruit ovate-oblong, 

 smooth, naked at the base. I/. H. Native of the Alps of 

 Dauphiny and Switzerland, &c. in humid places ; also of Vol- 

 hynia and Podolia, in woods. Chaeropliy'llum cicutaria, Vill. 

 dauph. 2. p. 644. D. C. fl. fr. suppl. p. 506. Anthriscus hu- 



milis, Bess. enum. p. 13. no. 358. Chaerophy'llum daucifolium, 

 Desf. cat. hort. par. 1828. Leaves membranous, glabrous ; 

 leaflets broad. Involucels of 5 deflexed leaves, with ciliated 

 margins. Flowers either white or red. 



Cicuta-like Rough Chervil. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1810. PI. 1^ ft. 



4 A. SYLVE'STRIS (Hoffm. umb. 40-46. t. 1. f. 19. p. 210. t. 



I . B, f. 1 7.) stem branched, striated, the lower part downy ; 

 leaves triply pinnate ; leaflets ovate, pinnatifid, rough edged : 

 extreme ones elongated ; umbels smooth, terminal ; involucels 

 of 5 ovate fringed deflexed leaves ; styles short, hardly diverg- 

 ing ; fruit lanceolate, with a deep channel on each side, smooth. 

 !{,. H. Native throughout the whole of Europe, even to Cau- 

 casus, in hedges and the borders of pastures and fields, in a 

 rather fertile soil, very common ; plentiful in Britain. Chaero- 

 phy'llum sylvestre, Lin. spec. 369. Smith, engl. bot. t. 752. 

 Curt. lond. fasc. 4. p. 25. Mart. rust. t. 96. Jacq. austr. t. 149. 

 Riv. pent. irr. t. 44. Hayn. arz. gew. 1. t. 33. Cerefolium, no. 

 748. Hall. helv. 1. p. 328. Moris, hist. 3. p. 303. sect. 9. t. 



II. f. 5. Cicutaria vulgaris, Raii. syn. p. 207. My'rrhis, 

 Fuch's hist. 524. t. 525. Flowers white. Petals unequal in 

 the marginal flowers, which alone are prolific. Perhaps A. pro- 

 cerus, Bess. enum. pi. volh. 13. no. 359. is referrible to this 

 species. The whole herb having the flavour of carrots, is eaten 

 by domestic cattle, and is reported to be very grateful to rabbits. 

 7'he snow white flowers, some of the earliest of their tribe, 

 plentifully adorn the hedges and bushy margins of fields in 

 spring, and announce the approach of summer. J. Bauhm men- 

 tions instances of two families being poisoned by eating small 

 quantities of the root. 



Var. ft, tenuifdlia (D. C. prod. 4. p. 223.) plant glabrous ; 

 leaves finely cut. I/. H. Native of the Alps of Dauphiny. 

 Chaerophy'llum alpinum, Vill. dauph. 2. p. 462. 



Var. y, pilosula (D. C. mem. soc. gen. vol. 4.) petioles and 

 nerves of leaves hispid from hairs beneath. 1. H. Native 

 country unknown, but grown in gardens under the name of 

 Chaarophy'llum angustum. 



Var. S, scdbrida (Spreng. umb. prod. 4. p. 223.) fruit rather 

 scabrous. 2/ . H. Native of Germany and Italy. Chsero- 

 phy'llum Magellense var. a, Tenore, prod. fl. neap, append. 4. 

 p. 15. exclusive of variety ft, which is a synonyme ofA.nemo- 

 rosa, according to Koch. 



Wild Chervil or Smooth Cow-parsley. Fl. April, May. Bri- 

 tain. PI. 3 feet. 



5 A. NEMOROSA (Spreng. umb. prod. 27.) stem striated, 

 branched, glabrous ; leaves triply pinnate : leaflets pinnatifid : 

 segments broad-lanceolate, acute ; petioles pilose ; umbels ter- 

 minal, and opposite the leaves ; leaves of involucel ciliated ; 

 fruit ovate, short, muricated, and girded by a circle of hairs at 

 the base. If.. H. Native of Caucasus and Kamtschatka. 

 Chserophy'llum nemorosum, Hoffm. umb. 45 and 210. t. 1. ft, 

 f. 19. Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 2. p. 390. The whole 

 herb is very like A. sylvestris, but the fruit is more ovate and 

 shorter, and always more or less echinated. 



Var. ft, lucida (D. C. prod. 4. p. 223.) fruit somewhat muri- 

 cated on one side; lobes of lower leaves blunter. If.. H. Chse- 

 rophy'llum lucidum, Desf. cat. hort. par. 1828. 



Grove Chervil. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1810. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



* * Annual species. 



6 A. CEREFOLIUM (Hoffm. umb. 41. 47. t. 1. f. 21. p. 210. t. 

 1. ft, f. 26.) herb pale green, shining, delicate, and tender ; stem 

 a little hairy at the joints, only striated ; leaves twice pinnate, 

 cut, with channelled footstalks ; umbels either axillary or oppo- 

 site the leaves, sessile, of 3-5 pubescent rays ; fruit somewhat 

 furrowed, not ribbed, oblong-linear, smooth. O- H. Native 

 of the south of Europe. In Britain, near Worcester ; in great 



