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plenty on a bank near Halesworth, Suffolk; frequent near Glas- 

 gow ; but probably an outcast of gardens. Scandix cerefolium, 

 Lin. spec. p. 368. Smith, engl. hot. t. 1268. Jacq. austr. 390. 

 Hayn. arz. gew. 7. t. 14. Berg. act. nov. soc. dronth. 1788. vol. 

 2. p. 496. Cerefblium sativum, Bess. gall. 1. p. 218. Chaero- 

 phy'llum cerefolium, Crantz. austr. 191. Chaerophy'llum sativum, 

 Bauh. pin. 152. Gsertn. fr. 1. p. 107. Lam. diet. 1. p. 684. 

 Schultes, syst. 6. p. 520. Smith, engl. fl. 1. p. 48. Chaerofolium 

 sativum, Trag. hist. 471. with a figure. Cerefolium, Riv. pent, 

 irr. t. 43. Cam. epit. p. 302. with a figure. Gingidium, Fuschs, 

 hist. 217. t. 216. Flowers slightly radiant. This herb is much 

 used in France for salads, anJ is mentioned as a pot-herb by 

 Gerarde, though now little regarded. The leaves are frequently 

 used in soups, especially by the Dutch. Geoffroi relates, that 

 he has found it from experience of remarkable service in dropsy. 

 Haller, who is copious on the properties of chervil, has no 

 opinion of it in dropsy; but thinks it may be of service in ob- 

 structions of the bowels, in external haemorrhoides, &c. Chervil 

 is not admitted in our practice, and has almost disappeared from 

 our kitchens and tables. 



Far. ft, trichospe'rma (Koch, in litt. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 224.) 

 stem weak, glabrous ; leaves ternately decompound or triply 

 pinnate; leaflets coarsely 5-7-toothed : segments bluntish ; um- 

 bels opposite the leaves, pedunculate ; rays few, glabrous ; fruit 

 oblong-linear, muricated from short down ; styles short, erect. 

 O- H. Native of Pannonia. Chaerophy'llum trichospermum, 

 Schultes, oestr. fl. 2. 1. p. 504. but not of Lam. Anthriscus 

 trichosperma, Schultes, syst. 6. p. 525. but not of Pers. Chae- 

 rophy'llum trichospermum, Bess, in litt. Allied to A. cerefb- 

 lium, but very different from Torilis trichosperma. Perhaps a 

 variety of Scandix cerejblium, with scabrous fruit, ex Jacq. and 

 Bieb, and therefore Chaerophy'llum nemorosum, Jacq. appertains 

 to this plant. 



Garden Chervil. Fl. June. Britain. PI. l foot. 



7 A. FUMARIOIDES (Spreng. uvnb. prod. 27.) plant quite gla- 

 brous ; stem striated, branched ; leaves ternately supra-decom- 

 pound ; leaflets pinnatifid : segments linear, remote, cut, ciliated; 

 umbels terminal ; leaves of involucels reflexed, not ciliated ; 

 fruit oblong-linear, scabrous. $ . H. Native of Croatia, on 

 calcareous mountains. Schultes, syst. 6. p. 525. Scandix fu- 

 marioides, Waldst. et Kit. pi. rar. hung. 3. p. 219. t. 224. 

 Petals white, oblong, cuneated. Fruit oblong, echinated with 

 stiff short hairs. Styles shdtt, parallel, erect. Perhaps the 

 same as Chasrophy'llum divaricatum, Poir. suppl. 4. p. 343. and 

 Chaerophy'llum tuberculosum, Poir. suppl. 4. p. 342. or An- 

 thriscus tuberculata, Schultes, syst. 6. p. 527. ? 



Fumitory-like Chervil. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1810. PL 1 to 2 ft. 



8 A. VULGA'RIS (Pers. ench. 1. p. 320.) stems smooth and 

 polished ; leaves triply pinnate ; leaflets pinnatifid ; segments 

 short, obtuse, their edges, ribs, and stalks a little hairy ; sheaths 

 ciliated ; umbels on rather short stalks, opposite the leaves, 

 smooth ; fruit ovate, covered with numerous short ascending in- 

 curved bristles, and tipped with a smooth pyramidal angular 

 beak, scarcely half its own length. O- H. Native throughout 

 Europe, even to Tauria, in cultivated grounds. In Britain, on 

 banks and waste grounds, chiefly near large towns. Scandix 

 Anthriscus, Lin. spec. 368. Smith, engl. bot. t. 818. Curt. lond. 

 fasc. 1. t. 19. Mart. rust. t. 75. Jacq. austr. t. 154. Caucalis 

 Scandix, Scop. earn. no. 312. Caucalis scandicina, Roth, fl. 

 germ. 1. p. 121- D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 334. Fl. dan. 863. Chaero- 

 phy'llum Anthriscus, Lain. diet. l.p. 685. Anthriscus Caucalis, 

 Bieb. fl. taur. no. 574. Anthriscus vulgaris, Hoffm. umb. 43. 

 47. t. 1. f. 24. p. 211. t. 1. ft. f. 27. Koch, umb. 132. f. 59, 

 60. Riv. pent. irr. t. 35. Column, ecphr. 110. t. 112. Invo- 

 lucra wanting ; involucels of 5-6 ovate-lanceolate leaves, with 

 fringed margins. Flowers small, white, all uniform. Leaves 



of a most beautiful light green when young. The whole herb 

 has a sweetish aromatic flavour, approaching to the garden 

 chervil, to which it is in habit very nearly allied. Stem swelled 

 under each joint. 



Common Beaked-parsley. FL May. Britain. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



Cult. All the species are of the most easy culture, and will 

 grow in any soil and situation. 



CXXXVIII. CHAEROPHY'LLUM (from X cupo,, chairo, to 

 rejoice, and (j>v\\ot>, phyllon, a leaf; in reference to the smell of 

 the leaves). Hoffm. umb. 1. p. S3. Koch, umb. 130. f. 61-63. 

 D. C. prod. 4. p. 224. Chaerophy'llum species, Lin. Chaero- 

 phy'llum and My'rrhis species, Spreng. My'rrhis species, Lag. 



LIN. SYST. Pent&ndria, Digynia. Margin of calyx obsolete. 

 Petals obovate, emarginate, with an inflexed point. Fruit with- 

 out a beak, compressed or contracted from the sides. Meri- 

 carps with 5 obtuse equal ribs : lateral ribs marginating. Com- 

 missure with a deep furrow. Vittae one in eacli furrow of the 

 mericarps between the ribs. Carpophore bifid. Seed teretely 

 convex, the transverse section semilunar. Perennial, biennial, 

 or annual herbs. Leaves decompound ; leaflets toothed or mul- 

 tifid. Involucra none, or of few leaves. Involucels of many 

 leaves. Flowers white, sometimes rose colour. 



SECT. I. PHYSOCAU'LIS (from <j>vtra, physa, a bladder, and 

 KdiAtc, kaulis, a stem ; in allusion to the stems being tumid at 

 the joints). D. C. coll. diss. 5. p. 59. prod. 4. p. 225. Fruit 

 subcylindrical, somewhat attenuated at the apex, covered by 

 stiff, compressed, angular bristles : having the ribs obtuse and 

 much depressed. Styles short, straight. Annual. 



1 C. NODOSUM (Lam. diet. 1. p. 685.) stem fistular, tumid at 

 the joints, scabrous ; leaves triternate ; leaflets cut ; fruit hispid. 

 O- H. Native from France to Tauria, in hedges. Scandix 

 nodosa, Lin. spec. p. 369. Jacq. hort. vind. 3. t. 25. Anthris- 

 cus nodosa, Spreng. umb. prod. 27. Schultes, syst. 6. p. 526. 

 Torilis macrocarpa, Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 83. t. 25. Torilis tu- 

 mida, Moench, metli. Moris, oxon. sect. 9. t. 10. f. 4. Flowers 

 white. 



Knotted-stemmed Cicely. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1656. PL 

 1 to 1 foot. 



SECT. II. BRACHY'STYLIS (from ftpa^e, brachys, short, and 

 irruXoc, stylos, a style ; in reference to the short styles). D. C. 

 coll. diss. 5. p. 59. prod. 4. p. 225. Fruit glabrous, and evi- 

 dently ribbed. Styles very short, straight. Annual. Umbels 

 of few rays. 



2 C. PROCU'MBENS (Lam. diet. 1. p. 685.) stems smoothish, 

 decumbent ; sheaths of petioles and leaves of involucels ciliated; 

 leaves bipinnate ; leaflets lanceolate, pinnatifid, with bluntish 

 lobes; umbels bifid, few-flowered, without involucra. 0. H. 

 Native of Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, in humid 

 shady places. Scandix procumbens, Lin. spec. 369. Myrrhis 

 procumbens and M. bifida, Spreng. prod. 2. p. 2.0. Schultes, 

 syst. 6. p. 516. Chaerophyllum bifidum, Willd. herb. Morr. 

 oxon. sect. 9. t. 11. ultimate figure. Flowers small, white. 

 Fruit 3 lines long. Herb slender, smoothish. 



Var. ft, Boscii (D. C. prod. 4. p. 225.) stem rather hairy, 

 erectish ; leaves tripinnate ; leaflets pinnatifid ; segments short, 

 bluntish; umbels of 2-3 rays. Q. H. Native of Carolina. 

 Stem a foot or a foot and a half high, contracted at the nodi in 

 the dried state. Involucra of 1 or 2 multifid leaves ; involucels 

 of 5 ovate entire leaves. Fruit 3 lines long, without any beak. 

 Mericarps with 5 ribs, and one vitta in each furrow. Styles 2, 

 very short. Chaerophyllum articulatum, Bosc, in herb. Vent. 



Procumbent Cicely. PL procumbent. 



3 C. viLtostM (Wall. cat. no. 558.) stem erect, the base beset 



