144 PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. cL. V. 



Gerraen oblong, rough with close hair. Styles short, permanent, 

 swelled at the base ; stigmas simple, in the barren flowers obtuse. 

 Fruit oblong, ribbed, somewhat bristly, its beak five times as 

 long, linear, bristly, crowned with the enlarged, five-lobed, 

 coloured, floral receptacle, surrounding the base of the styles. 

 Named from sceo, to prick, from the sharp points to the 

 fruit. 140. 



1. S. Pecten. Needle-chervil. Shepherd's needle. Venus' comb. Fruit 

 nearly smooth, with a beak bristly at the edges ; umbels simple ; leaves 



thrice pinnatifid, with linear acute segments. Stem about a foot high, 



furrowed : umbels small, stalked : flowers white : fruit very large. An- 

 nual : flowers from June to September : grows in cultivated fields : com- 

 mon. Eng. Bot. vol. xx. pi. 1397. Eng. Ft. vol. ii. p. 47. 421. 



56. MY'RRHIS. COW-PARSLEY. 



Flowers imperfectly separated, the innermost barren. Calyx 

 none. Petals somewhat unequal, uniform, inversely heart-shaped, 

 with an inflected point. Filaments thread-shaped, spreading, as 

 long as the petal ; anthers roundish. Germen oblong, narrow, 

 somewhat club-shaped, abrupt, smooth, slightly compressed. 

 Styles awl-shaped, very tumid at the base ; stigmas obtuse. Fruit 

 lance-shaped, narrow, deeply furrowed, beakless, smooth ; the 

 summit crowned with the thick bases of the spreading, permanent 

 styles. Named from myrrha, myrrh. 141. 



1. M. odordta. Sieeet Cicely. Seeds with very sharp angles, rough- 



ish towards the summit. Stem from two to four feet high, smooth, 



striated, hollow: leaves thrice pinnated, pale-green : flowers numerous, 

 white : seeds with three very prominent angles. The whole plant is 

 sweet and aromatic : the seeds are used in the north of England for per- 

 fuming furniture. Perennial : flowers in May : grows in pastures and by 

 old walls, generally near houses: frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. x. pi. 697: 

 Scandix odorata. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 51. 422. 



2. M. temulfnta. Rough Cow-parsley. Seeds furrowed, nearly 



smooth ; stem rough, swelled under the joints. Stem from two to 



three feet high, solid, striated, rough with short deflected hairs, spotted 

 with purple : flowers numerous, white. Biennial : flowers in June and 

 July : grows in hedges and bushy places : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xxii. 

 pi. 1521 : Chtfrophyllum temuleiitum. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 51. 423. 



3. M. aurea. Tawny-seeded Cote-parsley. Seeds ribbed, nearly 

 smooth, coloured ; stems slightly swelled below the joints, hairy; leaflets 



sharply pinnatifid, long pointed. Stem three feet high, angular, 



striated, hairy and bristly : flowers cream-coloured. Perennial : flowers 

 in June: grows in the borders of fields, in Scotland. Between Arbroath 

 and Montrose, and near Corstorphine. Mr. G. Don. Eng. Bot. vol. xxx. 

 pi. 2103 : Chierophyllum aureum. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 52. 424. 



4. M. aromdtica. Aromatic Cow-panley. Seeds ribbed, smooth ; 



leaflets egg-shaped, acute, serrated, undivided. Stems two or three 



feet high, striated, slightly swelled below the joints, hairy below, smooth 

 above: flowers numerous, white, the outer fertile. Perennial: flowers 

 in June ; found by Mr. G. Don, between Forfar and Arbroath. Eng. 



