CL. V.] PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 145 



Bot. Suppl. pi. 2636. Eng. Ft. vol. ii. p. 52. Neither this nor the pre- 

 ceding has been found by any person but the late Mr. Don. 425. 



57. CH^EROPHY'LLUM. CHERVU,. 



Flowers imperfectly separated ; the innermost barren. Calyx 

 none. Petals somewhat unequal, inversely heart-shaped, with an 

 inflected point. Filaments thread-shaped, spreading, as long as 

 the corolla ; anthers roundish. Germen inferior, oblong, slightly 

 compressed, smooth. Styles short, awl-shaped, tumid at the base; 

 stigmas simple. Fruit lance-shaped, smooth, even, without fur- 

 rows or ribs, with a short, angular, smooth beak, crowned by the 

 flattened floral receptacle, upon which remain the slightly re- 

 curved styles. Named from chair o, to rejoice, and pkyllon, a 

 leaf. 142. 



1. Ch. sativum. Garden Chervil, Umbels lateral, nearly sessile ; 



bracteas lance-shaped. Stem round, hollow, striated, smooth : leaves 



twice pinnate : umbels of three or four general rays, and several partial 

 ones: flowers white. Cultivated as a pot-herb. Annual : flowers in 

 June : grows in waste ground : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xviii. pi. 1268 : 

 Scandix Cerefolium. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 48. 426. 



2. Ch. sylvestre. Cow-parsley. Cow-chervil. Umbels terminal, 



stalked ; bracteas egg-shaped, membranous. Stem from two to three 



feet high, branched, hollow, striated or furrowed, downy: leaves thrice 

 pinnate : petals white, in those of the marginal flowers unequal. Peren- 

 nial : flowers in May and June: grows in hedges, waste places, pastures, 

 and by walls and roads : very common. Eaten by cattle. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. xi. pi. 752. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 48. 427. 



58. DAU'CUS. CARROT. 



Flowers separated ; the outermost irregular and barren ; inner 

 fertile, the central one generally neutral, often coloured. Calyx 

 obsolete. Petals inversely heart-shaped, with an inflected point, 

 irregular. Filaments hair-like, spreading, longer than the corolla ; 

 anthers oblong. Germen inferior, egg-shaped, bristly, imperfect 

 in the outermost and central flowers. Styles thread-shaped, spread- 

 ing, dilated at the base ; stigmas obtuse. Fruit oblong, com- 

 pressed. Seeds with four principal ribs, having each a row of flat- 

 tish, straight or hooked prickles, and rough intermediate ribs ; 

 their inner surfaces flat and closely applied. Name daucos used 

 by Dioscorides, the Greek physician. 143. 



1. D. Canita. Wild Carrot. Bristles of the seed slender; leaflets 

 pinnatifid, their segments between linear and lance-shaped, acute; umbel, 

 navinj in the centre a solitary coloured flower, when in fruit concave. 

 Root tapering, yellow, sweet, slightly aromatic, bearing no resem- 

 blance in taste or colour to the cultivated carrot, which is said to be 

 produced from it ; stem from one to two feet high, bristly : umbels 

 terminal, the central flower dark-purple. The roots are eaten by the 

 Hebridians. Biennial : flowers in June and July : grows in pastures 

 and the borders of fields: common. Eng. Bot. vol. xvii. pi. 1174. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 39. 428. 

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