144 PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. [cL. T. 



Germen 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. Annual : flowers from June to Septem- 

 ber : grows in cultivated fields : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xx. pi. 

 1397. Eng. Fl. 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, perma- 

 nent styles. Named from myrrha, myrrh. 141. 



1. M. odordta. Sweet Cicely. Seeds with very sharp angles, 



roughish 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 perfuming 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. temulenta. Rough Coic-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 : Chcerophyllum temulentum. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. ii. p. 51. 423. 



3. M. aurea. Tawny-seeded Cow-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. Pe- 

 rennial : flowers in June : grows in the borders of fields, in Scot- 

 land. Between Arbroath and Montrose, and near Corstorphine. 

 Mr. G. Don. Eng. Bot. vol. xxx. pi. 2103 : Ch(erophyllumaure^tm. 

 Eng. FL vol. ii. p. 52. 424. 



4. M. aromdtica. Aromatic Cow-parsley. 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 For- 



