CL. v.] PEXTA:NDE,IA DIGYXIA. 145 



far and Arbroath. Eng. Bot. Suppl. pi. 2636. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 

 52. Neither this nor the preceding has been found by any person 

 but the late Mr. Don. 425. 



57. CH^EROPHY'LLUM. CHERVIL. 



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, with- 

 out furrows or ribs, with a short, angular, smooth beak, crowned 

 by the flattened floral receptacle, upon which remain the slightly 

 recurved styles. Named from chairo, to rejoice, and phyllon, 

 a leaf. 142. 



1. Ch, sativum. Garden Chervil. Umbels lateral, nearly ses- 

 sile ; 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. Perennial : 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 co- 

 rolla ; anthers oblong. Germen inferior, egg-shaped, bristly, 

 imperfect in the outermost and central flowers. Styles thread- 

 shaped, spreading, dilated at the base ; stigmas obtuse. Fruit 

 oblong, compressed. Seeds with four principal ribs, having 

 each a row of flattish, 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. Carota. Wild Carrot. Bristles of the seed slender ; leaf- 

 lets pinnatifid, their segments between linear and lance-shaped, 

 acute ; umbel, having in the centre a solitary coloured flower, 



when in fruit concave. Root tapering, yellow, sweet, slightly 



aromatic, bearing no resemblance in taste or colour to the culti- 

 vated 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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