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2. T. infesta (Spr.) ; 1. bipinnate, leaflets ovate-lanceolate in- 

 cise-serrate, umbels stalked terminal, general involucre of one leaf 

 or 0,/r. with spreading hooked retrorsely scabrous prickles. 

 E. B. 1314. St. erect, usually much and densely branched, 

 6 18 in. high. Umbels on long stalks. Fr. densely prickly, 

 primary ridges with adpressed prickles. Fl. small, white or 

 reddish. Styles scarcely twice as long as the stylopode. Fields. 

 A. VII. VIII. 



3. T. nodosa (Gaert.) ; lower 1. bipinnate, upper pinnate, leaf- 

 lets deeply narrowly and uniformly pinnate, umbels nearly sessile 

 dense lateral, outer carpels with hooked bristles inner often 

 warted.E. B. 199. St. diffuse. Umbels very small, nearly 

 globular. Banks and dry places. A. V. VII. 



Tribe X. Scandicinea. 



34. SCANDTX Linn. Shepherd's Needle. 



1 . S. Pecten-veneris (L.) ; beak 3 times as long as the roughish 

 fr. dorsally compressed glabrous with bristly edges, Its. of partial 

 inv. entire or bifid longer than the pedicels. E. B. 1397. St. 

 often a foot high. L. light green, triply pinnate; segments 

 short, linear. Umbels 12 together, small. Fl. often slightly 

 radiant. Styles always straight. Stylopode purple. Partial in- 

 volucres sometimes much divided. Fields. A. VI. IX. 



35. ANTHRISCUS Hoffm. Chervil. 



1. A. sylvestris (Hoffm.) ; st. hairy below glabrous above 

 slightly swollen below the joinings, umbels terminal stalked, 1. bi- 

 pinnate, leaflets pinnatifid, fr. linear glabrous with a short beak. 

 Cha>rophyllum Sin., E. B. 752. St. 3 feet high, erect, leafy, 

 furrowed, branched. Partial involucre of several ovate-lanceolate 

 ciliated leaflets. Umbels at first drooping. Hedges and banks. 

 p. iv. VI. Wild Chervil. 



f2. A. Cerefolium (Hoffm.) ; st. hairy above the joinings only, 

 umbels lateral sessile, 1. tripinnate, leaflets ovate pinnatifid, fr. 

 linear smooth about twice as long as its beak. Chcerophyllum 

 sativum Sm., E. B. 1268. St. 1 3 feet high, slender, striated, 

 much branched. Partial involucre of 3 unilateral linear-lanceolate 

 leaflets. Peduncles downy. Waste ground. Probably an escape 

 from cultivation. A. V. VI. Garden Chervil. 



3. A. vulgaris (Pers.) ; st. glabrous, umbels lateral stalked, 

 \. tripinnate, leaflets pinnatifid, fr. ovate hispid about twice as 

 long as its glabrous beak. E. B. 818. St. erect, 2 feet high, 



