Aiithriscus.] PENTANDRIA — DIGYNIA. 121 



umbels lateral simple siibsessile, fruit sometimes M'arted. — 

 Caucalis, E. Bot. t. 199. — TordyUum, L. 



Waste places by road-sides, frequent ; especially in dry, gravellj', or 

 clialky soils. Fl. May, June. ©. — Leaves bipinnate; leaflets ovate, 

 pinnatifid, segments linear, acute, short. Umbels capitate, opposite the 

 base of a leaf. Flowers reddish. Outer fruits of the umbel most 

 bristly ; inner ones partially tubercled. 



SO. EcHiNoPHORA. Linn. Prickly Samphire. 



1. Iti. * spinosa, S. (sea-side Prickly Samphire, ov Sea-Pars- 

 nep); leaves bipiiinatitid the segments trifid subulate spinous, 

 involucres entire spinous. E. Bot. t. 2413. 



Sandy sea shores, Lancashire and Kent. P/. July. 1^ . — A very prick- 

 ly and singular plant ; but now, I fear, quite lost as a native of Britain. 



81. ScANDix. Linn. Shepherd's Needle. 



1. S. Perten, L. (Venus^ Comb; Shepherd's Needle;') fruit 

 roughishj leaflets cut into many linear short segments. E. Bot. 

 t. 1396. 



Corn-fields, abundant. Fl. June, July. ©. — Stem 4 — 6 inches to a 

 foot high, rouuliish. Leaves tri[)ly pinnate. Umbels of very few rays, 

 •2 — 3. Partial involucres YnnwdU'nil, cr bipinnatifid. 7^;«/< of singular 

 ap])earance, and very large in proportion to the size of the plant and of 

 the flowers tiiat proeiuce it, 



82. Anthri'scus. Pars. Beaked-Parsley. 



* Fruit smooth. 



1. A. sijlvestris, Koch, (icild Beaked-Parsley^; umbels ter- 

 minal stalked, stem glabrous, a little swelling below each joint. 

 — Chccrophyllitm, L. — E. Bot. t. 732. 



Under the hedges and borders of fields, frequent. Fl. April — June. 

 If. — 3 feet or more high, branched. Leaves triply pinnate ; leajiets 

 ovato lanceolate, deeply cut. Umbels at Hrst slightly drooping. Partial 

 involucres of several ovato-lanceolate leaves. Fruit linear-oblong, with 

 a much less evident beak than in A. Cerefolium. This beak, alone, is 

 marked with a few ribs. 



2. A . * Cerffoliitm , Koch, (garden Biahed- Parsley) ; umbels 

 lateral sessile, leaves tripartite decompound, leaflets ovate pin- 

 natifid the segments obtuse Scandix, L. — E. Bot. t. 1268 — 



ClicErophyllum sativum, Hook. Scot. \.p. 93. E. Fl. v. n.p. 48. 



Hedges and about gardens. Clifton, Notts. Dr Howitt. Fl. July. 

 ©. — Stem slender, l^j — 2 feet high. Leaves pale yellow-green, deli- 

 cate. Umbels sessile, lateral, of few rays, pubescent. Paitial involucres 

 of fe-i , about 3, leaves, unilateral, linear. Umbellules small. Fruit large, 

 perfectly glabrous, linear, tapering upwards. — Known as a saliad and 

 pot-herb under the name of Garden Chervil.- 



** Fruit muricated. 



3. A. vulgaris, Pers. (common Beaked- Parsley); stem smooth, 

 loaves ternately decompound the segments obtuse, umbels oppo- 

 site the leaves, fruit ovately conical hispid about twice as long 



