122 PENTANDRIA — DIGYNIA. IMyrrhis. 



as the glabrous beak. Hook. Scot. i. p. 93. — Scatidix Anthris- 

 cus, E.Bot.t. 618. 



Waste places, by road-sides, especially near towns and villages. FL 

 May, June. 0. — 2 feet or more h'vj^h, swellliin: under each joint. Leaves 

 sliglitly hairy. Partial umbels small, with small involucres. Fruit Tixthcr 

 large, with a distinct furrow on each side which extends to the beak, 

 covered with hooked bristles. 



83. Ch^rophyllum. Lin?i. Chervil. 



1. C. temulentum, L. (rough Chervil); fruit with obtuse ribs, 

 stem rough (spotted) swelling below each joint, partial invo- 

 lucres reflexed. E. Bot. t. 1521. — Myrrhis temulenta, E. FL 

 V. \\. p. 51. 



Hedges and copses, common. Fl. June, July. I^. — 3 feet or more 

 high ; rough with liairs. Leaves doubly j)innate ; leaflets pinnatifid or 

 inciso-lobate. Fruit linear-oblong, striated. Umbels at first drooping. 



2. C*aureum, L. (tawmj-seeded Chervil); pubescent, fruit 

 with obtuse ribs coloured, stem slightly swelling below the 

 joints, leaflets very acuminate inciso-pinnatifid. E. Bot. ^.2103. 

 — 3Iyrrhis aurea, Spr. — E. Fl. v. ii. p. 52. 



Fields, between Arbroath and Montrose. Near Corstorpliine, Edin- 

 burgh, 3Ir G. Don. Fl. June. If. — 3 feet or more high, branched, aro- 

 matic. Leaves tripinnate ; leaflets peculiarly attenuated, at least on the 

 upper leaves (for the radical ones are more obtuse), a character which 

 distinguishes this from every other British species. 



3. C*aromdlicum, L. (broad-leaved Chervil); fruit with ob- 

 tuse ribs, leaves subternate bipinnate, leaflets ovato-oblong sub- 

 acuminate serrate undivided. Don, in E. Bot. SuppL t. 2636. 

 Myrrhis aromatica, Spr. — -E. FL v. ii. p. 52. 



Road-side near Guthrie, leading from Forfar to Arbroath. iWr G. 

 Don. FL June. If- — 2 — 3 feet high, slightly pubescent below, glabrous 

 above. Leaves biternate ; leaflets large, undivided or rarely with a 

 small lobe near the base, pubescent beneath. In this, as well as in C. 

 aureum, there is sometimes a small general involucre. Leaves, as 

 Persoon observes, resembling those of jEgopodium Podograria ; their 

 smell is aromatic. {Mr G. Don.) 



84. Myrrhis. Tourn. Cicely. 



1. M. odordta, Scop, (sioeef Cicely); fruit large with very 

 sharp ribs and deep furrows between them. — Scandix odorata, 

 L E. Bot. t. 697. 



Pastures in mountainous countries, especially in tlie north of Eng- 

 land and lowlands of Scotland, generally near houses. Fl. Maj', June. 

 '^• — Whole plant highly aromatic, 2 feet and more high. Zeayes large, 

 triply pinnate ; leaflets pinnatifid, ovato-lanceolatc, inciso-scrrate. Many 

 of the partial umbels of this species, especially the iimer ones, and 

 sometimes even entire umbels, prove abortive. 'Y\\q fruits are remark- 

 able for their large size and powerful fragrance, and, as Sir J. E. Smith 

 well observes, make a part of the humble luxuries and simple medicines 

 of the mountain cottager. 



