XLV. 



ANTHRISCUS CEREFOLIUM. 



Garden Chervil or Beaked Parsley. 



Class V. Pent ANDRi A.— O/'f/er II. Digynia. 



Nat. Ord. UjIBELLIFERiE. 



Gen. Char. Calyx an obsolete margin. Petals obcor- 

 date, inflexed at the point. Fruit contracted at the 

 side, beaked; carpels without ridges, the beak alone 

 with five ridges. Seeds nearly convex, deeply furrowed 

 in front. General involucre none ; partial many- 

 leaved. 



Spec. Char. Umbels lateral, sessile. Leaves tripartite, 

 decompound. Fruit shining, ovate, subulate. 



SYXONYMES. 



Greek .... ;(^a.ipt^vXX/>v ; e-xav^i^. Dioscorides. 



f Chserophyllum sativum. Bauli. Pin. 152. Raii Hist, 430. 



! Cerefolium vulgare sativum. Ger. Em. 1038. 

 Latin ■{ Scandix cerefolium, Lin. Sp. PI. 368. 



i Chaerophyllum sativum. Eng. Fl. v. ii, p. 48. 



I Anthriscus Cerefolium. Hook. Brit. Fl. p. 131. 

 French.... Cerfeuil. 

 Italian .... Cerfoglio ; Cerfuglio. 

 Spanish.... Peri folio ; Perifolio ; Cerafolio. 

 Portuguese. Cerefolho. 

 German . . . Kerbel ; Gartenkerbel. 

 Dutch .... Kervel. 

 Swedish.... Spansk KjTfwel. 

 Polish Trybula ; Tezebula. 



Description. — The root is fusiform, about the thickness of 

 the little finger, reddish externally, white within, somewhat 

 branched, and very fibrous towards the extremity. The stem 



