502 271. Cerefol. 45. UMBELLIFER^E. PL ex. cat, 



Cicutaria vulgaris, Rail Syn. 207, 1. 

 Cicutaria alba, Historiae Lngd. Ger. e??i. 1038, 6. 

 Myrrhis sylvestris, Park. 935. 

 Cerefoliuin sylvestre, Dillen Cat. Giess. 51. 

 Chaerophyllum sylvestre, Lin. S. P. 369. 

 Anthriscus sylvestre, Hoffni. Umbell. 40. 

 Wild cicely. Cow-weed. 



Fields and hedges ; perennial ; April and May. 



Root lactescent ; stem 3 feet high, much branched ; leaves 

 tripinnate; leaflets acutely cut; involucclla f ringed. — Roots 

 poisonous; herb occasionally used as a potherb, is much 

 liked by cows, dyes a beautiful green ; umbells dye yellow ; 

 plant indicates a fruitful soil. 



2. Cerefolium sativum. Cultivated chervil. 



Stem smooth, bald ; akenium bald, shining ; rihs of the 

 beak acute. 



Cerefolium vulgare sativura, Ger. em. 1038, 1. 

 Scandix Cerefolium, Lin. S. P. 368. 

 Chagrophyllum sativum, Gcertner Fr. et Sem. 1, 23. 

 Cliaerophyllum Cerefolium, Craniz. Austr. 191. 

 Cerefolium sativum, Besser Fl. Gall. 1, 218. 



Fields, also cultivated ; annual ; July. 



Herh shining, pale; stem 2 feet high, branchy; leaves 

 bipinnate, cut; umbells terminal and lateral, nearly sessile, 

 4 or 5-rayed. — Herb slightly aromatic, used in salads. 



VII. 272. ANTHRISCUS. Pliny. Rough-chervil. 



Involucrum 0; involucella 3 to 5-leaved; calyx 0; petals 

 flat, r.everse ovate, reverse heartshape; lacinule inflected 

 or very short, pointed ; Jruit ovate, oblong; akenium ob- 

 long, awlshape, half-round, ribless, muricated ; vittae 0; 

 beak short, 5-ribbed, terminated by the stylopodium and 

 style; spermapodium awlshape, tip 2-cut; spermapodopfiore 

 fringed. 



Anthriscus vulgaris. Common rough-chervil. 



Stem equal; leaves prickly; prickles hooked, bald. 



Caucalis q. Myrrhis sylvestris seminibus asperis C. Bauhini, Raii Syn. 

 220,7. 



Cerefolium sive Myrrhis aiquicolorum nova, Ger. em. 1038,5. 



Myrrhis sylvestris Neapolitana, atque etiam Anglicana, Park. 935. 



Scandix Anthriscus, Lin. S. P. 368. 



Caucalis Scandix, Scop. Carn. 2,312. 



Cliaerophyllum Anthriscus, Villars Delph. 643. 



Caucalis scandicina, Roth Germ. 2, 312. 



Anthriscus vulsjaris, Persuon Syn. 1,320. 



Anthriscus Caucalis, Marscli. Fl. Taur. Cauc. I, 280. 



Small hemlock chervil. 



