PL ex. cal. 45. UMBELLIFER^. 272. Anthrisc. 503 



Hedges and ruins ; annual ; May. 



Stem 3 feet high, shining; leaves light green, hirsute, 

 tripinnate ; leaflets lobed ; umhells lateral and terminal, 4 or 

 5-rayed. — Herh a warm salad. 



VIII. 273. SCANDIX. Theophrastus. Shepherds-needle. 

 Involucrum ; involucella jagged ; petals nearly equal, 



reverse ovate; lacinule inflected, pointed; fruit oblong, 

 ribbed, compressed, beaked ; beak very long ; valves open- 

 ing contrary to the parting of the fruit; spermapodium 

 bristlelike ; spermapodophore supported by 2 appendages. 



Scandix vulgaris. Common shepherds-needle. 



Leaves bipinnate; leaflets pinnatifid; lobes linear, lan- 

 ceolate, mucronulate ; involucella cut. 



Scandix semine rostrato vulgaris, Rail Syn. 207, 1. 

 Pecten Veneris, sive Scandix, Ger.em. 1040, 1. 

 Scandix vulgaris, seu Pecten Veneris, Park. 916. 

 Scandix Pecten Veneris, Lin. S. P. 368, 

 Scandix Pecten, Persoon S)/n, 319. 

 Venus' comb. Our lady's comb. Needle chervil. 



Corn-fields ; annual ; June and July. 

 Stem spreading; leaves smooth; umhells terminal, 2 or 

 3-rayed. 



IX. 274.. MYRRHIS. Dioscorides. Cicely. 

 Involucrum 0; involucella many-leaved; petals unequal, 



reverse ovate, 2-lobed ; lacinule short, subulate ; fruit ob- 

 long, beaked; beak l-4th its length; akenium 5-jugated, 

 ending in an awlshape stylopodium; spermapodium com- 

 pressed, bristlelike, 2-cut. 



Myrrhis odorata. Sweet cicely. 



Cerefolium magnum, sive Myrrhis, Ger. em. 1039, 3. 



Myrrhis major vulgaris, sive Cerefolium majus, Park. 935. 



Scandix odorata, Lin. S. P. 368. 



Odorata, Riviniis Pent. 56. 



Chaerophyllum odoratum, Lamarck Encyc. Meth. 1, 683, 



Myrrhis odorata, Allioni Pedem. 2, 28. 



Great chervil. Myrrhe. Sweet chervil. 



Mountainous fields ; perennial ; May. 



Root aromatic; stem 18 in. high, streaked; leaves tri- 

 pinnate, pale green; umhells terminal, many-rayed; ake- 

 nium very large, shining, brovi^n, aromatic. — Akenia used in 

 the North to polish and scent floors and furniture. 



