408 CH^ROPHYLLU.M. [class v. ORDER IL 



General involucre warning, or of a few segments partial, of 

 numerous ones. — Named from %«»=!., to rejoice ; and (pi/XXov, 

 a leaf; said to be so called from the abundance of the leaves. 



1. C. te7nulen'tum, Linn. {Fig. 46ti.) Jiough Chervil. Stem rough, 

 swollen below the joints, spotted; leaves bi-pinnate; leaflets ovate 

 oblong, lobed ; partial involucre with reflexed ovate-lanceolate ciliated 

 segments. 



English Botany, t, 1521. — Hooker, British Flora, vol. i. p. 138. — 

 Lindley, Synopsis, p. 125. — 2Iyrrhis ternula, Spreng. — English Flora, 

 vol. ii. p. 51. 



Root tapering, with branched fibres. Stem erect, branched, from 

 two to three feet high, round, rough, with hairs pointed downwards, 

 swollen beneath each joint, solid, a dark gr-een, with purple spots, and 

 the lower part mostly altogether purple, striated, and leafy. Leaves 

 alternate, the lower ones on long channeled footstalks, with a dilated 

 sheathing base, clothed with rough hairs, twice pinnate, with lobed 

 pinnated leaflets, serrated, or crenated on the margin, rough, with 

 hairs, somewhat paler and veiny beneath. Umbels lateral and ter- 

 minal, numerous, the general of numerous long slender unequal rai/s, 

 more or less hairy, the partial smooth, or nearly so, numerous,unequal. 

 General involucre either wanting, or of from one to five short lanceo- 

 late erect hairy segments, the partial of numerous lanceolate ovate 

 nearly smooth reflexed ones, with membranous ciliated margins, and a 

 mid-rib. Flowers white or yellowish, nearly regular, those in the 

 centre of the umbels mostly barren, the outer ones somewhat rayed. 

 Calyx a very narrow margin. Petals inversely heart-shaped, with a 

 small inflesed point, and mid-rib. Stamens with rather long slender 

 filaments, and small round anthers. Styles short, recurved, with small 

 obtuse stigmas, a.'a^ a small concave dish. Fruit linear, oblong, with 

 the sides compressed, smooth. Carpels round at the back, flat in 

 front, with five equal very obtuse ridges, the lateral ones forming the 

 margins. Channels each with a single slender vittce. Albumen 

 round at the back, deeply channeled in front. 



Habitat.— Road sides, hedges, and shady places ; frequent. 



Perennial ; fl^owering in June and July. 



2. C. aure'um, Linn. (Fig. 469.) Tawny-seeded Chervil. Stem 

 swollen, and hairy beneath the joints; leaves tri-pinnate; leaflets 

 pinnated, lanceolate, acuminate, cut and serrated; partial involucre 

 of spreading broadly lanceolate segments, with long slender points and 

 ciliated margins. 



English Botany, t. 2103.— Hooker, British Flora, vol- i. p. 138. — 

 Lindley, Synopsis, p. 125. — Myrrhis aurea, Spreng. — English Flora, 

 vol. ii. p. 52. 



Root tapering, with branched fibres. Stem erect, three feet high, 

 much branched upwards, angular, furrowed, and downy, especially 



