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SPECIES I— MYRRH IS ODORATA. Scop. 

 Plate DCXXVL 

 Scandix odorata, Una. Sm. Eng. Bot. No. G07. 



Leaves with short scattered white hairs beneath. Leaves of 

 the involuccls linear-lanceolate, acuminate, scarious, ciliated with 



woolly hairs. . __ , 



In pastures in mountainous districts. Common in the North 

 of England and in Scotland, as far North as Ross-shire; it also 

 occurs in a few localities in the South of England, but is doubtless 

 an introduced plant there. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Spring 

 and Summer. 



Root fleshy, passing gradually into the thick wrinkled ^Mo^ 

 Stem erect, 2 to 1 feet high, round, striated, doth ^ "'^^ ^ 

 distant hairs, corvmbosely branched in the upper part. Badical 

 fea vS verv large/ deltoid in outline, ternately tnpmnate, with the 

 leXts pinnatifid, the segments acute, rounded on teoutor Mdo 

 very finely hairy above, much more so beneath, with Bb«twhite 

 sti f hairs ; stem-leaves with short dilated petioles, much smaller 

 S less divided than the radical ones. Umbels tano^U, 

 with (5 to 12 rays, 1 to 1* inch long; pedicels about J inch Ion,. 

 Power f inch' across, only a few of the exterior ones perfect or 

 female. Cremocarp subcylindrical-prismatie, dark blackish-bro^n, 

 liuch Ion-, acuminated at the apex; mencarps with 5 very pro- 

 S keeled rid.es, which, are remote!,- denticuba e and have 

 hairs springing from the denticulations. Plant pale-gieen. 



Sweet Cicely. 



French, Myrrhe Odorante. German, Woldricchende Sassdolde. 



This plant, like the chervil, though formerly cultivated as a potherb ta. Ufa. 



greatly into disuse in England. Our continental neighbours more remarkable than 

 ourselves for the care with winch they prepare their dishes st.ll use U, ■>* £»j£ 

 blend the flavours of different herbs so as to produce a pleasant e.lect on the palate 

 TtthoL plant is aromatic, and was formerly applied medicinally as .^ 

 carminative but has given place to more active remed.es In My it ■ g«a% 

 esteemed, and not only the leaves but the green seeds ground small are much use n 

 21 * Sweet Chervil, gathered while it fa young and put among other herbs . a 

 sallet," says Parkinson, « addeth a marvellous good relish to a the rest. 



The 'seeds have the flavour of anise, and are used in the North ot England for 

 nolfahin' and P H .ming oak floors and furniture. The smell of this plan attracts 

 £ and I insides of "«** hives are often rubbed with it before placmg them over 

 swarms to induce them to enter. 



