PENTANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Mynhis. 49 



Cicutaria vulgaris. Rail Sijn. 207. 



Myrrhis. Fuchs. Hist. 524. t. 525. Dalech. Hist. 761./. 



In hedges, and the borders of pastures and fields, in a rather fertile 

 soil, very common. 



Perennial. April, May. 



Root spindle-shaped, a little milky. Stem about a y^ird high, 

 branched, leafy, round, striated, hollow, somewhat swelled be- 

 low the joints, especially when full grown ; the lower part downv ; 

 upper sleek, and generally devoid of pubescence. Leaves triply 

 pinnate; leaflets ovate, pinnatifid, rough-edged. Umbels smooth ; 

 the partial ones drooping more or less when young ; quite erect 

 when in full bloom, with about 5 ovate, membranous, densely 

 fringed, deflexed bracteas to each. Petals unequal in the mar- 

 ginal flowers, which alone are prolific. Fr. lanceolate, with a 

 deep channel at each side, blackish, polished, quite smooth and 

 even, with a short, angular, furrowed beak. Bases of the styles 

 almost globular, seated on a scarcely discernible floral recep- 

 tacle. 



The whole herb, having the flavour of carrots, is eaten by domestic 

 cattle, and is reported to be very grateful to rabbits. The snow- 

 white j?oioers, some of the earliest of their tribe, plentifully adorn 

 the hedges, and bushy margins of fields, in spring, and announce 

 the approach of summer. 



145. MYRRHIS. Cicely. 



Tourn. t. 16G. Moris, v. 3. 301. Hall. Hist. v. 1. 329. Spreng. 

 Prodr. 28. GcBrtn. t. 23. 



Species of Scandix and Chcerophyllwn. lAnn. 



Fl. imperfectly separated; the innermost barren. Ca/. none. 

 Pet. somewhat unequal, uniform, inversely heart-shaped, 

 with an inflexed taper point. Filam. thread-shaped, 

 spreading, as long as the petals, or longer. Anth. round- 

 ish. Germ, inferior, linear-oblong, somewhat club-shaped, 

 abrupt, furrowed, smooth, slightly compressed. Sti/les 

 awl-shaped, a little spreading, very tumid, and almost 

 globose, at the base. Stigmas obtuse, or slightly capitate. 

 Floral receptacle wanting. Frtdt linear-lanceolate, a little 

 cui-ved, deeply furrowed, without a beak, altogether smooth, 

 except, in some instances, a minute bristly roughness at the 

 upper part, either of the furrows or of the angles, which 

 latter are either acute and very prominent, or obtuse and 

 dilated ; the summit crowned with the thick bases of the 

 spreading, permanent styles. 



Perennial or biennial herbs, aromatic, pungent or sweet. 

 Steyn erect, branched, leafy, either rough or smooth; often 



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