AnthriscusJ\ 



XXXVIII. UMBELLIFER^. 



185 



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with an inflected point. (Universal involucre wanting^ or of 

 one leaf; partial one of 5 — 7 leaves.) — ISTame : cKuvdi^^ the 

 Greek appellation for some kind of chei^mL 



1. S. Pecten L. (common S.^ or Venus' Comb); beak 3 — 4 

 times longer tlian the roughish fruit dorsally compressed ciliated 

 with bristles, leaflets cut into many linear or lanceolate short 



segments. 



U.B. t. 1397. 



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Corn-fields, abundant, 0. 6 — 9. — Stem 4 — ]2 inches hi^h, 

 roughish. Leaves triply pinnate. Umbels of very few rays, 2 

 universal ones often sessile in the axil of the sheath of the upper 

 leaves. Partial invol entire or cut, rarely pinnatifid or bipinnatifid 

 and resembling the segments of the leaves. 



34. Anthriscus Pers. Beaked-Parslej. (Tab. III. f. 34.) 



Fruit constricted at the suture, with a short beak. Carpels 

 without ribs or vittcB, Cal.-teefh obsolete. Pet. obcordate. 

 (Partial involucre of many leaves.)— 'Name: given by Pliny to 

 a plant, allied probably to this genus, but we are ignorant of 

 its derivation. 



* Fruit smooth. 



1. A.syhestris Koch (wild JB.) ; umbels terminal stalked, 

 stem hairy at the base glabrous upwards, a little swelling below 

 each joint. Chserophyllum L.: E. B. t. 752. 



Under the hedges and borders of fields, frequent. 2/.. 

 Stem 3 ft. or more high, branched. Leaves triply pinnate; leaflets 

 ovate-lanceolate, deeply cut. Umbels at first slightly drooping. Par- 

 tial involucres of several ovate-lanceolate ciliated leaves, Frtdt linear- 



Tiils 



4—6, 



oblong, with a much less evident beak than in A. Cerefolium. 

 beak alone is marked with a few ribs, 



2. A. '^Cerefolium Koch (Garden i?., or Chervil); umbels 

 lateral sessile, stems hairy above the joints only, leaves tripar- 

 tite decompound, leaflets ovate pinnatifid the segments obtuse. 

 ScandixZ.: E. B. t. 1268. 



Hedges and about gardens, Clifton, Notts : Dr. Howitt, ©. 



^—^'—Stem slender, 1^ — 2 ft. high. Leaves pale yellow-green, 



delicate. Uwhels sessile, lateral, of few rays, pubt^scent. Partial 



involucres of few, about 3, leaves, unilateral, linear. Umbelhdes small. 



Fruit large, perfectly glabrous, linear: beak about half as lon^ as the 

 irmt. 



*^ Pruit muricated. 



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, ^- A- vulgaris Ters. (common B,); umbels stalked opposite 

 the leaves, stem glabrous, leaves ternately decompound, the 

 segments obtuse, fruit ovately conical hispid about twice as 

 long as the glabrous beak. Scandix Anthriscus E. B. t. 818. 



Waste places, by road-sides, especially near towus and villages. 

 (J. 5y6. — Stem 2 ft. or more high, swelling under each joint. 



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