7{; PENTANDRIA DUU XIA. CluvrophvUum. 



T. no(kiS(7. Knotted H. Umbels from the sides of the 

 stem, simple, nearly stalkless. Stem prostrate. Fruit 

 partly granulated. Cauoalis nodosa. E. B. 199- C. 

 nodosa, echinato semine. G. E. 10'2'2. 



Banks, borders of fields, gravelly soil, or chalkij, more frequent. Sm. 



An. June. 



F'l. white. Ls. deep, glaucous green. 



* ANTHRISCUS. Beaked-parsley. 



A, ru/garis. Common Beaked-parsley. Fruit egg- 

 shaped, twice the length of its beak. Leaves thrice- 

 winged, wing-deft. Scandix Anthriscus. E. B. 818. 

 C. 1. 19. Sb. 



Banks, waste ground, chiefiy near large towns and rillages. 



An. May. 



Stem very smooth, swollen under each joint. Ls. bright light- 



gi'eeu. Umbels mostly from the sides of the stem. Sweetish, 



aromatic tlaA'Our. * Fruit egg-shaped, bristly, with a short, smooth 



beak. Pers. The ^'eA?/* inaccurate in E. B. 



" The whole vegetable kingdom does not aftbrd a more exquisite 

 green, nor scarcely a more rich, and elaborate foliage, than the 

 young plants of A. vulgaris."' 



SCANDIX. Shepherd's-needle. 



S. Peefen J^^eueris. Co?nmon S/i. llrnus^s Comb, or 

 Needle- Chervil. Fruit nearly smooth, with a bristly- 

 edged beak. Umbels simple ; solitary or in pairs. 

 Bracteas iagged. Petals bent inwards at the point. 

 E. B. 1897. C. 5. 21. Pecten Veneris. G. E. 

 1040. 



Cultivated fields. 



An. May. 



Ls. three winged, somewhat smooth. Umbels of two or three rays. 

 Leallets linear, cut into many linear segments. 



CH^ROPHYLLUiAl. Chervil. 



Ch. st/Iresfre, TPild Ch. Smooth Cow-parsley . Umbels 

 terminal, stalked. Bracteas egg-shaped, membranous. 

 E. B. 752. C. 4. 25. 



Hedges, orchards, borders of pastures and fields. 



Per. May. 



Ls. tliree winged, deeply cut. i-7. whitish. Stem slightly fur- 

 rowed. Fruit not at all furrowed. Umbels drooping before 

 flowerinsf. 



