166 37. umbellipeejE. 



very small, nearly glotular. — Banks and dry places. — A. V. — 



vn. E. s. I. 



Tribe XI. Scandicinets. 



33. Scajt'dix Linn. Shepherd's Needle. 



1. S. Pecten-Ven'eris (L.) ; fi-. rough dorsally compressed 

 glabrous with bristly edges, beak three times as long as fruit, Its. 

 of partial inv. entire or bifid longer than the pedicels. — E. B. 

 1397. — St. often a foot high. L. light green, triply pinnate; 

 segments short linear. Umbels 1 — 2 together, small. Fl. often 

 slightly radiant. Styles always straight. Stylopode purple. 

 Fr. and beak nearly 2 in. long. Partial involucres sometimes 

 much divided.— Fields. A. VI.— IX. E.S.I. 



34. Ch^eophyl'lttm Linn. Chervil. 



* Midges only apparent on the heah oftliefr. ; no stripes. 

 Antheiscus Hoffin, 



1. C. syhes'tre (L.) ; st. hairy below glabrous upwards 

 swollen below the joinings, umbels terminal stalked, 1. bipmnate, 

 leaflets pinnatifldj/r. smooth and shining narrow to its tip. — 

 Anthriscus llofim. JE. B. 752. — St. 3 feet high, erect, leafy, 

 furrowed, hollow, branched. Partial involucre of several ovate- 

 lanceolate cihate leaflets. Umbels at first droopin". Pet. ob- 

 long-obovate, scarcely emarginate, with a short inflexed point. 

 —Hedges and banks. P. IV.— VI. Wild ChervU. E. S. I. 



[ C. sativum (Lam.) ; st. hairy above the joinings only, umbels 

 lateral sessile, 1. tripinnate, leaflets ovate pinnatifid, fr. linear 

 smooth about twice as long as its beak. — Anth. Cerefolium Hof&n. 

 JH. B. 1268. — St. 1 — 3 feet high, slender, striate, much branched. 

 Partial involucre of 3 unilateral hnear-lanceolate leaflets. Pe- • 

 dxmcles downy. — ^Waste ground. Probably an escape from cul- 

 tivation. A. V. VI. Oarden-Chei-vil.] E. S. 



2. C. Anthris'cus (Lam.) ; st. glabrous, umbels lateral stalked, 

 1. tripinnate, leafiets pinnatifid, fr. ovate with hooked bristles 

 about twice as long as its glabrous beak. — E. B. 818. A. vul- 

 garis Pers. — St. erect, 2 feet high, branched. L. slightly hairy. 

 Umbels on rather short stalks. Partial involucre of few cihate 

 leaflets.— Waste places. A. V. VI. E. S. I. 



** Midges 6, equal, blunt; stripes solitary. 



3. C.tem'ulum(L.); st. thickened beneath the joinings rough, 

 1. bipiimate, leaflets ovate-oblong pinnatifid with rather acute 

 mucronate segments, pet. glabrous, styles equalling the stylopode. 



