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^EROPHYLLUM SYLVESTRE. U3MMON 



PARSLEY. 



CFLEROPHYLLUM. Lin. Gen. PL PentAndria Digynia. 



Involucr. reflexum, concavum; Petala infiexo-cordata. PruBui 

 oblbngus, laevis. 

 Raii Syn: Gem n. Umbellifer^e herb^e. 

 CH/EROPHYLLUM Jylvefire caule lasvi ftriato, geuiculis tumidiufculis; Lm Syjt. Vegetnb. p. 238; 



Sp. PI. p. 369. FL Suec. n. 257. 

 CEREFOLIUM foliis acute dentatis triplicate- pinnatis, glabris, nervis hirfutis. Halle - Hi/1, n 748. 

 CHiEROPHYLLUM Jylvefire. Scopoli FL Cam. n. 366. 

 MYRRHIS fylveftris feminibus lasvibus. Bauhin. Pin. 170. 

 CICUTARIA vulgaris. Bod. Pempt. 701. 

 MYRRHIS fylveftris. Parkinfon, 935. 



CICUTARIA alba Lugdunenfis. Ger. emac. 1038. Raii Symp. 207. Wild Chervil. Hud/on. PL AngL 

 p. 124. Lightfioot FL Scot. p. 167. 



RADIX perennis, craffitie digiti intermedii, ad bafm | ROOT perennial, the thicknefs of the middle finger, 

 fsepius ramofa, extus pallide fufca, intus al- | moft commonly branching out from the bafe' 



bida, fuccum vix la&eum fundens. t externally of a pale-browll colour, internally 



I whitifti, full of a juice which can fcarcely be 



% called milky. 



CAULTS bipedalis et ultra, eredtus, craffitie digiti mi- 1 STALK two feet high and upwards, upright, the thick- 

 nimi, fiftulofus, fulcatus, plerumque villofus, $ nefs of the little finger, hollow, grooved, 



et faepius purpurafcens, ramofus, geniculatus, | generally villous, and moft commonly purpliih, 



geniculis paululum incraflatis ; rami fuberecti, | branched, jointed, joints fomewhat thickened ; 



minus pubefcentes. % branches nearly upright, lefs hoary than the 



I ftalk. 



FOLIA radicalia multiplicato-pinnata, fepe ampliffima ; t LEAVES next the root many times pinnated, often verf 

 Cofhe hirfutas, fiftulofas, dorfo acute angulata:, | large ; the Ribs hirfute, fiftulous, forming a 



antice canaliculatae, ortaeque ex vagina brevi^ fharp angle on the back, hollow in front, and 



ftriataque, pinnulas lanceolatae, acutae, ferrato- 1 ariling from a fliort ftriated (heath, the fmall 



incifae, plerumque hirfutae ; caulina et ramea| pinnae lanceolate, pointed, deeply and irregu- 



fucceffive minora minufque divifa, caeterum t larly ferrated, generally hirfute, the leaves bf 



fimilia, fuperiora fa?pe oppofita aut terna cum | the ftalk and branches fucceflively fmaller, and 



totidem ramis axillaribus. t lefs divided, in other refpefts fimilar, the up- 



I per ones often oppofite or growing three toge- 



t thcr, with as many axillary branches. 



UMBELLiE planiufculas, nee denfae, nee plantae ratione | UMBELLS flattiih, neither thick nor large for the fize 

 amplae» ante anthefin nutantes, radiis compo- ^ of the plant, drooping before the expanfion of 



fltaa a feptem ad o&odecim, gracilibus, tereti- 1 the flowers, compofed of feven to eighteen 



bus et glabris. | radii, which are {lender, round, and fmooth. 



INVOLUCRUM univerfale nullum, partiale pentaphyl- % INVOLUCRUM the general one wanting, the partial 

 lum et ultra, foliolis acuminato-ovatis, con- 1 one compofed of five leaves or more, which are 



cavis, glabris, ad oras fubciliatis, umbellulis $ ovate, pointed, hollow, fmooth, fomewhat 



duplo brevioribus, tandem reflexis. | hairy on the edges, twice as ihort as the fmall 



y umbells, finally turned back. 



FLORES inodori, pauci fteriles. | FLOWERS fcentlefs, a few of them barren; 



COROLLA: Petala plana, et obverfe ovata, albida, | COROLLA : Petals flat, inverfely ovate, whitifh, 

 centralium flofculorum fubsequalia, exteriorum? thofe of the central flowers nearly equal, but 



vero extimum majus, et fubcordato emargina- I the outermoft of the outer ones largeft, fome- 



tum. Jig. 1, 2, 3. I what heart-fhaped and nicked. Jig. 1, 2, 3. 



STAMINA: Filamenta quinque albida, brevia et| STAMINA: Filaments five, whitifti, ihort, and de- 

 caduca. Anthers fubrotundae, didymae, fla- % ciduous. Anthers nearly round, double, 



vefcentes. fig. 4. | and yellowifh. Jig. 4. 



PISTILLUM: Germen inferum, turbinatum, utrinque f PISTILLUM : Germen placed beneath the corolla, 

 compreffiufculum, lucidum ; glandula neftari- 1 broadeft at top, flattiih on both fides, mining] 



fera coronatum. Styli duo, albi, parviufculi. | crowned with a nectariferous gland. Styles 



Stigmata fimplicia. Jig. 5, 6. % two, white and fmall. Stigmata fimple. 



I Jig. 5, 6. 



SEMINA duo, oblonga, antice fulcata, casterum teretia, % SEEDS two oblong, with a groove in the fore-part, 

 laevia, nitida, nigricantia, inodora, fapore vix| round, fmooth, mining, blackiih, without 



ullo. Jig. 7. I fcent, and almoft tafteleis. fig. 7. 



In many parts of the kingdom this plant is well known by the name of Cow-parfley, a term we adopt in 

 preference to Cow-weed, or wild Chervil ; the former being applicable to the Cow-parjnep alfo, and the latter more 

 properly belonging to the Scandix Cerejolium and odorata. 



Linn^us's fpecific character of this Cheer op hy Hum is only applicable to the upper part of the plant : the lower 

 part of the ftalk, by which it is moft obvioufly diftinguifhed, is ftrongly grooved, and covered with numerous 

 Ihort hairs. 



It is one of the moft common, as well as the earlieft in bloflbm, of our umbellijeri, flowering in warm fituations 

 in April, and generally with us in May. It grows chiefly in orchards, paftures, and under hedges. In fheltered 

 fituations it produces a large crop of early foliage ; hence it has been recommended by fome writers on agriculture 

 as worthy the attention of the Farmer, more efpecially as cows are faid to be fond of it. To rabbits it is a luxurious 

 treat, as thofe who keep them pretty generally know. In time of fcarcity the young leaves, in fome parts of the 

 kingdom, are ufed as a pot-herb : the boiled roots are faid to have a poifonous quality, perhaps without any foundation. 



LiNNiEus remarks, in his Flora Suectca, that its prefence indicates a fertile foil ; and that its flowers are capable 

 of communicating a yellow dye to woollen cloth. 



