PARSLEY FAMILY 



compound, many-rayed ; brads absent ; bracteoles many, mem- 

 branous ; flowers white ; fruit long, contracted at the sides with a 

 deep furrow between the carpels ; ridges sharp, prominent, almost 

 winged. (Name from the Greek murrha, myrrh, from the fragrance 

 of the leaves.) 



i. M. odorata (Sweet 

 Cicely).— Stem 2 — 3 feet ^ AvMtM^", 



high, furrowed, and hollow ; 

 leaves large, tripinnate, cut, 

 slightly downy ; umbels 

 terminal, downy; bracteoles 

 whitish, ciliate ; flowers 

 white ; fruit remarkably 

 large, an inch long, becom- 

 ing dark brown. — Mountain 

 pastures in the north. Re- 

 markable for the sweet and 

 highly aromatic flavour of 

 the leaves and fruit. — Fh 

 May, June. Perennial. 



21. CH.EROPH YLLUM 



(Chervil). — Hairy plants ; 

 leaves decompound ; umbels 

 compound, many - rayed ; 

 bracts absent or very few ; 

 bracteoles several ; flowers 

 usually white ; fruit shortly 

 beaked, contracted at the 

 sides ; ridges blunt. (Name 

 from the Greek chairo, I 

 rejoice, and phullon, a leaf, 

 from the agreeable odour of 

 the leaves in some species.) 



1. C. AnthAscus (Com- 

 mon Beaked Parsley). — 



Stem 2 — 3 feet high, smooth, polished, slightly swollen at the 

 nodes ; leaves 3-pinnate, with blunt segments, slightly hairy 

 beneath ; umbels lateral, on rather short stalks, opposite the 

 leaves ; bracts absent ; bracteoles 5 or 6, with fringed edges ; fruit 

 bristly with hooked bristles. — Waste places ; common. — Fl. May, 

 June. Annual. 



2. C. sylvestre (Wild beaked Parsley or Chervil). — Stem slightly 

 downy below, smooth above ; leaves 3-pinnate, coarsely serrate ; 



ch^erophyllum t£mulum (Rough Chervil). 



