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two, Cherophyllum, with a vitta between each rib; and Anthriscus, 
without vittas, and the ribs themselves scarcely visible, except at the 
top, when the fruit is beaked ; but the distinction is purely artificial. 
Umbels on short, lateral peduncles. Fruit short, hispid : . 38 C. Anthriscus. 
Umbels terminal. Fruit long, glabrous. 
Lobes of the leaves rather obtuse. Ribs and vittas of the fruit 
conspicuous when dry : : : , ; ; . 1 C. temului. 
Lobes of the leaves pointed. Fruit very smooth, without ribs 
or vittas. ; : f : ; ; ‘ ‘ ‘ . 2 C. sylvestre. 
The garden Chervil (C. sativum, Gartn., Anthriscus Cerefoliwm, Hoftm.), 
a native of south-eastern Hurope, may occasionally be found in waste ~ 
places near where it has been cultivated. It is a more slender plant 
than C. sylvestre, the leaves more dissected, with shorter segments, the 
umbels mostly lateral and sessile, and the fruit evidently beaked. 
1. ©. temulum, Linn. (fig. 444). Rough C.—An erect biennial, 2 to 
3 feet high, and rough with short reflexed hairs. Leaves twice pinnate 
or ternate, with ovate or wedge-shaped, pinnatifid or toothed segments, 
more or less hairy, especially on the upper side; the lobes short and 
rather obtuse, never elongated and pointed asin C. sylvestre and Myrrhis 
odorata. Umbels of few rays, without a general involucre ; the partial 
involucres of 5 or 6 broadly-lanceolate bracts, shorter than the pedicels. 
Outer petals of the umbel rather large. Fruit-the size of that of C. 
sylvestre, but with 5 obtuse ribs and vittas between them. 
In hedges and thickets, in central and southern Europe, and all across 
Russian Asia, extending northwards into southern Scandinavia. Fre- 
quent in England, less so in Ireland and in the Scotch Highlands, fl. 
SUNLMNEY. 
2. ©. sylvestre, Linn. (fig. 445). Weld C_—The perennial, or per- 
haps only biennial, stock descends into a tap-root. Stems hairy, erect, 
and branched, 2 to 3 feet high. Lower leaves on long stalks, twice 
pinnate, with ovate-lanceolate pointed segments, deeply pinnatifid and 
toothed ; upper leaves smaller, on shorter stalks, all more or less hairy or 
rarely nearly glabrous. Umbels rather numerous, not large, of 8 or 10 
rays, with small white flowers. No general involucre, but the partial ones 
of several bracts. Fruits about 3 lines long, very smooth and shining, 
without ribs or vittas, narrowed at the top, but without any distinct 
beak. Anthriscus sylvestris, Hoffm. 
Under hedges, on the borders of fields, &c., throughout Europe and 
Russian Asia. In Britain, one of the commonest Umbellifere. FI. 
spring. 
an C. Anthriscus, Lam. (fig. 446). Burr C.—An erect, branched, 
hairy annual, attaining near 2 feet in height, with nearly as much the 
habit of a Caucalis as of a Cherophyllum. Leaves not large, twice, or 
the lower ones thrice pinnate, with ovate or ovate-lanceolate segments, 
pinnately lobed and toothed. Umbels small, on short peduncles, 
opposite to the leaves, of 3 to 7 rays, without general involucres, and 
but few bracts to the partial ones. Fruits ovoid-oblong, not 2 lines 
long, covered with short, hooked bristles, and narrowed at the top into 
a very short smooth beak. Anthriscus vulgaris, Bernh. 
A weed of cultivation, probably of south European origin, but readily — 
spreading with our crops, and now established in scattered localities — 
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