198 THE UMBELLATE FAMILY. [Chcerophyllum. 



two, Chcerophyllum, 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 . . 3 C. Anthriscus. 

 Umbels terminal. Fruit long, glabrous. 

 Lobes of the leaves rather obtuse. Ribs and vittas of the fruit 



conspicuous when dry 1 C. temulum. 



Lobes of the leaves pointed. Fruit very smooth, without ribs 



or vittas 2 C. sylvestre. 



The garden Chervil (C. sativum, Gartn., Anthriscus Cerefolium, Hoffm.), 

 a native of south-eastern Europe, 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. O. 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 as in 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 

 Kussian Asia, extending northwards into southern Scandinavia. Fre- 

 quent in England, less so in Ireland and in the Scotch Highlands. Fl. 

 summer. 



2. O. sylvestre, Linn. (fig. 445). Wild 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 

 Eussian Asia. In Britain, one of the commonest Um'belliferce. Fl. 

 spring. 



3. 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 Chcerophyllum. 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 



