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CHiEROPHY'LLUM * *. 
Linnean Class and Order . Penta'ndria - f, Digy'nia. 
Natural Order . Umbelli'fer.e +, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 218. — Sm. 
Gram, of Bot. p. 132. — Lindl. Syn. p. 111. ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of 
Bot. p. 4. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 463. — Loud.Hort. Brit. p. 517. — 
Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. & Bot. v. iii. p. 235. — Mack. FI. Hibern. 
p. 113. — Hook. Brit. FI. (4th ed.) p.408. — Umbellate, Linn. — 
Rosales; sect. Angelicina: ; type, Smyrniace.e ; subtype, 
Scandicid.e ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. pp. 614, 770, 780, & 781. 
Gen. Char. Flowers imperfectly separated. Calyx an obso- 
lete margin. Corolla (see fig. 1.) of 5 inversely egg-shaped, 
emarginate petals, with an indexed point. Filaments (see fig. 1.) 5, 
thread-shaped, spreading, as long as the petals. Anthers roundish. 
Germen (fig. 2.) inferior, oblong, somewhat club-shaped, blunt, 
furrowed, smooth, slightly compressed. Styles (see fig. 2.) 2, awl- 
shaped, a little spreading, very tumid at the base. Stigmas blunt. 
Floral Receptacle wanting. Fruit (see fig. 3.) without a beak, 
compressed or contracted at the sides. Carpels with 5 obtuse 
equal ribs, of which the two lateral ones form a margin ; the com- 
missure (face) with a deep furrow. Interstices ( channels ) with a 
single vittce in each. Seed taper, (round and long,) its transverse 
section halfmoon-shaped. — Universal involucrum wanting, or of 
few leaves ; partial involucrum of many leaves. 
The obsolete calyx ; the superior corolla, of 5 inversely egg- 
shaped, emarginate, indexed petals ; the smooth, elongated, nar- 
row, laterally compressed or contracted fruit, without a beak ; the 
carpels with 5 blunt equal ribs, with a single vitta in each channel ; 
and the commissure with a deep furrow ; will distinguish this from 
other genera in the same class and order. 
Three species British. 
CH/EROPHY'LLUM TEMULE'NTUM. Intoxicating Cow-par- 
sley. Rough Cicely. Wild Chervil. Small Cow-parsley. 
Spec. Char. Stem rough, spotted, swollen below the joints. 
Leaves bipinnate ; leaflets egg-shaped, slightly acuminate Partial 
involucrum reflexed. Fruit nearly smooth. 
Engl. Bot. t. 1521. — Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd edit.) p. 125. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 
326. — With. (5th ed.) v. ii. p. 387. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 504. — Hook. Brit. 
FI. p. 130. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. iii. p. 366. — Sibtli. FI. Oxon. 
p. 101. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 66. — Thomps. PI. of Benv. p. 32. — Davies’ Welsh 
Bot. p. 29. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 155. — llelh. FI. Cant. (3rd ed.) p. 124. — Hook. 
FI. Scot. p. 93. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 68. — Ft. Devon, pp. 53 Sc 167. — Bab. FI. Bath, 
p. 21. — Dick. Ft. Abred. p. 31. — Irv. Lond. FI. p. 197. — Luxf. Reig. FI. p. 27. — 
Baines’ FI. of Yorksh. p. 48. — Leight. FI. ofShropsh. p. 133. — Gulliv. PI. ofBanb. 
p. 6. — Mack. Catal. of Pi. of Irel. p. 29. ; FI. Hibern. p. 125 . — Chcerophyllum 
Fig. 1. A separate Flower. — Fig. 2. Gerraen and Styles. — Fig. 3. A Fruit. — 
Fig. 4. Transverse section of a Fruit . — All magnified. 
* From chairo, Gr. to rejoice ; and phyllon, Gr. a leaf ; in allusion to the 
agreeable odour of the leaves of several of the species. 
■}• See folio 48, note -f. f See folio 235, a. 
