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MYRRHIS* * 
Linnean Class and Order. Penta'ndria f, Digy'nia. 
Natural Order. Umbelli'fer.k+, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 218. — Sm. 
Gram, of Bot. p. 132. — Lindl. Syn. p. 11 1 ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. 
of Bot. p. 4. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 463. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 
517. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. iii. p. 235. — Mack. 
FI. Hibern. p. 1 13. — Umbellate, Linn. — Rosales ; sect. Ange- 
licin.e ; type, Smyrniace.e ; subtype, Scandicidje ; Burn. Outl. 
of Bot. pp. 614, 700, 780, & 781. 
Gen. Char. Flowers imperfectly separated ; the innermost 
barren. Calyx an obsolete margin. Corolla (fig. 1.) of 5, some- 
what unequal, uniform, inversely egg-shaped, emarginate petals, 
with an indexed taper point. Filaments (see fig. 1.) 5, thread- 
shaped, spreading, as long as the petals, or longer. Anthers round- 
ish. Germen (fig. 2.) inferior, linear-oblong, somewhat club-shaped, 
blunt, furrowed, smooth, slightly compressed. Styles (see fig. 2.) 2, 
awl-shaped, a little spreading, very tumid, and almost globose, at 
the base. Stigmas blunt, or slightly capitate. Floral Receptacle 
wanting. Fruit (figs. 3 & 4.) strap-spear-shaped, compressed at 
the sides, a little curved, deeply furrowed, without a beak, the 
summit crowned with the thick bases of the spreading, permanent 
styles Carpels (see figs. 3 & 4.) with a double membrane, the 
outer one acutely keeled by 5 equal, sharp ridges, which are hollow 
inside ; the inner one adhering closely to the seed. Viltce wanting. 
Seed involute. Universal involucrum none ; partial involucrum 
many-leaved. Flowers white. 
The obsolete calyx ; the inversely egg-shaped, emarginate, in- 
flexed petals ; the laterally compressed, beakless fruit, with a deep 
furrow at the suture ; and the carpels with 5 very prominent, sharp, 
keeled ridges, with the interstices destitute of vittce, will distinguish 
this from other genera in the same class and order. 
One species British. 
MY'RRHIS ODORA'TA. Sweet Cicely. Great Chervil. Sweet 
Chervil. Myrrhe. Sweet Fern. 
Spec. Char. Leaves large, rather villose beneath, very com- 
pound. Fruit large, with very short ribs, and deep furrows between 
them. 
Scop. FI. Corn. (2nded. ) v. i. p. 207. — Sm. Engl. FI. v. ii. p. 50. — With. (7th ed.) 
r. ii. p. 390. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 503. — Lindl. Syn. p. 125. — Hook. Brit. FI. 
p. 132. — Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 106. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. iii. 
p. 369. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 67. — Winch's FI. of Northumbl. and Durham, p. 18. — 
Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 77. — Dick. FI. Abred. p. 31. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 127. — 
Myrrhis major vulgaris, site Cerefolium nrnjus, Park. Theat. Bot. p. 935. — 
Scandix odorata, Linn. Sp. PI. p. 368. — Engl. Bot. t. 697. — Jacq. FI. Aust. vol. v. 
p.48. App. t. 37.- — Huds. FI. Augl. (2nd ed. ) p. 124. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. pt. ij. p. 
1449. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 323. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 166. — Sitith. FI. Oxon. 
p. 100. — Davies’ Welsh Bot. p. 29. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 153. — Perry’s PI. Vary. 
Selects:, p. 26. — Irv. Lond. FI. p. 234. — Chcerophyllum odoratum, Hook. FI. 
Scot. p. 93. — Cerefolium magnum, sive Myrrhis, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 1039. 
Fig. 1. A Flower. — Fig. 2. Germen. — Fig. 3. Fruit. — Fig. 4. Transverse section 
of ditto. — Figs. 1 & 4, slightly magnified. 
* From myron, Gr. perfume ; or myrrha, Gr. myrrh ; scent of plant. Dos- 
•f See folio 48, note t. i Sec folio 235, a. 
