Ghcerophyllum .] xxxvm. umbelliferte. 
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* Fruit smooth. 
1. A. sylvestris Hoffm. ( wild B.) ; umbels terminal stalked, 
stem hairy at the base glabrous upwards, a little swelling below 
each joint. Chmrophyllum L.: E. B. t. 752. 
Hedges and borders of fields, frequent. If.. 4 — 6. — Stem 3 ft. 
or more high, branched. Leaves triply pinnate ; leaflets ovate- 
lanceolate, deeply cut. Umbels at first slightly drooping. Partial 
involucres of several ovate-lanceolate ciliate leaves. Fruit linear- 
oblong, with a much less evident beak than in A. Cerefolium. This 
beak alone is marked with a few ribs. 
2. A. * Cerefolium HofFm. ( Garden B., or Chervil ); umbels 
lateral sessile, stems hairy above the joints only, leaves tripar- 
tite decompound, leaflets ovate pinnatifid the segments obtuse. 
Scandix L. : E. B. t. 1288. 
Hedges and about gardens. Clifton, Notts : Dr. Howitt. ©„ 
5 — 7 Stem slender, — 2 ft. high. Leaves pale yellow-green, 
delicate. Umbels sessile, lateral, of few rays, pubescent. Partial 
hivolucres of few, about 3, leaves, unilateral, linear. Umbellules small. 
Fruit large, perfectly glabrous, linear : beak about half as long as the 
fruit. 
** Fruit muricated. 
3. A. vulgaris Pers. ( common B.) ; umbels stalked opposite 
the leaves, stem glabrous, leaves ternately decompound, the 
segments obtuse, fruit ovately conical hispid about twice as 
long as the glabrous beak. Scandix Anthriscus L. : E. B. 
t. 818. 
Waste places, by road-sides, especially near towns and villages. 
©. 5, 6. — Stem 2 ft. or more high, swelling under each joint. 
Leaves slightly hairy. Partial umbels small, with small involucres. 
Fruit rather large, with a distinct furrow on each side which extends 
to the beak, covered with hooked bristles. 
35. CHiEROPHYLLUM Linn. Chervil. (Tab. III. f. 35.) 
Fruit laterally compressed or constricted, with a very short 
beak. Carpels with 5 obtuse ribs, with a deep furrow on the 
inner face of the carpels. Interstices with single vittce. Cal.- 
teeth obsolete. Pet. obcordate, with an inflected point. (Partial 
involucre of many leaves .) — Named from x a, P w i to rejoice , and 
<pv\\ov, a leaf; hence conies our word chervil , applied to the 
cultivated Anthriscus Cerefolium , whose leaves have an agree- 
able smell. 
1. C. temulentum L. ( rough C.) ; fruit glabrous with obtuse 
ribs, stem rough (spotted) swelling below each joint, leaflets 
ovate-oblong cut, partial involucres reflexed. E. B. t. 1521. 
Hedges and copses, common. <J. 6, 7 . — Stem 3 ft. or more 
high, rough witli hairs. Leaves doubly pinnate ; leaflets pinnatifid 
