ScANDIX AnTHRISCUS. ScANDIX WITH ROUGH SEEDS. 
SCANDIX Lima! Gen. PI. Pentandria Digynia 
RaiiSyn. Gen. n. umbelliferas herbas 
SCANDIX Anthrifcus feminibus ovatis hilpidis, corollis uniformibus, caule l*vi. Linnet Syfi. Fegetat. f. 
237. Flor. Suecic. p. 93. 
CAUCALIS vaginis lanuginofis, foliis triplicato-pinnatis, feminibus roftratis. Haller hjfl. n. ?43 , 
MYRRHIS fylveftris, feminibus afperis. Bauhlnfm. 160, Parklnfon ns . Ger. emac. ro 3 8. Rail Syn. f. 
aao. Small Hemlock-Chervil with rough Seeds. Huifon PL Angl. p. I0 8. Jacpin Flor. 
Aujlriac Vol. 1. p. 35. tab. 154. 
RADIX annua, parva, albida, fubinfipida. 
CAULIS pedalis ad tripedalem, fa?pe altior, fubereftus, 
teres, ^ fiflulofus, lawis, ad genicula tumidus et 
fubflriatus, plerumque viridis. 
FOLIA. Vaginas ad bafin foliorum magna:, margini- 
bus lanuginofis ; Folia mollia, tenera, multi- 
plicate pinnata, hirfutula, ex luteo-virentia. 
INFLORESCENTIA Umbella. Umbellae obliqua, 
pedunculata : Pedunculus univerfalis Radiis 
brevior. Radii univerfales o—c. glabri, partia- 
les 2 — 6. 
CALYX : Involucrum univerfale nullum. Partiale plerum- 
que pentaphyllum, foliolis lanceolato-acuminatis 
ciliatis, perfiftentibus 1 ; 
COROLLA : Petala quinque, minima, fubsqualk, 
alba, fubcordata, apicibus inflexis, fg. 2: 
> ROOT annual, fmall, whitifh, with little tafte. 
; STALK from one to three feet high, frequently taller, 
nearly upright, round, hollow, fmooth, fwelled 
and (lightly ftriated at the joints, and moll 
commonly green. 
LEAVES. The (heaths formed by the bafe of the leaves 
are large and downy at the edges : the leaves 
loft, tender, many times pinnated, {lightly 
hairy, and of a yellowifh green colour. 
INFLORESCENCE an Umbel!, the Umbells oblique, 
ftanding on footftalks, the general or univerfal 
footftalk fhorter than the Radii ; the univerfal 
Radii from 3 to 5, the partial Radii from 
2 to 6. 
CALYX. The univerfal Involucrum wanting, the Partial 
one generally compofed of five leaves, which 
are pointed, hairy at the edges, and continue. 
M- i- 
COROLLA : five Petals very minute, nearly equal, 
in / ’ fcmewhlt bcart fta P ed > the tips bending 
STAMINA: Filamenta quinque, petalis paulo bre- 
viora ; An Tu e a a primum virides, dein fufce 
fig 3 - 
PISTILLUM: Germen oblongum, inferum, fubcom- 
preffum, hirfutum, Styli duo breves, fg. j. 
SEMINA duo, oblonga, e fufco-nigricantia, hinc ful- 
cato-plana, inde convexa, rollrata, pihs rigidis 
hamatis undique asperay^ - . 6. 
STAMINA : five Filaments, a little (horter than the 
Petals; the Antherje firfi green, afterwards 
brown, fg. 3. 
PISTILLUM: the Germen oblong, placed beneath 
the Corolla, flattilh, and rough, two Styles 
very ihort jig. 5, 
SEEDS two oblong, of a dark brown colour, on one 
(lde flat and grooved, on the other convex 
running out to a point, and prickly with ftiff 
hooked hairs, jig. 6. 
the caule of miftakes, which have fometimes proved hurtfd to the hSS d T P A h f eqUe1 ^ hath be ™ 
ts no _ clafs of plants which, at firil light, appears to tfTyouS Sit A ' the P™ 'hat there 
there is none perhaps which affords more conflant or inorefertam marlcsnf difficult of mveffigation than this, 
diftin&ons may be drawn from the Stalk and Leaves : in feme the 11 alk^is fiKf IU** d ‘ l ° bvioU3 
more or lefs deeply channeled ; in fome the leaves are verv finelv divided a i ' ,1 thers f r °»gh; and m others, 
parts of Truncation afford the mod pleaiing, and fcientific, diftinguhhbg mart™ The" ubfaj™® 7 f° 'f 
general and partial Involucrum the number (hane and li tuition ff V. l A 1 he “bfence, or prefence of the 
pofe the umbel], the fizeand equahty TnP^F’uZx detent 'f Radii whkh «m- 
a knowledge of thefe plants eafily acquired 7 a PP earallccs ° f 'he Seeds, all unite to render 
the S rjngtd «^onTft2; /are wiU therefore be necefliry in 
In the firfi and fecond volumes of his Flora Autlriaca latelv ouhlifiipd U f cee ,. e , (° as t * le celebrated Jacquin. 
to die flock of botanic knowledge, a great number of thefe pfants are figured^deSfd 316 2 ValUaWe addkioU 
the T fads P t t ,ir^ne“ wLTt toom^ Want If i’t ' ° ^ a " d 
puts on fomewbat the appearance of the common Hemlock but may eafiNbTd'ft"^™ ^ t m ° lk fituatio n, it 
if attention be paid to the following partTcXf The t’vls ofthe pIant ’ 
flight hairmefs, are more finely divided, and of a paler green - the (talk of the Heml tbe fc bave a 
Hemlock has a general involu/rum, which in thisf kbfs vam ng L ftS rftf Heml P ° t ^ j- n0t ; ths 
are rough ; the Hemlock has a ftrong difagreeable line 1 ; tffinf’ d ftgr ablf bfmof fl cf m °? th ’ a \ d * eft 
its virtues it (houldfeemneareft allied. ? onagreeaDle, but more like Chervil, to which in 
