ChJEROPHYLLUM SYLVESTRE; 
PARSLEY. 
Common Cow- 
CHyEROPHYLLUM. Lin. Gen. PI. Pentandria Digynia. 
Ihvo/ucr. reflexum, concavum. Petala inflexo- cordata. FruSfui 
oblongus, hevis. 
TT-r 'tunuuvi t t G ‘ n ' 1 1 ’ Umbellifer® herb®. 
UH/iLKUrH YLLUM fyhejlre caule lscvi ftriato, geniculis tumidlufcUlis. Lin. Syfl. Vegeiab. p. 278. 
Sp. PI. p. 369. FI. Suec. n. 257. 6 ^ 6 
SSmiS “cute dentatis triplicato-piiinatis, glabris, nereis hirfutis. Haiti' Hift. a. >48. 
Scopoii FI. Cam, n. 266; ' 
MYRRH 1 S fylveftris femimbus Levibus. Eauhin. Pin. 170. 
CICUTARIA vulgaris. Dod. Pempt. 701. 
MYRRHIS fylveftris. Parkinfon , 935. 
CICUTARIA alba Lugduaenfis. Gir. cmac. 1038. Rail Syn.p. 'ioi. Wild Chervil. Hudjhn. Fh JnA. 
p. 124. Ltghtfaot FI. Scot. p. , 67. 
RADIX perennis, craffitie digiti intermedii, ad bafin J ROOT perennial, the thicknefs of the middle finger 
iaipius ramofa, extus palhde fufca, intns ah l moft commonly branching out from the bafe’ 
btda, fuccum vtx laflenm fnndens. | externally of a pale-btow® colour, internally 
t whitifh, full of a juice which can fcarcely be 
An attt to ? called milky. 
CALUS bipedal, s et ultra ereftus, craffitie digiti mi - 1 STALK two feet high and upwards, upright, the thick- 
nimi, hftulofus, iulcatus, plerumque yillofus,| nefs of the little finger, hollow grooved 
et laepius purpurafcens, ramofus, geniculatus, | generally villous, and moft commonly purplifh- 
geniculis paululum incraffatis ; rami fuberecli, | branched, jointed, joints fomewhat thickened • 
minus pubefcentes. J branches nearly upright, lefs hoary than the 
ftalk. 
FOLIA radicalia multipUcato-pinnata, f*pe ampliffima ; f LEAVES next the root many times pinnated, often very 
Coftas hirfutae, fiftulofae, dorfb acute angulatae, | i— t>:l_ l C . - . 3 
antice canaliculate, ortaeque ex vagina brevi ^ 
ftriataque, pinnulas lanceolatas, acutas, ferrato- * 
incifae, plerumque hirfut®; caulina et ramea | 
fucceffive minora minufque divifa, casterum t 
fimilia, fuperiora faspe oppofita aut terna cum | 
totidem ramis axillaribus. | 
large; the Ribs hirfute^ fiftulous, forming a 
fharp angle on the back, hollow in front, and 
arifing from a fhort ftriated (heath, the fmall 
pinnas lanceolate, pointed, deeply and irregu- 
larly ferrated, generally hirfute, the leaves of 
the ftalk and branches fucceffively fmaller, and 
lefs divided, in other refpedls fimilar, the up- 
| per ones often oppofite or growing three toge- 
T a? 1 • r 1 i r , - I ther > with as man 7 Hilary branches. 
UMBLLL^E plamufculas, nec denfas, nec plant® ratione | UMBELLS flattifh, neither thick nor large for the fize 
amplae, ante anthehn nutantes, radiis compo- $ of the plant, drooping before the expanfion of 
ht® a feptem ad oftodecim, gracilibus, tereti- 1 the flowers, compofed of feven to eighteen 
rTrn/AT lab - 1S ' rr „ • , , , I radii » which are flendef, found, and fmooth. 
INVOLUCRUM umverfale nullum, partiale pentaphyl - 1 IN VOLUCRUM the general one wanting, the partial 
lum et ultra, foliolis acuminato-ovatis, con- | one compofed of five leaves or more, which are 
cavis, glabris ad eras fubciliatis, umbellulisf ovate, pointed, hollow, fmooth, -fomewhat 
duplo brevioribus, tandem reflexis. | hairy on the edges, twice as fhort as the fmall 
t? r ayd rc ■ ! umbells, finally turned back. 
FLORES inodori, pauci ftenles. | FLOWERS fcentlefs, a few of them barren; 
COROLLA: Petala plana, et obverfe ovata, albida, | COROLLA : Petals flat, inverfely ovate; whitiffi 
centralium flofculorum fubaequalia, exteriorum J thofe of the central flowers nearly equal but 
vero extimum majus, et fubcordato emargina- I the outermoft of the outer ones largeft fome- 
eh->An/n^T^ Um V“^' ■ * *» 3 * . f what heart-fhaped and nicked. fig. i, L 3 
STAMINA: Filamenta quinque albida, brevia et | STAMINA: Filaments five, whitifh,' fhort and de- 
caduca. Anther.® fubrotundas, didymas, fla- % ciduous. Anther® nearly round* double 
„ vefeentes. Jig. 4. | and yellowifh. Jig. 4. 
PISTILLUM: Germen inferum, turbinatum, utrinque { PISTILLUM : Germen placed beneath the corolla 
comprefliufculum lucidum ; glandula ne£lari-| broadeft at top, flattifh on both fides, fluffing 
fera coronatum. Styli duo, albi, parviufculi. * crowned with a ne&ariferous gland. Styies 
Stigmata fimplicia. fig. 5, 6. | two, white and fmall. Stigmata fimole 
I fig- 5 > 6 . 
SEMINA duo, oblonga, antice falcate, carterum teretia, , SEEDS two oblong, with a groove in the fore-part 
ltevia, nitida, nigricantia, inodora, fapore vix | round, fmooth, Alining, Mackilh, without 
ullo. jig. 7 . $ feent, and almoft taftelels. Jig. 7 . 
In many parts of the kingdom this plant is well known by the name of Cow-par /lev, a term we adopt in 
preference to Cow-weed, or wild Chervil ; the former being applicable to the Cowparjhep alio, and the latter more 
properly belonging to the Scandix Cerefolium and odorata. 
Linnxus’s lpecific character of this ChxropbyUum is only applicable to the upper part of the plant ; the lower 
part of the ftalk, by which it is moft obvioufly diftinguiflied, is ftrongly grooved, and covered with numerous 
fhort hairs. 
It is one of the moft common, as well as the earlieft in bloflom, of our umbelliferi , flowering in warm fituations 
in April , and generally with us in May. It grows chiefly in orchards, paftures, and under hedges. In fhel'tered 
fituations it produces a large crop of early foliage ; hence it has been recommended by fome writers on agriculture 
as worthy the attention of the Farmer, more efpecially as cows are faid to be fond of it. To rabbits it is a luxurious 
treat, as thofe who keep them pretty generally know. In time of fcarcity the young leaves, in fome parts of the 
kingdom, are ufed as a pot-herb : the boiled roots are faid to have a poifonous quality, perhaps without any foundation 
LrNN®us remarks, in his Flora Suecica , that its prefence indicates a fertile foil j and that its flowers are capable 
of communicating a yellow dye to woollen cloth. ' ^ 
