timulum, Linn. Sp. PI. p. 370. — Curt. FI. Lond. t. .— Jaeq. FI. Austr. t 65. — 
Willd. Sp. PI. v ol. v. pt. ii. p. 1454. — Deeand. Prod. v. iv. p. 226.— Lindl. Syn. p. 
125. — Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 106.— Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 167.— Bab. Prim. FI. 
Sam. p. 46. — Beesl. Hist. Banb. p. 581.— My'rrhis temula , Gairt. Fruct. et Sem. 
PI, t. i. p. 109. t. 23. — My'rrhis temuldnta, Sin. Engl. FI. v. ii. p. 51. — With. 
(7th ed.) v. ii. p. 389. — Johns. FI. Berw. v. i. p. 68. — Winch’s FI. of Nortlmmb. 
and Durh. p. 18. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 77.— Cow. FI. Guide, p. 38. — Myrrhis 
annua vulgaris, caule fusco, Moris, v. iii. p. 302. sect. 9. t. 10. f. 7. — Scandix 
temula, Roth. FI. Germ. v. i. p. 22. — Scandix nutans, Mcench. Meth. p. 101. — 
Cerefolium sylvestre, Kay’s Syn. p. 207. — Johns. Ger. p. 1038, with a figure. — 
Anthriscus Plinii, Delech. Hist. p. 791, with a figure,— Wild Chervil, Petiv. 
Herb. Brit. t. 25. f. 3. 
Localities. — In hedges, and bushy places; common. 
Biennial. — Flowers in June and July. 
Root spindle-shaped, somewhat branched, whitish. Stem from 
2 to 3 feet high, upright, branched, round, solid, striated, rough with 
deflexed hairs, and spotted with dark purple; swollen under each 
joint. Leaves alternate, dark green above, paler beneath, hairy, 
twice pinnate; leaflets somewhat egg-shaped, lobed, and cut. 
Petioles dilated and clasping at the base. Umbels of many hairy 
unequal rays; the partial ones smooth, drooping when young. 
Universal involucrum either entirely wanting or of one leaf; rarely 
of many. Partial Involucrum of several egg-shaped, pointed, 
somewhat membranous or coloured leaves, finely fringed on their 
margins and keel, and occasionally confluent at the base. Flowers 
white, numerous, very slightly irregular, partly sterile ; those of 
the circumference principally fertile. Petals (see fig. 1.) heart- 
shaped from the inflexion of their points. Germen (see fig. 2.) 
club-shaped, smooth. Styles decurved, shorter than their globose 
base. Stigmas blunt. Fruit (fig. 3.) somewhat strap-shaped, 
striated, and nearly smooth. 
The whole plant is sweetish and aromatic, and is acceptable to 
domestic cattle, nor is any intoxicating quality recorded, notwith- 
standing the specific name. The herbage is often mildewed. 
(See Sm. Engl. FL). The roughness, dark purple spots, and 
swollen joints of the stem, will distinguish it from most other of 
tire British Umbelliferee. 
“ Range thro’ the fields iu Spring’s enchanting hours. 
And mark the beauties that are spread around ! 
Lo, how the Summer doth bedeck the ground 
With choicest store of blooming fruits and flow’rs t 
See how the yellow Autumn amply show’rs 
Her gifts, that with glad plenteousness abound ! 
In gloomy Winter too, use may be found, 
For then the earth doth renovate her pow’rs ! 
Fonder on all these things ! — Do they not raise. 
With one accord, an universal song 
To their great Author, of mute thanks and praise ? 
Do they not speak, in accents wond’rous strong. 
The pow’r and greatness of His mighty ways 1 
The speechless thanks that to Ilis name belong ?” 
F.R.] 
Literary Gazette, Oct. 29, 1825. 
