S6 PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA, 
SCANDIX. Shepherd’s Needle or Venus-comb. 
The general umbel is long and hath few rays, the 
partial one hath more. There is no general involucriim 
but the partial one is pentaphyllous and the length of 
the umbellula. The general flower is difform and radi- 
ated with the flolcules of the difk barren. The proper 
flower hath five cordato- inflex petals, the innermoft lefs 
and the outmofl: larger. There are five capillary fila- 
ments with roundifli antherae. The germen is oblong and 
beneath the flower, having two fubulated ftyles, the 
length of the leafl: petal, which remain till the fruit be 
ripe, with obtufe ftigmata. The fruit is very long, fu- 
bulated and divifible into two parts each containing one 
feed, convex and furrowed on one fide, and plain on the 
other., 
Obf. The flofcules of the difk are barren in fome. 
The feeds of Venus’s Comb are thread-like, covering a 
nut in the bafe. 
Cerefolio Riv. the feeds are ovato-fubulated and flri- 
ated. The involucrum is green and rem.ains till the fruit 
be ripe, and all the flofcules are hermaphrodite. 
Odorata the feeds are angulated and the involucrum is 
caducous. 
Pe^en Veneris. Venus Coml with fmooth feeds and the 
longeit beak of any. An. June., July. 
Anthrifeus. Small Hemlock Chervil with oval rough 
feeds, uniform flowers and a fmooth flem. An. May^ 
June. 
CH^ROPHYLLUM. Wild Cicely or Cow-weed, 
The general umbel is patent and the partial one is 
nearly equal with it in the number of rays. The partial 
involucrum hath commonly five, lanceolated, concave, 
reflex leaves almolt the length of the umbeiluls. The 
general flower is nearly uniform and the flowers of the 
d:f!c are barren. The proper flower hath five inflexo- 
cordate petals, the exterior ones being fomewhat larger. 
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