Pentandria. 63 
deep green, doubly pinnated leaves. Annual ; flow- 
ers in July and August, and is a common weed in gar- 
dens, It has been sometimes mistaken for parsley, to 
which it has some resemblance ; but as it is of a noxi- 
ous quality, it should be carefully avoided. 
Scandix. Gen, char. — -Flowers radiating, petals 
emarginate, seed awl-shaped, flowers of the disk often 
with stamens only. 
Scan. Odorata. Sweet Cicely, Great Chervil, or 
Myrrh ; with angular furrowed seeds ; flowers in May, 
and is common in waste places, but is always near 
houses j supposed not to be indigenous. 
Scan. Pecten- Veneris, Venus’s Comb, or Shepherd’s 
Needle, with seeds furnished with very long beaks j 
•common in cultivated fields ; annual, and flowers in 
June and July. 
C. With no involucrum. 
Pastinaca Saliva, Wild Parsnep. Gen. char . — 
Seed elliptical, compressed, plain ; petals rolled inwards, 
entire. Spec, c^ar.-— Leaves simply pinnated, hoary 
on the lower surface. Biennial, and rises to the height 
of three feet ; flowers in July, and not uncommon on 
the borders of fields. 
Apiuivt Graveolens, Small age, or Wild Celery. Gen. 
char.— Seed ovate, ribbed j petals inflected, equal. 
Spec. char. — Leaflets of the stem wedge-shaped, stem 
furrowed. Biennial, and flowers in August ; in ditches 
and marshes near the sea ; is acrid and poisonous, but 
becomes esculent when cultivated. 
