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plant, with very slender stems and greenish flowers, which it produces in June; and the common Beaked 
Parsley (A. vulgaris ), which is a very handsome annual, with trebly pinnate leaves, which are extremely beautiful. 
The name of Anthriscus was given to this genus by Pliny, but its derivation is unknown. 
GENUS XXXIII. 
THE SHEPHERD’S-NEEDLE. (Scandix, Lin.) 
Lin. Syst. PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Description, &c. —There is only one British species in this genus, viz. the common Shepherd’s-needle, or 
Venus’s Comb ( S. Pecten-Veneris), which is a little annual weed, with white flowers. It takes its somewhat 
singular English names from the long sharp beaks of its seed-vessels, and from their being arranged in a row, so 
as to look something like a comb with very long teeth. The word Scandix signifies to prick ; in allusion also 
to the sharp points of the seed-vessels. The flowers are inconspicuous, but they continue nearly all the 
summer. 
v GENUS XXXIV. 
THE ROUGH CHERVIL. (Ch^erophyllum, Lin.) 
Lin. Syst. PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Description, &c. —There are three species in this genus, all of which are rather handsome plants. The 
common Rough Chervil (C. temulentum) is very abundant in every part of England, but it is always found 
growing in the shade. It is an annual, with inconspicuous flowers, which it produces in June and July; and it 
is easily distinguished from most other Umbelliferous plants, by its umbels drooping before the expansion of the 
flowers. The plant has a sweet aromatic taste if eaten, but it is considered deleterious, if not poisonous. The 
second species, the Golden Chervil (C. aureum ), and the broad-leaved Chervil ( C. aromaticum), are both 
aromatic perennials, which have been naturalised in Scotland, but are not true natives. Chcerophyllum is 
derived from two Greek words, signifying to rejoice in a leaf; in allusion to the leaves of some of the species 
having a very agreeable and aromatic smell. 
GENUS XXXV. 
THE CICELY. (Myrrhis, Scopoli.) 
Lin. Syst. PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Description, &c. —There is only one British species in this genus, viz. the Sweet Cicely (M. odorata), 
which is a very elegant and highly aromatic perennial. It is found in great abundance in the mountainous parts 
of England and Wales, and in Scotland. It flowers in May and June. The name of Myrrhis is derived from 
Myrrh, because the plant is supposed to smell like the fragrant balsam of that name. 
