C o w - P a r s l e y .
CHiEROPHYLLUM. Lin. Gen. PL P e n t a n d RIA DlGYNIA.
Involucr. reflexum, concavum. Petala inflexo-cordala. Fruüus
oblongus, laevis.
Rail Syn. Gen. 11 . U m b e l l i f e RuE h e r b
CILEROPHYLLUM Jylveßre caule Iasvi ftriato, geniculis tumidiufculis. Lin.Syfi. Vegetab. p. 2q8.
SP- RI- $j§ $6g. FI. Suec. n. 257.
CEREFOLIUM foliis acute dentatis triplicate.'pinnatis, glabris, nervis hirfutis. Haller Hiß. n. 748.
CHIEROPHYLLUM Jylveßre. Scopoli FI. Cam. n. 366.
]V1YRRHIS fylveftris feminibus laavibus, Baufiin Pin. 170.
CICUTARIA vulgaris. Dod. Pempt. 701.
MYRRHlS fylveftris. Parkinfon 935.
CICUTARIA alba Lugdünenfis. Ger. emac. 1038. RaiiSyn.p. 267. Wild Chervil. Hudfon FI
Angl. p. 124. Lightfoot FI. Scot. p. 167.
■ X perennis, craffitie digiti intermedii, «id bafin $ ROOT perennial, the thicknefs o f the middle finger
* fepius ramola, extus palhde fufea, intus al- | moft commonly branching out from the bafe*
bida, fuccum vix lacteum fundens. | externally of a pale-brown colour, internally
I whitifh, full of a juice which can fcarcely be
[ H 9 $ called milky.
P bipedalis et ultra ereaus, craflitie digiti G S T A LK two feet high and upwards, upright, the
| minimi, fiftulofus, fiilcatus, plerumque v l l - f thicknefs o f the little finger, hollow, grooved
lofits, et fepius purpurafeens, ramofus, ge- 0 generally villous, and moil commonly purniculatus,
genicuhs paululutn lncraflatls ; ra- | pliih, branched, jointed, joints fomewhat
nu filbereai, minus pubefeentes. | thickened; branches nearly upright, lefs
. v H M I . _ t hoary than the ftalk.
i radicalia muhmhcato-pmnata fiepe amplif- | LEAVES next the root many times pinnated, often
fima; Coftae Loitas hirfutae,hiriutae. fiftulofae,fiftulofae. ddoorrffoo aarcmutpe 0a large ; the ribs hirfute, fiftulous,1.... r
forming.
angulatas, antice canaliculate, orteque ex f
a {harp angle on the back, hollow in
vagina brevi ftriataque, pinnule lanceolate, 1
acutae, ferrato-incife, plerumque hirfutae;
caulina et ramea fucceflive minora minufque
divifa, ceterum fimilia, fuperiora fepe op-
pofita aut terna cum totidem ramis axillarivery
front, and arifing from a {hort ftriated {heath,
the fmall pinnae lanceolate, pointed, deeply
and irregularly ferrated, generally hirfute,
the leaves of the ftalk and branches fuccef-
fively fmaller, and lefs divided, in other re-
fpe&s fimilar, the upper ones often opposite
or growing three together, with as many
axillary branches.
UMBELLS flattilh, neither thick nor large for the fize
of the plant, drooping before the expanlion ~r ‘^e no^---- ------ y ’ Hi r •
JELLiE planiufcule, nec denfe, nec plants ra- ^
tione ample, ante anthefin nutantes, ra- f
■ B B S a M W l °a°<fccim, gra- ? of the i i a f
flinm iM 1? • bur i S ubnS‘ - I I radu, which are flender, round, and fmooth.
I S u m n S l f l pa" ‘ e pent-a’ » INVOLUCRUM the general one wanting, the partial
1 coacavh l l l r u f i a™” “ ato-ovatis, | one compofed of five leaves or more, which
’ ■ 1 aS ru,bahat,£ u.m- | are ovate, pointed, hollow, fmooth, fomebelluhs
duplo brevionbus, tandem reflexis. % what hairy on the edges, twice as (hort as the
f>rq ; • j • • n I umbells, finally turned back.
? • k r w , I £LOWEr s fcentlefs, a few of them barren.
B Petals inverfely ovate, whitilh,
B S M ®°PcuIorum fubequaha, exteri- J thofe of the central flowers nearly equal, but
maJus- et fcbeordatop the outermoft of the outer ones largeft, fomekiNA
fir IaLJ§ 15.2’ RS . | what heart-fhaped and nicked, Jig. 1, 2 o.
I cadaca A ? TA albl^a’ et ? S TAM IN A : F il am e n t s five, w h it i f lr ih o r t , and
I llavefcentes X . ‘ ubrotundae> didyma, | deciduous. A n t h e r s nearly round,double,
hLTTIM. r 5 F'S' .4* 1 and yellowilh, 4. r™comnreftnWh1" ^ “ “ ’! tu.rblnatum’, “ « “ ■ | PISTILLUM : G e rmen placed beneath the corolla,
S n i T l i i f f l l i g ,u„cldum 1 g landaI? | broadeft at top, flattifh on both fides, (hining ;
parviufeuli a “ r’ crowned with a neftariferous gland. S t y l e s
p viuicun. S t ig m a t a fim p h c ia ./g . 5 ,6 , | two, white and (mall. S t ig m a t a Ample,
■ retk0’]^v!afl®a’' j nt'C' Pu'cat.a’ a^tatu"“ te- | SEEDS two oblong, with a groove in the fore-part
“ M m m . n'sncant,a' ,nodora’ fa- 1 ^°und- fmootb- PiM w 1 « feent, and almoft taftelefs, jig. 7.
'r Wdl l " °™ by * e name of Cow-parjlcy, a term we adopt in
■ »PerlybeloMbir m i t P i h%fo,rmer baln? applicable to the Cow-parfnip: alfo, and the latter
JM us’s f •c°m£ t0 the ^can(*lx Cercfolium and oaorata.
[Part of the1 ftalk S i S S l S Ch^ ° P b 1^ ™ only applicable to the upper part of the plant: the
J»s (hort hairs, ’ P wb,cb 11 moft obvioufly diftinguilhed, is ftrongly grooved, and covered with
Mthe e rrlieft in b' “ ffr . ’ of our flowering in warm fitua-
PGtuations if S 3 y W1, us In 8IOWS chiefly m orchards, paftures, and under hedges* In
jult“re as w o X o ^ C/ ° f °r Car y foIlage; „hen.ce 1 has been recommended by fome writers
a luxurimi/tr ' lttra? on° f ™ farmer, more efpecially as cows are faid to be fond o f it! To
* " r»me p a r t s ^ 7 °^ Wh° them pret,ty Senerally know. In time o f fcarcity, the young
f j f^ X i th o u t anykfo®dg™;oare u fcd as a P o t-h e r b : the toikd roots are faid to have a poifonous
Fb,ra Sr dca- 'bat its nrefeiice indicates a fertile foil; and that its flowers are
■ vacating a yellow dye to woollen cloth.