(From to rejoce, and folium, a leaf, so called from the abundance of its leaves). Called also cerefo-lium, gingidium; common chervil. It is the scandix cerefolium Lin. Sp. Pi. 368. It is an umbelliferous plant, with winged leaves, like those of parsley, producing smooth long seeds, shaped like a bird's beak; a native of the southern parts of Europe, sown annually in our gardens, and slightly aromattic, aperient, ant! diuretic, differing not from parsley in its medical virtues. Distilled with water, it affords a small quantity of essential oil.

Chaerefolium sylvestre perenne cicutae folio, Cicutaria, vulgaris, myrrhis sylvestris, carefolium syl-vestre; wild cicely; cow weed. Chaerphyllum sylvestre Lin. Sp. Pi. 369. The roots are poisonous, causing difficulty of breathing, torpor, and delirium. The roots resemble parsnips, and are called by the country people madnips. The leaves resemble those of hemlock.