322 UMBELLIFERS. LXXXVI. Levisticum. LXXXVII. Serum. LXXXVIII. Osrertcum. LXXXIX. Ancetica, 
odour of this plant is strong aud peculiar ; its taste is warm and 
aromatic. It abounds with a yellowish, gummy, resinous juice, 
very much resembling Opépanax. Its qualities are supposed to 
be similar to those of Angélica and Masterwort in expelling flatu- 
lences, and exciting perspiration; therefore chiefly used in hys- 
terical disorders and uterine obstructions. The leaves, eaten as 
salad, are accounted as emmenagogue. The root, which is not 
so ungrateful as the leaves, is said to possess similar virtues, and 
may be employed in powder. 
Officinal or Common Lovage. 
PI. 4 to 6 feet. 
Cult. This plant will grow in any soil ; and is easily increased 
by dividing at the root. 
FI. June, July. Clt. 1596. 
LXXXVII. SELI'NUM (cedwov, selinon, is the Greek name 
for parsley ; similarity in the leaves). Hoffm. umb. 1. p. 150. 
Koch, umb. 100. f. 22-23. D.C. prod. 4. p. 165.—Mylinum, 
Gaudin, fl. helv. 2. p. 344. but not of Pers.—Angélica species 
of Spreng.—Selinum species, Lin.—Thysselinum, Adans. fam. 
2. p. 100. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Digynia. Margin of calyx obsolete. 
Petals obovate, emarginate. Fruit compressed from the back, 
furnished with 2 wings on each side from the raphe being cen- 
tral; mericarps with 5 membranous, winged ribs ; wings of the 
lateral ribs twice the breadth of the others; vitte 1 in each 
furrow, but there are often 2 in the outer furrows, and always 2 
in the commissure. Carpophore bipartite.—Glabrous peren- 
nial herbs. Leaves ternately decompound or tripinnate ; leaf- 
lets pinnatifid. Umbels compound. Involucra of few leaves; 
involucels of many leaves. Flowers white. 
1 S. carviroria (Lin. spec. p. 350.) stem angularly furrowed ; 
rays of umbel glabrous; petals emarginate, with an inflexed 
point. Y%.H. Native of Europe (Britain only excepted), in 
humid and stagnant shady places of woods. Jacq. aust. t. 16. 
D.C. fi. fr. 4. p. 322. Oed. fi. dan. t. 667. S. membran- 
aceum, Vill. cat. strasb. t. 6. S. angulàtum, Lam. fl. fr. 4. 
p. 419. S. pseùdo-carvifòlia, All. pedem. no. 1306. Angélica 
carvifòlia, Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 606. Laserpitium 
selinoides, Scop. carn. 1. p.198. Carvifòlia, Bauh. pin. 158. 
Mylìnum carvifòlium, Gaud. fl. helv. 2. p. 344. Càrum pra- 
ténse, Park. theat. 910. no. 3. Angélica tenuifòlia, Riv. pent. 
t. 18. Thysselìinum palústre, Vaill. bot. par. t. 5. f. 2. 
Caraway-leaved Milk-parsley. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1774. 
PI. 2 feet. 
2 S. Canvériu (D.C. prod. 4. p. 165.) stem terete; rays of 
umbel pubescent; petals obcordate, having the middle nerve 
crested above. 2/.H. Native of Nipaul, on the mountains at 
Komaon. Angélica? Candéllii, Wall. mss. Leaves ternately 
decompound ; leaflets slender, multifid. Umbels terminal, of 
many rays. Involucra of many or of few leaves, or wanting, 
or soon falling off. Petals nearly as in the genus Ptychotis. 
Fruit as in S. carvifolia, but larger, and more ovate. Seed 
furrowed on the back. : 
De Candolle’s Milk-parsley. Pl. 2 feet. 
3 S. TEREBYNTHINUM (Hook. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 266. t. 95.) 
plant glabrous in every part ; leaves tripinnate, stiff, glaucous ; 
segments pinnatifid : lobes short, linear, acute; peduncles elon- 
gated ; involucra wanting; leaves of involucels linear, short ; 
mericarps with 5 broad, undulating ribs. %. H. Native of 
the north-west coast of America, common on the sandy grounds 
of Wallawallah river. Root fusiform. Rays of umbel very 
unequal. Fruit rather large, ovate, compressed. The genus 
to which this plant belongs is truly doubtful. The fruit not 
corresponding well with any described genus. 
Turpentine Milk-parsley. PI. 14 foot. ‘ 
& S. srevia‘rum (D: Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 185.) leaves pin- 
nate; leaflets ovate, mucronate, 3-lobed and deeply toothed, 
glabrous; involucra of 2-3 leaves; rays of umbel pubescent; 
leaves of involucels large, coloured; fruit glabrous. YJ. H. 
Native of Nipaul. Astrantia spec. Wall. in litt. Stems branched, 
erect. Rays of umbel equal. Leaves of involucels elliptic- 
oblong, membranous, much longer than the umbellules. 
Starry Milk-parsley. Pl. 2 feet? 
Cult. SeeAngélica, p. 323. for culture and propagation. 
LXXXVIII. OSTE’RICUM (meaning unknown to us). 
Hoffm. umb, p. 162. Koch, umb. 100. D.C. prod. 4. p. 167. 
—Angélica species, Fisch. Spreng. and Lag. 
Lin. syst. Pentándria. Digynia. Calyx with 5 broad teeth. 
Petals unguiculate, obovate, emarginate, with an inflexed point. 
Fruit compressed from the back, furnished with 2 wings on both 
sides from the raphe being central. Mericarps with 3 dorsal 
elevated filiform ribs, but the 2 lateral ribs are dilated into 
much broader wings ; vittee 1 in each furrow. Carpophore bi- 
partite. Seed flat.—A perennial herb. Stem furrowed, quite 
glabrous. Leaves ternately decompound, rough beneath ; leaf- 
lets rather divaricate, ovate-cordate, unequally toothed. Um- 
bels compound. Involucra of few leaves; involucels of many 
leaves. Flowers white. ; 
1 O. pratense (Hoffm. 1. c. p. 164.). 2. H. Native of 
Gallicia, in moist low meadows, about Erford and Charkow. 
Angélica praténsis, Bieb. in Spreng. umb. spec. p. 60. Impe- 
ratòria palústris, Bess. fl. gal. 1. p. 214. O. palústre, Besser. 
in litt. Rchb. icon. t. 402. Selinum odoràtum, Bernh. ined. 
Angélica palústris, Bess. cat. hort. crem. 1816, p. 12. 
Meadow Ostericum. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1818. Pl. 3 feet. 
Cult. See Opópanax above for culture and propagation. 
LXXXIX. ANGE'LICA (so named from the supposed an- 
gelic virtues of some species). Hoffm. umb. 1. p. 158. Koch, 
umb. 99. f. 20-21. Gaudin, fl. helv. 2. p. 340. D.C. prod. 
4. p. 167.—Angélica species, Lin. Spreng. and Lag. 
Lin. syst. Penténdria, Digynia. Margin of calyx obsolete. 
Petals lanceolate, entire, acuminated; points straight or incurved. 
Fruit compressed from the back, furnished with 2 wings on it 
sides from the raphe being central; mericarps with 3 dorsal, 
filiform, elevated ribs, and 2 lateral ones which are dilated into 
membranous wings, more or less broader than the dorsal ones ; 
vittæ 1 in each furrow. Seed nearly semi-terete. Carpophore 
bipartite, free.—Perennial or biennial herbs. Leaves bipinnate- 
Umbels terminal. Involucra wanting or of few leaves ; mv0- 
lucels of many leaves. Flowers white. 
Secr. I. Evance’tica (from eu, well, and angelica; this sec- 
tion contains what are considered the true species of the genus). 
D.C. prod. 4. p. 167. Petals with a longish taper point, rarely 
obcordate. Vittæ one in each furrow, and 2 in the commissure. 
Stems leafy. Petioles much dilated. 2 
1 A. Razov‘tsm (Gouan. ill. 13. t. 6.) stem striated, pubes- 
cent at the apex ; leaves bipinnate or tripinnate; leaflets lan- 
ceolate, serrated, acute, scabrous beneath, decurrent at the base, 
and sometimes 2-parted; involucra usually of one leaf only ; 
pedicels pubescent. 2%.H. Native of the Pyrenees. D. c.f. 
fr. 4. p. 305. and 5. p. 508. A. ebulifòlia, Lapeyr. abr. P: 
156. A. Tournefortiàna, Cusson. A. Pyrenàica tenuifòlia, 
Tourn. herb.—Boce. mus. t. 99. The vittæ in the comso 
is covered by a pericarp. The points of the petals are incurve® 
The mericarps are ovate, and the stamens are very long... ; 
was first discovered by M. Razouls, an apothecary at Perpig- 
non. Flowers purple before expansion, but afterwards white. i 
Var. B; leaves of involucels foliaceous, dilated ; pedicels o 
umbellules few and elongated. %4. H. Native of the Pyrenees, 
about Querigut. D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 508. 
