* 
J39 
und, and compofed of man^ 
the corolla is fmalL wl 
and divided into five petals, which have their points turned inwards 
the general involucrum confifts of three or five narrov^r pointed leavej 
the partial 
fes'ments : 
« 
crum 
of five, and the calyx is cut into five minute 
the five fi:amina are longer than the petals, fpreading, 
furnifhed with roundifh anthera^ 
the 
id 
ermen is placed below the 
x^ 
convex 
oth 
corolla, and fupports tv/o reflecSled ftyles, crowned with obtufe fti 
mata : the feeds are two, oval, flat on one fid 
and marked with three furrows.- — It is 
flowers in June and Augufl:. 
a native of Lapland 
and 
An 
as a 
native 
been unknowr 
more than two 
to th 
of a northern climate, feems to have 
^\ 
ancients. It has been cukivated in B 
I- * 
and its medical charad 
has rendered 
of fufficient importance to be very generally propagated by the Eng 
lifli gard 
The roots of Ang 
have 
a 
frag 
greeable 
)n being chewed they are firfl 
lowing heat in the mouth and 
/ 
fmell, and a bitterifh pungent tafl:e 
fweetifli, afterwards acrid, and leave 
fauces, which continues for fome time. The fiialk, leaves, and feed , 
which are alfo directed in the Pharmacopoeias, appear to poflefs the 
fame qualities, though in an inferior degree. It is faid that " on wound- 
ing the freih root early in the fpring, it yields from the inner part of 
the bark an unduous yellowiih odorous juice, which gently exficcated 
frag 
d 
proves an 
g 
aroma.tic gummy 
On cutting the dry root longitudinally, the refinous matter, in which 
the virtue and flavour of Angelica refides, appears concreted in little 
veins. 
Redified 
root ; water but very 
extrads the whole of the virtues of the 
: and in difl:illation with the latter, a fm-all 
portion of very pungent efl^ential oil may be obtained 
We 
are 
told by L 
that the Laplander 
entertain 
a high 
opinion of the utility of Angelica, and employ it both as food 
d 
m 
Pol 
ar re 
dicine*; and fince Aromatic plants are rarely inliab 
their partiality for Angelica Is extremely 
and 
s cc 
Ubi 
I( 
b 
^ 
Lapponiffi juxta rivulos vulgaris eft." Lin. Flor. Lap. p. 6 
Cultivated in 1568. T 
Vide Hort. Kew. 
We may alfo a.dd 
Lewis Mat. Med. p. 59 
Flor. L 
a, c. 
o, II. 
N n 
from 
