Class V. Order II. Ill 



ed ; leafets cut-toothed, of the terminal leafets the odd 

 one rhomboid, sessile, the lateral ones decursive. Mich. 



Syn. ANGELICA ATROPURPUREA.? N. Y. Cat. 



A very large umbellate plant, well known for its fine aromatic 

 flavour. Stem five or six feet high and an inch or more in 

 thickness, hollow, purplish, smooth throughout. Stipules large 

 and swelling. Petioles roundish, slightly furrowed on the upper 

 side. Leaves mostly twice ternate, smooth, pale and veiny be- 

 neath, the terminal leafet sessile and sometimes three lohed, the 

 highest lateral ones decurrent ; all of them sharply and irregu- 

 larly serrate. Umbels three, terminal, spherical, without gene- 

 ral involucre. Partial stalks angular, with subulate involucres, 

 shorter than the pedicels. Petals green with a tinge of red on 

 the outside. Seeds oblong-hemispherical, three winged on the 

 back Cambridge, meadows. June. 



The circumstance that the terminal leafet is sessile, never pe- 

 tioled, is sufficient evidence this plant is not A. atropurpurea of 

 Linnaeus, as many of our botanists suppose. 



119. LIGUSTICUM. 



LIGUSTICUM SCOTICUM. L. Sea Lovage. 



Stem leaves twice ternate, the upper ones trifoliate ; 

 umbels straight ; involucre and involucels linear, 

 many leaved. 



Stem purple or green, flexuous, striated, a foot or two high 

 and larger than a goose quill. Petioles with large sheaths. 

 Leaves twice ternate ; the leafets sessile, and sometimes con- 

 nected at base, oval or rhomboidal, smooth, shining, veiny, and 

 somewhat fleshy. Umbels with general and partial involucres. 

 Flowers white. Fruit oblong-oval, separating into seeds which 

 have three strong ridges on the back. On the borders of Charles 

 river, Cambridge, and other parts of the edge of salt marshes. 

 August, September. Perennial. 



120. 6IUM. 

 SIUM LATIFOLIUM, JL. Water Pcirsnep. 



Leaves pinnate ; leafets oblong-lanceolate, equally 



serrate. Sm. 



A tall aquatic plant common in ditches and muddy brook- 



