- UMBELLALS. 253 UMBELLIFERS. 
Habitat. Persia. 
Quality. Supposed to yield the fetid gum-resin called Galbanum ; but Dr. Pereira now , 
thinks that the substance obtained from it is different from either Galbanum or 
Sagapenum. 
Arcnancerica. Hoffmann. 
Umbels large, compound. 
Involucres : general 0, 
partial of many bracts. 
Oalya 5-toothed. Fruit 
compressed from the back. 
Ridges 5, winged, the la- 
teral short of the edgeand 
broader than the dorsal. 
Vittee 00, covering the 
plano-convex albumen, 
which is loose. 
. A. officinalis Hoffmann.— 
(AncErica.) Fig. 346. 
smooth, furrowed ; 
leaves bipinnate, with 
ovate, or somewhat cor- 
date broad serrated leaf- 
_ lets ; upper petioles ven- 
cose. 
Habitat. Watery places. : : : 
> . Root and fruit pungent, aromatic, stimulant, tonic. ae 
Uses. “The candied stalks are stomachic. Chiefly employed in the preparation of gin. 
Awnetnum. Linneus. 
Umbels compound. Jnvolucres none. Calyx obsolete. Fruit com- 
pressed from the back, with a broad dilated edge. = b 
Ridges: 3 dorsal, filiform, equidistant ; lateral 
lost in the margin. Vittw 1 to each furrow. 
Albumen thin, lenticular. Bs 
- A. graveolens Linnewus.—(Din.) Fig. 347. 
gments of leaves long, setaceous ; fruit elliptical ; 
2 - border flat. 
Habitat. South of Europe, near the coast. 
Quality. Aromatic, stimulant, carminative. a 
ond a condiment ; to relieve the flatulence and griping of 
infants. : 
15. 346.— Arching ; Se section of half a fruit magnified. Inthis the vitte = 
aie ee ee ae oe of Anetbum graveolens, magnified ; b, transverse 
Section of one half of it. ae : : oe 
