ilXISEES 11 OUT US JAMAICENSII5, ' 



1. .TAMAICENSIS, 



Peduncles aggregate, corollas ovate transparent, leaves alternate broad- lanceo 

 late, obtuse, entire, beneath ash-coloured and membranaceous. 



2. FASCICULATA. 



Peduncles aggregate, leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, slightly cre- 

 nulate, coriaceous, 



3. OCTANDRA. 



Peduncles aggregate, corollas cylindrical, having four clefts, with only eight 

 stamina, leaves alternate, ovate lanceolate, very entire, membranace- 

 ous. 



Angelica tree See Galapee. 

 Angola pea See Pigeon pea. 



ANISEED. PIMPINELLA, 



Cl. 5, OR. 2. Pentandria digi/nia. Nat. or. Umhellifera. 



Gen. char. The general umbel is thin and piano-patent, the partial ones similar, 

 neither has anv involucrum ; the perianthia are scarcely observable ; the general 

 corolla is uniform ; the single flowers consist each of five oval inflex petals; the 

 stamina are simple fiiamcnts, antliers roundisli ; germen under the cup, stjles re- 

 flex, stigmata (jbtuse; fruit naked, of a roundish figure, striated, and separable 

 into two parts ; tlie seeds are twoj roundisii, convex, striated on one side, and 

 plane on the other. 



JINISUSI. 



Root leaves trifid gashed. 



The root is oblong, slender, and white ; the radical leaves stand on long pedicles, 

 and are simple, small, roundish, foliola, crenated at the extremities, of a pale green, 

 and strong smell; the stalk is round, hairy, striated, ramose, and so weak that it is 

 scarcely able to support itself erect ; the leaves on it are narrower and more deeply cut 

 in all the edges; tlie umbels are verv large, the flowers of a yellowish white. It is a 

 native of Egypt and Syria, and was introduced into the botanic garden at Bath many 

 years ago. The roots have a grateful, warm, pungent, taste, and are considered an 

 excellent stomachic. The seeds have an aromatic smell, and a pleasant warm taste, 

 accompanied with a degree of sweetness. They are useful in cold flatulent disorders, 

 where tenacious phlegm abounds, and in the gripes to which children are subject, by 

 boiling them in a small qiumtity of water, which aifords a stronger infusion than by de- 

 coction, and giving it in tea-spoon-fii!ls. Frederic Hofihian strongly recommends 

 them in weakness of the st(;macii, diarriiaas, and for strengthening the tone of the vis- 

 cera in general. 



Infused in water the seeds impart a little of their smell, but scarcely any taste. In 

 distillation they give out the whole of their taste. Along with the water there arises an 



essential 



