10 FAMILY HERBAL 



Angelica. Angelica. 



A LARGE and beautiful plant kept In our 



ardens, and found wild in some parts of the 

 ingdom. It grows to eight feet in height, and 

 the stalks robust^ and divided into branches. 

 The leaves are large, and composed each of 

 many smaller, set upon a divided pedicle ; they 

 are notched at the edges, and of a bright green. 

 The flowers are small, but they stand in vast 

 clusters, of a globose form: two seeds follow each 



flower. 



Every part of the plant is fragrant when bruised, 



and every part of it is used in medicine. Thje 

 root is long and large : we use that of our own 

 growth fresh, but the fine fragrant dried roots 

 are brought from Spain. The whole plant pos- 

 sesses the same virtues, and is cordial and supo- 

 riiic ; it has been always famous against pestilen- 

 tial and contagious diseases. The root, the stalks 

 candied, the seeds bruised, or the water distilled 

 from the leaves, may be used, but the seeds arc 

 the mos* powerful. It is also an ingredient in maOT 

 compositions. 



Anise. Anisum, 



THE aniseed used in the shops is produced 

 by a small plant cultivated in fields for that 

 purpose in the island of Malta and elsewhere. 

 It grows to half a yard high, the stalks are 



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ted, and branched ; the leaves which grow near 

 the ground, are rounded and divided only into three 

 parts ; those on tlie stalks are cut into slender divi- 

 sions. The flowers are small, but they grow in large 

 umbels at the top of the branches, and two seeds 



fellow each ; these are the Aniseed 



