40 A COMPENDIUM OF 
many. Its uses and appearance are similar 
to the above. 
Angelica, Angelica.—Natural order Umbel- 
liferee. Native of Europe, but several species 
are found in the United States. The an- 
GELICA OFFICINALIS is rather a misnomer from 
the fact that it is little used except in domes- 
tic practice. The plant attains a height of 6 
feet (2 metres) more or less, with umbelli- 
ferous flowers of a yellow-green color; stem 
hollow and striated, leaves 2 or 3 ternately cut 
compound, leaflets ovate, lanceolate and ser- 
rated, The root of this variety of angelica is 2 
to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters) long, and 1 to 
2 inches (24 to 5 centimeters) thick, bearing 
upon it some remnants of the leaf bases. The 
root is somewhat annulated, with numerous 
cylindrical branches. When dried itisofa gray- 
brown color and much wrinkled. Internally it 
is white and spongy, breaking with a starchy 
fracture and showing many resinous dots or 
points. It is said to contain a volatile otl, 
resin, sugar, starch, tannin, and angelic and 
valeriantc acids, Has been used as a carmina- 
tive, tonic stimulant and diaphoretic. In large 
doses angelica is an emetic; the infusion is made 
by adding one pint of boiling water to one ounce 
of the root. It is rarely, if ever, prescribed, 
and is not officinal. 
Angelica Atropurpurea, the Great Angelica, 
and according to some botanists the Angelica 
Trigurita.—This Species is a native of North 
America, and is usually found on the river banks 
from Pennsylvania westward to the Pacific 
Ocean. It belongs to the same natural order 
