umbellifer;e. 



158 ARCHANGKLICA. 



From Liguria in Italy, said to be its native place. Fil. perfect. Cal. small, 

 pointed, erect, broad at base. Pet. elliptical, flaltish, undivided, contracted at 

 each end. Seeds with 3 dorsal and 2 marginal, equal wings. 



1. L. Sco'ticum. 



Stem leaves biternate, the 7ippcr ones tcrnate ; hiteral Unjleis oblique, the 

 terminal one rhomboid; bracts of the involucres numerous, linear. Sea coast. 

 Root thick, tapering, perennial. Stem a fool high, nearly simple, striate, 

 smootii. Leaves petiolate. Leaflets dark green, broad, smooth, serrate, en- 

 tire at the base. Flowers white. July. Sea Lovnge. 



2. L. LEVl'STICUM. 



Leaves numerous, lon"^ ; leaflets incised above. A tall, strong-scented plant, 

 native of Italy, cultivated for its reputed medicinal properties. Plant 5 feet 

 hioh, with leaves of various and numerous divisions. Flowers white. June. 

 July. Per, Common Lavage. 



10. iETHU'SA. 



Fruit clobose-ovate; carpels with 5 ribs, the ribs acute and 

 turgid, the lateral ones marginal, broader; intervals acute- 

 angled ; involucre none; involucels one-sided. 



Gr. a.i6a/, to burn ; on account of its poisonous acridity. Flowers all perfect. 

 Pet. obcordate, with an inflexed point. Calyx-teeth obsolete. — Annual, pois- 

 onous herbs. 



JE. Cyna'pium. 



Leaves all uniform; leaflets pinnatifid. The specific name of this plant 

 {fcvvoi, uTiiov) sitrnifies dog's parsley. It grows in waste grounds, and much 

 resembles Parsley in appearance, but the form of the leaf, with its narrow, 

 cuneate segments, and its disagreeable odor, are sufficient to distinguish it. 

 Stem 2 feet high, green, striate. Leaves all of one form, dark green, flat. In- 

 volucre wanting. Involucels consisting of 3 leaflets, deflected, long, linear, 

 and situated on the outside. Jl. Aug. Foois Parsley. 



11. ARCHANGE'LICA. 

 Umbels perfect; fruit somewhat compressed, with 3, cari- 

 nate, tiiicU ribs upon each carpel, with 2 marginal ones dilated 

 into membranaceous wMngs; villas very numerous. 



So named by way of eminence, the plant being one of the largest, and pos- 

 sessing the most agreeable and useful properties of all the Umbeiliferae. Fls. 

 all perfect. Cal. teeth short. Pet. equal, lanceolate, entire, acuminate, with 

 the point inflected, shorter than the stamens. Commissure with 2 — 4 vittoe. 

 Carpophore 2-parted. — Perennial herbs. 



1. A. ATROPURPU'REA. Hoffm. Angelica triquinata. Mx. 



■ Stem dark purple, furrowed ; petioles 3-parted, the divisions quinate ; leaf- 

 lets inciseiy toothed, odd leaflet of the terminal divisions rhomboidal, sessile, 

 the others decuisive. A large umlielliferous plant, well known for its aro- 

 matic qualities, in fields and meaddws. Stem 5 feet high, an inch or more 

 in thickness, hollow, smooth, glaucous. Leaves oftener biternate than quin- 

 ate, smooth, pale and veiny beneath, on large, inflated petioles, which are 

 channeled on the upper side and dilated at base into large, inflated stipules. 



