e<H 



PENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Slum. 



latifo'lium. 



Ludnu. 17 S> \79-Fuchs. 125-Tabertt. 230. 2-Trag. 422? 



Lob. ic. 699- l-J. B.iii.2. \te-Wood<v. 265-Dod. 318. 



2-G*r. «w. 990. 2-GW. 846. 2-Matth. S14. 3-//. o*. 

 ix. 3. ™<u; 2. 2-Park. 940. 2-La*. i. 227. 2-Riv. 17- 



Smokes to 40. Fruit-stalks to 80. Relh. Involucrum none, 

 or sometimes, though rarely, of 1 or 2 very small, slender leaves. 

 InvolucelL permanent; leaves o to 12, awl-shaped, unequal. 



iJ/oj*. white, more or less tinged with purplish red. 

 border membranaceous, with 3 ridges on the outer side, 



Seeds, 



Wild Angelica. Marshy woods and hedges. P. June, July. 



SI'UM. Invohcrum many-leaved: petals heart- 

 shaped: styles bent back: fruit roundish. 



■ 



S. Leaves winged : leafits egg-spear-shaped, regularly and 



sharply serrated; the terminating leafit 3 -cleft: um- 

 bels terminating. 



Jacq. austr. 6C-E. hot. 20 1 — Fl. dan. 246-Riv. pent. 78. 

 Sium-Dod. 58$-Lob. obs. 113. 1 ; ic. i. 208. 1. 2~Ger. 

 em. 256*. 2~H. ox. ix. 5. 2-Pet. 26. 2~Ger. 200. 1-Ger. 

 em. 256.1-Park. 1240. l-J. B. iii. 2. 175. l~Pet. 26. I. 



Lea/its of the root-leaves in marshy places sometimes deeply 

 cut, and the segments of such as are under water strap-shaped. 

 Huds. Involucr. leafits strap-spear-shaped, toothed. Woodw. 



r lowers whitish. 



and 



A large strong plant 5 or 6* feet high. 



Broad-leaved Skerrett. Great Water Parsnep. Rivers 



Worcester 



gham 



Mr. Woodward 



Isle of Ely. St, 



Nor- 

 Pool in 



angustifo'- S. Leaves winged, leafits irrregularly jagged and. serrated : 

 ium. involucrum wing-cleft: umbels on fruit-stalks, axil- 



lary. 



7**1 



dan. 2±7-Park. 1241. 2. 



i<v. pent. 79, Sium minus-Fl 



Involucrum, leafits either entire, or serrated, or else wing- 

 cleft. Huds. Flowers white. This and the S. latifolium are 

 readily distinguishable by the specific characters, but the trivial 



It is warm, acrid, bitter, and aromatic ; but the species cultivated 

 in our gardens possessing these properties in a higher degree, this has been 

 loig neglected. P.ipitio tnacbaon feeds upon it. Cows, goats, and swine 

 eat it. Horses r;fuss it. Linn. A horse eat the flowering stem. St. 



+ Horses and swine eat it. Sheep are not fond of it. The roots are 



noxious to cattle. 





