88 ORD. V. Conglomerate. ANGELICA ARCHANGELICA,. 
yields from the inner part of the bark an unctuous: yellowish odo-- 
rous juice, which gently exsiccated retains its fragrance, and proves 
an elegant aromatic gummy resin. On cutting the dry root 
longitudinally, the resinous matter, in which the virtue and flavour 
of Angelica resides, appears concreted in little veins.”“ Rectified 
spirit extracts the whole of the virtues of the root;. water. but very 
little; and in distillation with the latter, a.small portion of very 
pungent essential oil may be obtained. 
We are told by Linnzus, that the Laplanders entertain a: high 
opinion of the utility of Angelica, and employ it both as feed and 
as a medicine®; and since Aromatic plants are rarely inhabitants of 
the Polar regions, their; partiality for Angelica is: extremely 
natural: and from the enumeration of. the virtues. of this plant by 
Bergius,‘ we should also suspect him of being influenced by the 
same physical cause. Angelica must however be allowed to possess. 
aromatic, and what are called carminative, powers, and is used 
accordingly in the tinctura aromatica of the Edinb. Pharm. but as 
many other simples surpass it in these qualities, it is seldom 
employed in the present practice. 
: 
¢ Lewis Mat. Med. p. 59. © Flor. Lap. a. c. _ 
Virtus: alexiteria, stomachica, Se ee carminativa. It may be uae 
‘ed that he says nothing of its wsws. Mat. Med. p. 205. It was formerly recom- 
mended in female diseases. Mensibus lochiisque obstructis, partu difficili, suffo~ 
catione uteri; contra venena, & febres malignas. 
