UMBELLIFER^. 145 



flexible wings ; interstices with solitary vitta3 ; commissure with 

 2 vittoe. Seed adhering to the pericarp, without vittse. Umbels 

 regular, with very numerous rays. 



SPECIES L— ANGELICA SYLVESTRIS. 



Plate DCVII. 

 Reich. Ic. FI. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XXI. Tab. 193G. 



Stem erect, hollow, smooth below. Leaves ternately bipinnate ; 

 leaflets ovate or lanceolate, sometimes slightly lobed, finely 

 serrate ; petioles of the upper leaves dilated into very large sheaths. 

 Umbel-rays pubescent. Involucre of 1 to 3 caducous leaves. Elowers 

 white or very pale rosy-lilac. Calyx-limb obsolete. Wings of the 

 mericarps at first sub-scarious, afterwards, when mature, firm, but 

 not corky, those of the opposite mericarps separate. 



In moist open woods and thickets, and in wet places, especially 

 by the sides of streams. Very common, and generally distributed. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Summer 

 and Autumn. 



Stem erect, 1 to 5 feet high, very thick and hollow, with a 

 very large central bore, somewhat polished, finely striate, green or 

 purple. Eully developed radical leaves very large, 1 to 2 feet long, 

 deltoid in outline, with rather few leaflets, f to 3 inches long; 

 sheaths of the upper leaves much dilated, pale, enveloping the 

 young umbels like a spathe. Umbels of 10 to 40 rays, 1 to 2 inches 

 long ; pedicels ^ to J inch. Leaves of the involucre and involucel 

 subulate, those of the former deciduous, those of the latter recurved 

 and persistent. Elowers ^ inch across, scarcely radiant, wdth very 

 long stamens. Petals oblong-lanceolate, slightly incurved at the 

 tip. Cremocarp ^ inch long, not much longer than broad, cordate 

 at the base ; dorsal and intermediate ridges contiguous, in an ellip- 

 tical space on the back of the mericarps ; lateral ridges produced 

 into wings, each of which is nearly as broad as the cavity of the 

 fruit itself : these winsrs, when half-2:rown, are scarious, and have 

 a somewhat satin-like appearance, but become opaque and stin 

 when fully ripe. Styles reflexed, longer than the stylopods. Plant 

 green, somewhat shining ; leaflets paler beneath, and sometimes 

 with a few hairs on the ribs above, otherwise glabrous. Stem gla- 

 brous below ; the upper part and the rays of the umbel pubescent. 



Wild Angelica. 



French, Angelique Sauvage. German, Wald Brustwurz. 



This plant possesses qualities similar to those of the Archangelica, but its taste 

 is more bitter and its flavour less grateful. It yields a good yellow dye. 

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