UM BELLI FER/t: 



I. A. sylvestris (Wild Angelica). — A tall, stout plant, 2 — 4 feet 

 high ; stem furrowed ; slightly downy, especially above, tinged with 

 purple ; leaves bipinnate ; leaflets stalked, obliquely ovate, serrate ; 

 umbels large, with bracts and bracteoles ; flowers white, tinged with 

 pink. — Wet places ; common. — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



*34. Archangelica, differing from Angelica mainly in having 

 minute sepals, thicker dorsal and intermediate ridges, no vittcs, and 



loose seeds, is repre- 

 sented by A. offici- 

 nalis, a larger plant 

 than Angelica sylves- 

 tris, with leaves 2 — 3 

 feet across, decurrent 

 leaflets and greenish- 

 white flowers, culti- 

 vated for the sake of 

 its aromatic stems 

 (which are candied as 

 a sweetmeat), and 

 occurring only as an 

 escape. — Fl. July — 

 September. Peren- 

 nial. 



35. Peucedanum 

 (Hog's Fennel). — 

 Leaves pinnate or ter- 

 nate ; umbels com- 

 pound, many-rayed ; 

 bracts and bracteoles 

 absent, few or many ; 

 sepals small or incon- 

 spicuous ; petals yel- 

 low or white ; fruit 

 flattened ; lateral 



ridges forming thin flat contiguous parallel wings ; vittce linear, 



as long as the fruit. (Name of Greek origin.) 



1. P. officinale (Sulphur-wort, Sea Hog's-Fennel).— Smooth ; 

 stem 2 — 3 feet high, round ribbed ; leaves 3 — 5 ternate ; leaflets 

 long, linear, flaccid ; umbels large, on diverging branches, 

 many-rayed ; bracts few, deciduous ; flowers minute, yellow. — Salt 

 marshes in Kent and Essex; vary rare. — Fl. July — September. 

 Perennial. 



2. P. palustre (Milk Parsley, Marsh Hog's-Fennel). — Smooth, 



pastinAca sati'va {Common Parsnip). 



