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Per., July. The root is reckoned a carminative, and an 

 infusion of the leaves in whey is good physic for calves. Ifc 

 is, besides, used as a food, eaten raw as a salad or boiled 

 as greens. Pennant's Tour, 1772. 



Angelica, L. 



A small genus, including A. A rchangelica (Garden Angelica), 

 a native of the Continent, and long cultivated for con- 

 fectionery. 



A. sylvestris, L. Wild Angelica. Geobhastan. Woods 

 and moist situations. Children make " squirting-guns " out 

 of the hollow stems. The flowering umbel was locally 

 known as Bollachdan. In the winter time rabbits burrow 

 into the ground and eat the root-stock. Per., July. 



Peucedanum, L. 



P. sativum is the common Parsnip (CurranGeal), a native 

 of the south of England, and the parent of the present 

 cultivated forms. 



(?) P. Ostruthium, Koch. Masterwort. (M6r Fhliodh.) 

 Kiloran. Per., July. 



Heradeum, L. 



H. Sphondylium, L. Hogweed ; Cow-parsnip. Giuran. 

 Common in well-drained situations, and cut in the green state 

 for cattle. Per., July. 



Daucus, L. 



D.Carota,L. Wild Carrot. Curran Talmhainn. Abun- 

 dant in rather dry situations. Bi., June. The various forms 

 of Garden Carrots (Currain-bhuidhe) have been produced 

 from this species. 



ARALIACE^E (the Aralia family) 



A large order of woody-stemmed plants, represented m 

 Europe by the following species only. A. japonica from 



