10 FAMILY HERBAL. 



Angelica. Angelica. 



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A large and beautiful plant kept in our gardens, 

 and found wild in some parts of the kingdom. It 

 grows to eight feet in height, and the stalks robust, 

 and divided into brandies. The leaves are large, 

 and composed each of many smaller, set upon a 

 divided pedicle ; they are notched at the edges, and 

 of a bright green. The flowers are small, but 

 they stand in vast clusters, of a globose form : two 

 seeds follow each flower. 



Every part of the plant is fragrant when bruised, 

 and every part of it is used in medicine. The 

 root is long and large: we use that of our own 

 growth fresh, but the fine fragrant dried roots 

 are brought from Spain. The whole plant pos- 

 sesses the same virtues, and is cordial and sudo- 

 rific ; it has been always famous against pestilen- 

 tial aud contagious diseases. The root, the stalks 

 candied, the seeds bruised, or the water distilled 

 from the leaves, may be used, but the seeds are 

 the most powerful. It is also an ingredient in many 

 compositions. 



Anise. Anisum. 



The aniseed used in the shops is produced by 

 a small, plant cultivated in fields for that purpose 

 in the island of Malta and elewhere. It grows to 

 half a yard high, the stalks are firm, striated, and 

 branched 5 the leaves which grow near the ground 

 are rounded and divided only into three parts ; 

 those on the stalks are cut into slender divisions. 

 The flowers are small, but they grow in large umbels 

 at the top of the branches, and two seed* follow 

 each ; these are the aniseed. 



