322 UMBELLlFERjE. LXXXVI. LEVISTICUM. LXXXV1I. SELINUM. LXXXVIII. OSTERICUM. LXXXIX. AKGELICA. 



odour of this plant is strong aud peculiar ; its taste is warm and 

 aromatic. It abounds with a yellowish, gummy, resinous juice, 

 very much resembling Opopanax. Its qualities are supposed to 

 be similar to those of Angelica and Masternort in expelling flatu- 

 lences, and exciting perspiration ; therefore chiefly used in hys- 

 terical disorders and uterine obstructions. The leaves, eaten as 

 salad, are accounted as emmenagogue. The root, which is not 

 so ungrateful as the leaves, is said to possess similar virtues, and 

 may be employed in powder. 



Officinal or Common Lovage. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1596. 

 PI. 4 to 6 feet. 



Cult. This plant will grow in any soil ; and is easily increased 

 by dividing at the root. 



LXXXVII. SELI'NUM (acXit'of, selinon, is the Greek name 

 for parsley ; similarity in the leaves). Hoffm. umb. 1. p. 150. 

 Koch, umb. 100. f. 22-23. D. C. prod. 4. p. 165 Mylinum, 

 Gaudin, fl. helv. 2. p. 344. but not of Pers. Angelica species 

 of Spreng. Selinum species, Lin. Thysselinum, Adans. fam. 

 2. p. 100. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Digynia. Margin of calyx obsolete. 

 Petals obovate, emarginate. Fruit compressed from the back, 

 furnished with 2 wings on each side from the raphe being cen- 

 tral ; mericarps with 5 membranous, winged ribs ; wings of the 

 lateral ribs twice the breadth of the others ; vittse 1 in each 

 furrow, but there are often 2 in the outer furrows, and always 2 

 in the commissure. Carpophore bipartite. Glabrous peren- 

 nial herbs. Leaves ternately decompound or tripinnate ; leaf- 

 lets pi u nat if id. Umbels compound. Involucra of few leaves ; 

 involucels of many leaves. Flowers white. 



1 S. CARVIFOLIA (Lin. spec. p. 350.) stem angularly furrowed; 

 rays of umbel glabrous ; petals emarginate, with an inflexed 

 point. 1. H. Native of Europe (Britain only excepted), in 

 humid and stagnant shady places of woods. Jacq. aust. t. 16. 

 D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 322. Oed. fl. dan. t. 667. S. membran- 

 aceum, Vill. cat. strasb. t. 6. S. angulatum, Lam. fl. fr. 4. 

 p. 419. S. pseudo-carvifolia, All. pedem. no. 1306. Angelica 

 carvifolia, Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 606. Laserpitium 

 selinoides, Scop. earn. 1. p. 198. Carvifolia, Bauh. pin. 158. 

 Mylinum carvifolium, Gaud. fl. helv. 2. p. 344. Carum pra- 

 tense, Park, theat. 910. no. 3. Angelica tenuifolia, Riv. pent. 

 t. 18. Thysselinum palustre, Vaill. bot. par. t. 5. f. 2. 



Caraway-leaved Milk-parsley. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1774. 

 PI. 2 feet. 



2 S. CANDOLLII (D. C. prod. 4. p. 165.) stem terete ; rays of 

 umbel pubescent ; petals obcordate, having the middle nerve 

 crested above. I/ . H. Native of Nipaul, on the mountains at 

 Komaon. Angelica ? Candollii, Wall. mss. Leaves ternately 

 decompound; leaflets slender, multifid. Umbels terminal, of 

 many rays. Involucra of many or of few leaves, or wanting, 

 or soon falling off. Petals nearly as in the genus Ptychotis. 

 Fruit as in S. carvifolia, but larger, and more ovate. Seed 

 furrowed on the back. 



De Candolle's Milk- parsley. PI. 2 feet. 



3 S. TEREBI'NTHINUM (Hook. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 266. t. 95.) 

 plant glabrous in every part ; leaves tripinnate, stiff, glaucous ; 

 segments pinnatifid : lobes short, linear, acute ; peduncles elon- 

 gated ; involucra wanting ; leaves of involucels linear, short ; 

 mericarps with 5 broad, undulating ribs. 1. H. Native of 

 the north-west coast of America, common on the sandy grounds 

 of Wallawallah river. Root fusiform. Rays of umbel very 

 unequal. Fruit rather large, ovate, compressed. The genus 

 to which this plant belongs is truly doubtful. The fruit not 

 corresponding well with any described genus. 



Turpentine Milk-parsley. PI. 1-| foot. 



4 S. STELLA'TUM (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 185.) leaves pin- 



nate ; leaflets ovate, mucronate, 3-lobed and deeply toothed, 

 glabrous ; involucra of 2-3 leaves ; rays of umbel pubescent ; 

 leaves of involucels large, coloured ; fruit glabrous. If. . H. 

 Native of Nipaul. Astrantia spec. Wall, in litt. Stems branched, 

 erect. Rays of umbel equal. Leaves of involucels elliptic- 

 oblong, membranous, much longer than the umbellules. 



Starry Milk-parsley. PI. 2 feet ? 



Cult. Seedngelica, p. 323. for culture and propagation. 



LXXXVIII. OSTE'RICUM (meaning unknown to us). 

 Hoffm. umb. p. 162. Koch, umb. 100. D. C. prod. 4. p. 167. 

 Angelica species, Fisch. Spreng. and Lag. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria. Digynia. Calyx with 5 broad teeth. 

 Petals unguiculate, obovate, emarginate, with an inflexed point. 

 Fruit compressed from the back, furnished with 2 wings on both 

 sides from the raphe being central. Mericarps with 3 dorsal 

 elevated filiform ribs, but the 2 lateral ribs are dilated into 

 much broader wings ; vittse 1 in each furrow. Carpophore bi- 

 partite. Seed flat. A perennial herb. Stem furrowed, quite 

 glabrous. Leaves ternately decompound, rough beneath ; leaf- 

 lets rather divaricate, ovate-cordate, unequally toothed. Um- 

 bels compound. Involucra of few leaves ; involucels of many 

 leaves. Flowers white. 



1 O. PRATE'NSE (Hoffm. 1. c. p. 164.). T. H. Native of 

 Gallicia, in moist low meadows, about Erford and Charkow. 

 Angelica pratensis, Bieb. in Spreng. umb. spec. p. 60. Impe- 

 raloria palustris, Bess. fl. gal. 1. p. 214. O. palustre, Besser. 

 in litt. Rchb. icon, t/ 402. Selinum odoratum, Bernh. ined. 

 Angelica palustris, Bess. cat. hort. crem. 1816. p. 12. 



Meadow Ostericum. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1818. PL 3 feet. 



Cult. See Opopanax above for culture and propagation. 



LXXXIX. ANGE'LICA (so named from the supposed an- 

 gelic virtues of some species). Hoffm. umb. 1. p. 158. Koch, 

 umb. 99. f. 20-21. Gaudin, fl. helv. 2. p. 340. D. C. prod.. 

 4. p. 167. Angelica species, Lin. Spreng. and Lag. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Digynia. Margin of calyx obsolete. 

 Petals lanceolate, entire, acuminated; points straight or incurved. 

 Fruit compressed from the back, furnished with 2 wings on both 

 sides from the raphe being central ; mericarps with 3 dorsal, 

 filiform, elevated ribs, and 2 lateral ones which are dilated into 

 membranous wings, more or less broader than the dorsal ones ; 

 vittse 1 in each furrow. Seed nearly semi-terete. Carpophore 

 bipartite, free. Perennial or biennial herbs. Leaves bipinnate. 

 Umbels terminal. Involucra wanting or of few leaves ; invo- 

 lucels of many leaves. Flowers white. 



SECT. I. EUANGE'LICA (from eu, well, and angelica; this sec- 

 tion contains what are considered the true species of the genus). 

 D. C. prod. 4. p. 167. Petals with a longish taper point, rarely 

 obcordate. Vittae one in each furrow, and 2 in the commissure. 

 Stems leafy. Petioles much dilated. 



1 A. RAZOU'LSII (Gouan. ill. 13. t. 6.) stem striated, pubes- 

 cent at the apex ; leaves bipinnate or tripinnate ; leaflets lan- 

 ceolate, serrated, acute, scabrous beneath, decurrent at the base, 

 and sometimes 2-parted ; involucra usually of one leaf only ; 

 pedicels pubescent. I/ . H. Native of the Pyrenees. D. C. fl. 

 fr. 4. p. 305. and 5. p. 508. A. ebulifolia, Lapeyr. abr. p. 

 156. A. Tournefortiana, Cusson. A. Pyrenaica tenuifolia, 

 Tourn. herb. Bocc. mus. t. 99. The villa? in the commissure 

 is covered by a pericarp. The points of the petals are incurved. 

 The mericarps are ovate, and the stamens are very long. It 

 was first discovered by M. Razouls, an apothecary at Perpig- 

 non. Flowers purple before expansion, but afterwards while. 



Var. j3 ; leaves of involucels foliaceous, dilated ; pedicels of 

 umbellules few and elongated. l/.H. Native of the Pyrenees, 

 about Querigut. D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 508. 



