CL. V.] PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 151 



leaves pinnate or ternate : flowers small, numerous, greenish-white. 

 Biennial : flowers in August and September : grows in ditches and 

 marshy ground : not unfrequent. Rare in Scotland. Fetid, acrid, and 

 noxious: becoming mild by cultivation. Eng. Bot. vol. xvii. pi. 1210. 

 Eng. I'l. vol. ii. p. 76. 449. 



69. JiGOPO'DIUM. GOUT-WEED. 



Flowers all perfect and fertile, the outermost slightly irregular. 

 Calyx none. Petals inversely heart shaped, broad, with an in- 

 flected point; the outer one, in the marginal flowers, a little larger. 

 Filaments thread-shaped, spreading as long as the petals ; anthers 

 roundish. Germen roundish, furrowed. Styles at first short, 

 erect, tumid and egg-shaped at the base; afterwards thread-shaped, 

 elongated, reflected; stigmas knobbed. Fruit elliptical, slightly 

 compressed, crowned with the reflected styles. Seeds oblong, 

 slightly incurved, each with five prominent ribs; the interstices 

 nearly flat. Name from aix, a goat, and pous, a foot, from the 

 supposed resemblance of the leaves to the foot of that animal. 



154. 



1. IE. Podagrdrid. Gout-weed. Herb Gerarde. Stem from one to 



two feet high, erect, hollow, furrowed : lower leaves twice ternate, 

 stalked: upper ternate and neaily sessile : leaflets e<rg-shaped, serrated, 

 smooth, dark-green : umbels large : flowers crowded, white. Perennial: 

 flowers in May and June : grows in shady places, church-yards, and rich 

 cultivated ground : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xiv. pi. 940. Eng. Ft. vol. ii. 

 p. 77. 450. 



70. IMPERATO'RIA. MASTERWORT. 



Flowers all perfect and fertile, the outermost very slightly irre- 

 gular. Calyx none. Petals inversely heart-shaped, with an in- 

 curved point. Filaments thread-shaped, spreading longer than the 

 petals ; anthers globular. Germen inferior, round, compressed, 

 ribbed. Styles short, distant, egg-shaped, very tumid at the base. 

 Fruit round, crowned with the bases of the styles, having a hollow 

 above and below, and a rounded, dilated margin. Seeds convex, 

 with three prominent ribs, and a broad flat border. Name from 

 imperator, a commander, from its medicinal virtues. 155. 



1. I. Ostruthium. Great Mastericort. Lower leaves twice ternate, 



upper three-lobed. Root fleshy : stem from one to two feet high, 



erect, hollow, striated : umbels of about forty general rays : flowers 

 small, white. The root is warm and aromatic, and has been used for 

 various purposes. Perennial : flowers in June : grows in various places 

 in Scotland: rare, and not truly wild. Eng. Bot. vol. xx. pi. 1380. 

 Eng.Fl. vol.ii. p. 78. 451. 



71. ANGE'LICA. ANGELICA. 



Flowers all perfect, fertile and regular. Calyx none. Petals 

 five, superior, equal, lance-shaped, flattish, with an inflected point, 

 their base narrow. Filaments thread-shaped, spreading, longer 

 than the corolla; anthers roundish. Germen egg-shaped, strongly 

 furrowed. Styles at first very short, erect, broad and tumid at the 



