152 PENTANDBJA DIOYNIA. [CL. V. 



base; afterwards elongated and recurved ; stigmas knobbed; floral 

 receptacle thin, waved, ultimately projecting a little beyond the 

 bases of the styles. Fruit elliptical, slightly compressed, bordered, 

 crowned with the floral receptacle and styles. Seeds oblong, with 

 three longitudinal wings, and a flat border ; the interstices wrinkled. 

 Named angelic on account of its supposed properties. 156. 



1. A. Archangtlica. Garden Angelica. Terminal leaflet lobed. 



Root large, fleshy, aromatic. Stem erect, four or five feet high, striated, 

 polished : umbels globular. Biennial : flowers from June to September: 

 grows in watery places : rare, and apparently naturalized, ting. Bot. 

 pi. 2561. Eng. Ft. vol. ii. p. 81. 452. 



2. A. sylvcstris. Wild Angelica. Leaflets equal, egg-shaped, serrate. 



Stem three feet high, round, polished, with spreading branches : 



leaves twice pinnate, smooth : umbels convex, with numerous general 

 and partial rays: bracteas slender : flowers white. Bitter and aromatic. 

 Perennial: flowers in July: grows in watery places, and moist woods: 

 common. Eng. Bot. vol. xvi. pi. 1128. Eng. Fl. vol.ii. p. 81. 453. 



72. LIGU'STICUM. LOVAGE. 



Flowers all perfect, fertile and regular. Calyx superior, of five 

 small, pointed, erect, permanent leaves, broad at the base. Petals 

 five, elliptical, flattish, with an inflected point, their base narrow. 

 Filaments thread-shaped, spreading, shorter than the corolla; 

 anthers roundish. Germen oblong, abrupt, furrowed. Styles at 

 first short, erect, angular, swelled at the base; afterwards a little 

 elongated, spreading; stigmas simple. Fruit oblong, somewhat 

 compressed, crowned with the calyx and styles Seeds oblong, 

 each with five longitudinal wings. Named from Ligtiria, where 

 one species abounds. 157. 



1. L. Scfticum. Scottish Lovage. Leaves twice ternate. Root 



fleshy, tapering. Stem a foot high, striated, smooth : leaves stalked, the 

 uppermost ternate, the leaflets broad, smooth, serrate, entire at the base, 

 dark-green : flowers white, with a reddish tinge. The root is acrid, and 

 is occasionally chewed by the Hebridians as a substitute for tobacco. 

 Perennial : flowers in July : grows on the sea-coast : very abundant in 

 Scotland. Eng. Bot. vol. xviii. pi. 1207. Eng. Ft. vol. ii. p. 82. 454. 



2. L. Cornubicnse. Cornish Lovage. Root-leaves twice or thrice 



pinnate, rough-edged, cut; stem-leaves ternate, lance-shaped, en tire. 



Root tapering : stem two or three feet high, erect, roughish, striated : 

 petals white. Perennial : flowers in July : grows in bushy fields in 

 Cornwall. Eng. Bot. vol. x. pi. 683. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 82. 455. 



73. ME'UM. MEU. 



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

 five, superior, equal, inversely egg-shaped, with an inflected point. 

 Filaments thread-like, spreading, incurved, as long as the petals ; 

 anthers roundish. Germen egg-shaped, striated, abrupt, a little 

 compressed. Styles at first very short, tumid at the base, after- 

 wards a little elongated and recurved ; stigmas simple. Fruit 



