182 UMBELLIFERjE. [Selinum. 



Moist copses, &c, N. Lincoln and Cambridge, very rare; fl. July-Aug. — 

 Rootstock short. Stem 2-4 ft., ridges almost winged. Leaves 6-12 in., 

 leaflets f-f in., with thickened margins ; petiole long, very slender. Umbels 

 puberulous, flat -topped ; rays 10-20 ; bracts 0, or very few subulate ; 

 bracteoles subulate. Petals white. Styles slender, recurved. Fruit £ in. 

 long, lateral winged ridges spreading. — Distrib. From Norway southd., 

 and eastd. to Kussia. 



30. ANGEL'ICA, L. ANGELICA. 



Tall perennial herbs. Leaves temately 2-pinnate, segments large. 

 Umbels compound, many-rayed ; bracts few or ; bracteoles usually many, 

 small ; flowers white or purplish. Calyx-teeth small or 0. Petals with a 

 short inflexed point. Disk-lobes depressed. Fruit ovoid, dorsally compressed? 

 commissure broad, carpophore 2-partite ; carpels broad, flat, lateral primary 

 ridges with broad membranous wings, dorsal and intermediate elevated ; 

 vittse 1-2 in the furrows. Seed dorsally compressed, flat or subconcave 

 ventrally. — Distrib. N. temp, and sub-Arctic regions ; species 18. — 

 Etym. Angelicus, from its properties. 



A. sylves'tris, L. ; leaflets petioled obliquely oblong-ovate serrate. 

 Damp copses and banks of streams, N. to Shetland ; ascends to 2,700 ft. in the 

 Highlands; Ireland; Channel Islands; fl. July-Aug. — Glabrous, except 

 the pubescent umbels. Stem 1-5 ft., stout, fistular, striate, green or purple. 

 Leaves 1-2 ft., deltoid ; leaflets 1-2 in. ; sheaths large. Umbels large ; rays 

 very many, 1-3 in.; bracts 0, or 1-2, deciduous; bracteoles few, subulate, 

 persistent ; flowers white or purple, nearly regular. Fruit £-£ in. ; styles 

 slender, reflexed. — Distrib. Europe (Arctic), N. and W. Asia.— Aromatic 

 and bitter. 



31. PEUCED'ANUM, L. Hog's-FENNEL. 



Perennial, rarely annual. Leaves pinnately or 3-nately compound. 

 UmbeU compound, many-rayed ; bracts many, few, or ; bracteoles many 

 or ; flowers white, yellow, or pink, often polygamous. Calyx-tc-eth 

 or small. Petals with an inflexed, often 2- fid point. Disk-lobes small ; 

 often expanded, undulate. Fruit ovoid, oblong or suborbicular, much 

 dorsally compressed, commissure very broad ; carpels flattish, lateral 

 primary ridges of each forming flat contiguous wings, dorsal and inter- 

 mediate filiform ; vitta? 1-3 in each furrow. Seed nearly flat. — Distrib. 

 Trop. and temp, regions ; species 100. — Etym. obscure. 



Section 1. Peuced'anum proper. Perennial. Bracts few or many, 

 bracteoles many. Calyx 5-toothed. Fruit with narrow wings. 



1. P. officinale, L. ; leaves 3-ternately pinnate, segments long and 

 narrow, bracts few deciduous, flowers yellow. Sulphur-wort. 

 Salt marshes, very rare. Kent, Essex ; Channel Islands ; fl. July-Sept. — 

 Glabrous. Stem 2-3 ft., terete, solid, furrowed. Leaves oblong ; segments 

 1-4 in., flaccid. Umbels on spreading subopposite branches ; rays many, 

 2-4 in., spreading; bracteoles short, filiform. Flowers minute, central 



