H6 UMBELLIFER.E. [Angelic* 



filiform, not clubbed, vittce ; in the remote lateral ridges from 

 all the rest of this Tribe; and from Peucedannm also by the 

 involute petals. Name derived from pastus, food. 



Pentandria. Diyynia. 



1. P. sativa, Linn. Wild Pars nep. Leaves pinnate, downy 

 beneath ; leaflets ovate, cut and serrated, ultimate one 3-lobed. 

 Br.FL I. p. 118. E. ' FL v. ii. p. 101. E. Bot.t. 556. 



Dry pastures and borders of fields. Fields near Finglas?, and lands 

 of Beldrurnmond, near the Man-of-War. Town-land of Margymo- 

 naghan, Magilligan, abundant ; Mr. D.Moore. Fl. July. $. Root 

 fusiform. The origin of our garden Parsnep. Leaves generally 

 shining. Petals very convex, yellow, involute. 



5. PEUCEDANUM. Linn. Hog's Fennel. 



Cafyx of 5 teeth, or obsolete. Petals obovate or obcordate, 

 point indexed. Fruit much flattened dorsally, with a broad 

 thin margin. Carpels with the ridges nearly equidistant, the 

 three intermediate ones filiform, the two lateral ones more 

 obsolete, contiguous to or combined with the margin. Seed 

 flat on its inner face. Interstices with" single vittce. Univer- 

 sal involucre various; partial of many leaves. Name from 

 vtvk-r), a Pine tree; and ^avoe, dwarf, on account of a resinous 

 substance, said to be extracted from some of the species. 



Pentandria. Digynia. 



1. P. Ostruthium, Koch. Broad-leaved Hog's Fennel or Mas- 

 ter- Wort. Leaves biternate ; leaflets broadly ovate, lobed, inciso- 

 serrate, unequal at the base ; sheaths very large ; fruit with a 

 very broad margin ; universal involucre none. Lindl. Syn. p. 

 116. Br. Fl. 1. p. l\9.lmperatoria Ostrutlnum, Linn.E. FL 

 v. ii.p. 78. E. Bot.t. 1380. 



Old hedges on the town-land of Ballydolaghan, County of Down, 

 to all appearance perfectly wild ; Mr. Campbell. FL June. 1. 

 Flowers white. Partial involucres several, subulate. 



(IV. ANGELICA TRIBE.) 

 6. ANGELICA. Linn. Angelica. 



Calyx obsolete. Petals elliptical-lanceolate, entire, and inflexecl 

 at the point. Fruit subcompressed, 2-winged. Carpels with 

 three elevated dorsal ridges, the lateral ones spreading into the 

 broad wings of the fruit. Vitta various. Universal involucre 

 scarcely any. (drchangelica and Angelica, Hoffm.) Name, 

 Angelic t from its cordial and medicinal properties. 



Pentandria. Digynia. 



1. A. si/h-estris t ~Linr). Wild Angelica. Leaflets equal, ovate, 

 serrated at the base, somewhat lobed ; fruit with the interstices 



