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 untrequent. Rare in Scotland. Fetid, acrid, 

 and noxious : becoming mild by cultivation. Eng. Bot. vol. xvii. 

 pi. 1210. Eng. Fl vol. ii. p. 76. 449. 



69. ^EGOPO'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. JE. Podagrdria. Gout-weed. Herb Gerarde. Stem from one 



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

 stalked : upper ternate and nearly sessile : leaflets egg-shaped, ser- 

 rated, 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. FL vol. ii. p. 77. 450. 



70. IMPEKATO'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, com- 

 pressed, 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 vir- 

 tues. 155. 



1. /. Ostruthium. Great Masterwort. Lower leaves twice ternate, 



upper three-lobed. Hoot 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 



