152 PENTAKDKIA DIGYNIA. [cL. V. 



tumid at the 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. Archangelica. 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 na- 

 turalized. Eng. Bot. pi. 2561. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 81. 452. 



2. A. sylvestris. Wild Angelica. Leaflets equal, egg-shaped, 



serrate. Stem three feet high, round, polished, with spreading 



branches : leaves twice pinnate, smooth : umbels convex, with nu- 

 merous 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, some- 

 what compressed, crowned with the calyx and styles. Seeds 

 oblong, each with five longitudinal wings. Named from 

 JLiffuria, where one species abounds. 157. 



1. L. Scoticum. Scottish Lovagc. 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. Fl. vol. ii. p. 82, 454. 



2. L, Cornubiense. Cornish Lovage. Root-leaves twice or thrice 

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

 tire. Root taperyag : 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. METJ. 



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 j stigmas simple. Fruit 



