118 PENTANDRIA— DIGYNIA. [Peucedanum, 



and at Aherladj', Haddiiifrtonshire. Fl. Aug. If. — Whole plant very 

 succulent, pule green. Leaves bi-triternate. — When the process of dry- 

 ing this |)lant for the Herbarium is aided by immersion in hot water, a 

 number of white dots, as Mr W. Wilson observes, make their appear- 

 ance on the surface, which are quite opaque. Samphire makes a warm 

 aromPitic pickle, and is sold for this purpose in England ; being very 

 supe/ior to the Salicornia hcrbacea, which often passes under the name 

 of I'Sainphire, and is used in the same way. 



72. Angelica. Linn. Angelica. 



1. A.*Archatigelica, h. {garden Angelica) ; terminal leaflet 

 lobed, seed free marked with numerous vittse. E. Bot. t, 2561. 



— Arc/iaiigelica officinalis, Hoffm. 



Watery |)laces, rare. Near Birmingham ; upon the Thames' side, 

 near Dorking ; also in Durham. Fl. June — Sept. $ . — Ste?n 4 — 5 feet 

 higli, and from 1 — 2 inches in the thickest diameter, glabrous, fistulose. 

 Leaves bipinnate ; flowers greenish-white. — Caiidied Angelica, a well- 

 known article in confectionary, consists of the prepared stalks of this 

 plant, and in that state is agreeable ; otherwise, the flavour, though aroma- 

 tic, is too powerfid and pungent to be pleasant. It is called Archangelica, 

 ec^X^ implying its imagined superiority in virtue to the following species. 



2. A. sylvestris, L, (nild Angelica) ; leaflets equal ovate 

 serrated at the base soniewiiat lobed, fruit with the interstices 

 of the ridges having single vittte. E. Bot. t, 1128. 



Moist woods and niarsliy places, especially near rivers, frequent. Ft. 

 July. 1^. — Plant 2 — 3 feet high. Siem purplish, pubescent above, as 

 well as the lanbcls. — Inferior in its qualities to the former species. 



73. Peucedanum. Linn. Hog's Fennel. 



1. P. officinale, L. (sea Hog's Fennel, or sea Sulphui'-iveed) ; 

 leaves 5 times tripartite, leaflets linear-filiform flaccid, involu- 

 cres few linear deciduous. E. Bot. t. 1767. 



In salt-marshes, very rare. In Kent and Sussex ; on the coast of Essex. 

 Fl. July — Sept. 1^ . — Remarkable for its large umbels oiycWowfl oivers, 

 and its long and extremely narrow leaflets. The whole plant, espe- 

 cially the root, has a strong snipliureous smell, and the latter yields a 

 resinous substance, reckoned stiuiulant, but of dangerous internal use. 



2. P. palustre, Moench, (marsh Hog's Fennel, or Milk Pars- 

 ley); milky, leaves ternately decompound, leaflets opposite pin- 

 natifid, segments linear-lanceolate with a hard point, rays of the 

 umbel rough, involucres of many persistent lanceolate leaves. — 

 Selinum palustre, E. Bot. t. 229. 



Marshy and boggy places, but apparently vei'y local. Yorkshire and 

 Lancasiiire ; about Norwich and the Isle of Ely. Ardincaple on the 

 Clyde. FL July. If. or $ . — 4 — 5 feet high, with very compound leaves ; 

 abounding in a milky juice, which dries to a brown resin. The root is 

 said to be used by tiie Russians instead of Ginger. 



3. V.*Ostrulhium, Koch, (broad-leaved Hog's Fentiel, ov Mas- 

 ter- Wort); leaves bilernate, leaflets broadly ovate lobed inciso- 

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



