VI. 



ANGELICA ARCHAXGELICA. 



Garden Angelica. 



Class V. Pentandria. — Order II. Digynia. 



Nat. Ord. UaiBELLIFERiE. 



Gex. Char. Fruit sub-compressed, 2-winged ; carpels 

 with three elevated dorsal ridges, tlie lateral ones spread- 

 ing into the wings of the fruit. Calyx an obsolete 

 margin. Petals elliptical-lanceolate, entire, equal, in- 

 flexed at the point. — Universal invohicre scarcely any. 



Spec. Char. Leaves doubly pinnate, ovate-lanceolate, 

 seiTate ; the terminal leaflet lobed. 



STNONYMES. 



Angelica Sativa. Bauh. Pin, 155. Ger. Em. 999. Jiaii. Syn. 



C 208. 



•''"'*" \ Imperatoria Sativa. Tournefort Inst. 317. 



' Angelica Archangelica. Lin. Sp. PI. 360. 

 French.... Angelique des Jardins. 



Italian ...... 



Spanish .... ^Angelica. 



Portuguese . J 



German . . . Angelika ; Angelikwiirzel ; Gartenangelik ; Brustwtirz. 



Dutch Angelika; Engelwortel. 



Danish .... Angelik ; Fadnobusk. 



Swedish... Angelik. 



Polish . Dziegel agrodni. • 



Description. — The root is biennial, thick, fusiform, with 

 numerous fibres, resinous, brown externally and white within. 

 The stem is erect, from four to five feet high, thick, cylindrical, 

 jointed, striated, fistulose, smooth, and sends off numerous 

 branches, which are terminated by large spreading umbels. The 

 leaves are large, alternate, doubly winged, and composed of ovate, 

 serrated, pointed leaflets, often three-lobed^ especially the ter- 



