386 ARCHANGELICA. Lclass v. order ii, 



merous, crowdedj white. Calyx niarg'iu obsolete. Petals rolled 

 inwards, roundish, entire, with an obovate incurved point. Stamens 

 with slender filaments and yellow anthers. Sti/les very short. Stigmas 

 obtuse. Disk large, slightly convex, white, fleshy, becoming more 

 tumid, crowning the elliptic fruit, which is almost round, on a trans- 

 verse section. Carpels with five raised sharp slightly winged ridges, 

 the two marginal ones scarcely wider than the others. Albumen nearly 

 half round, forming a loose kernel, with numerous vitt(S, surrounded 

 by a loose covering. 



Habitat. — Rocks by the sea side; frequent in England and Ireland ; 

 rare in Scotland, on the coast of Galloway, and at Aberlady, Hadding- 

 tonshire. 



Perennial ; flowering in August. 



Samphire has a warm aromatic flavour, and is used by the country 

 people in some parts of the country as a pot herb, and mixed with 

 salads ; but it is much more frequently used when pickled, for which 

 purpose it is sold in the markets, and is much esteemed, making a 

 warm agreeable aromatic and wholesome condiment, far superior to 

 the Salicornia herbacea, (page 2), although some persons prefer it to 

 the Samphire, and is sold in the market for the same purpose. 



Tribe 5. Angelice^. — Koch. Fruit compressed at the back, with 

 dilated winged margins, which (on account of the commissure 

 being almost central) is double. Carpels with five primary ridges, 

 winged, or the three dorsal ones are filiform, the lateral ones 

 always winged, and almost as wide again as the others. Albumen 

 plane in front, convex behind. Umbels perfect. 



GENUS LXX. ARCHANGEL'ICA.— HoFF. 



Garden Angelica. 



Gen, Char. Calyx margin of five teeth. Petals elliptical, entire, 

 with an incurved acuminated point. Fruit somewhat compressed 

 at the back, with two wings on each side. Carpels with thick 

 uarinated ridges, the three dorsal ones elevated, the two lateral 

 ones dilated into wings, twice as broad as the rest. Albumen free 

 in the pericarp, with numerous vittce. General involucre of a few 

 segments, or wanting, partial of numerous ones. — So named from 

 its supposed superior virtues to the following genus. 

 1. A. officinalis, Hoffm. (Fig. 448.) Garden Angelica. Stem round, 



smooth, striated ; leaves bi-pinnate ; leaflets ovate, deeply serrated, the 



terminal one lobed. 



