254 THE UMBELLATE FAMILY. 



In mountam pastures, in western and central Europe, not extending 

 eastward beyond the Russian frontier, nor northward into Scandinavia. 

 Not unfrequent in the Scotch Highlands, in northern England and North 

 Wales, but not recorded from Ireland. Fl. summer. 



XXIII. SAMPHIRE. CRITHMUM. 



Leaves succulent, dissected. Umbels compound, with general and par- 

 tial involucres. Petals entire. Fruit ovoid, not compressed, without dis- 

 tinct calycine teeth. Carpels of a thick, succulent or somewhat corky con- 

 sistence, with 5 acute ribs, becoming prominent when dry, but not winged ; 

 the vittas numerous, slender, and irregular. Seeds loose in the cavity, with 

 numerous fine vittas on the outside. 



A single species, very different from any other British Umbellate, but 

 closely allied to the large Mediterranean and Asiatic genus Cachrys, with 

 which some botanists unite it. 



1. Sea Sampbire. Crithmiuin luaritimura, Linn. 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 819.) 



A perfectly glabrous perennial, seldom above a foot high, almost wnody 

 at the base ; the young branches, fohage, and umbels, thick and fleshy. 

 Leaves twice or thrice ternate, with thick linear segments about an inch 

 long. Umbels of 15 to 20 or even more rays. Involucres of several small 

 linear or lanceolate bracts. Petals very minute, and soon disappearing. 

 Fruits about 3 lines long. 



In clefts of rocks, close to the sea, on the western coasts of Europe and 

 northern Africa, and extending along the Mediterranean to the Black Sea. 

 Abundant in southern and western England and southern Ireland, but 

 becomes rare in northern England and Scotland. Fl. summer. 



XXrV. ANGEZ.ICA. ANGELICA. 



Leaves dissected. Umbels compotuid, with partial involucres of several 

 bracts. Petals white, entire. Fi-uit flattened from front to back ; the carpels 

 broad, vrith 3 ribs on the back, the edges expanded into vpings, those of 

 the two carpels distinct before they separate, so that the fruit is sur- 

 rounded by a double wing. 



A genus of few species, dispersed over Europe, Asia, and North America, 

 distinguished from all other British Umhellates by the double wing round 

 the fruit. 



1. Wild Angelica. Angelica sylvestris, Linn. 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 1128.) 

 A tall, stout, branching perennial, attaining 3 or 4 feet in height, with 

 thick stems, slightly downy in the upper part. Lower leaves large, twice 

 pinnate, with ovate-lanceolate segments, often above 2 inches long, sharply 

 toothed, and sometimes 3-lobed ; the upper leaves shorter stalked, with 

 fewer segments, those under the peduncles often reduced to a broad sheath, 

 with a few small segments at the top. Umbels large, terminal, those of the 

 main stems often with 30 or 40 rays. General involucre of 2 or 3 linear 

 bracts j partial ones of several fine, short bracts. 



