The ,BIR UTES Ho HEE R 8 aoe Ni 
C. Bauhine calls it Meum Soliis anethi. Others 
only, Meum. Our people, Baldmoney. 
It is a very powerful diuretick and deob- 
ftruent. 
DIVISION if, FO 
Italian Spignell. 
The root is long and thick, black on the out- 
fide,-white within ; and of acoarfe tafte, and dif- 
agreeable fmell. 
The firft leaves are large ; and théy are divi- 
ded into numerous longifh and very flender feg- 
ments. 
It is good in the jaundice, and it Promotes the 
menfes, 
The root poffefles moft virtue; and is bett gi- 
ven in infufion. 
REIGN §PEcCIES, 
The ftalk is roy 
foot and half high, 
The leaves ftand alterna 
are divided into fine fegm 
thofe from the root. 
The flowers are {mall and white, and the feeds 
are ftriated and large, 
It is a native of Italy, and flowefs in May; 
C, Bauhine calls it Meum latifolium adulterinum, 
ind, ftriated, upright, dnd 4 
tely on this; and they 
ents, in the manner of 
Gaks oN os o§ VIII. 
Ag NG Bh Ty Grand 
THE flowers are difpofed in large umbells, of a globular figure, 
flalks; and under thefe there ftand a few oblong leaves. The fmaller clufters, 
form the whole umbel, are perfectly globular ; and at the bafe of thefe there ftand 
Each flower is compofed of five pointed petals, 
form, rounded and ftriated on one fide, and {mo 
upon divided and fubdivided foot. 
which together 
eight {mall leaves; 
which are a little bent. The feeds are of an oval 
oth and flat on the other, 
Linnzus places this among the pentandria digynia ; the threads being five, and the ftyles twa. 
1. Great Angelica. 
Angelica major. 
The root is long, thick, and furnithed with 
many fibres: the outfide is brown; but it is white 
within, and when cut yields a thick, yellowith 
juice : its tafte is warm and aromatick, and its 
fmell very fragrant and agreeable, 
The firft leaves are extremely large: they ftand 
upon thick, flefhy footftalks 5 and are compofed 
of oblong, broad, pointed, and ferrated feg- 
ments. 
The ftalk is round, hollow, upright, thick, 
and of a fine green : it is divided toward the top 
into many branches, and is feven or eight feet 
high. 
The leaves on it are placed irregularly ; and 
they refemble thofe from the root, but they are 
fmaller. 
The flowers are fmall, and of a greenifh white. 
The feeds are large, and greenith, 
Tt is wild in our northern counties ; but-for its 
-ufe is cultivated alfo every where in gardens. 
C. Bauhine calls it Angelica fativa; a name 
mott others have copied. 
Gok =N 
Tt is a plant of great virtues 5 cordial, fudorifick, 
and ftomachick, 
The candied ftalks are a very agreeable way of 
taking it, and have a great deal of virtue ; but the 
roots and feeds poffefs it in the higheft degree, 
They are beft given in powder; a fcruple of the 
root, or five grains of the feeds, fora dafe, 
2. Wild Angelica, 
Angelica fylveftris. 
The root is long, white, thick, and furnithed 
with many long fibres. : 
The firft leaves are very large: they are fup- 
ported on purplith footftalks ; and are formed 
of numerous fmall parts, which are broadeft at the 
bafe; ferrated, tharp-pointed, and of a dufky green, | 
The ftalk is round, firm, upright, very much 
branched, and fix feet high. 
The leaves ftand irregularly on it, and fur 
round it with the bafes of their footftalks : they 
are like thofe from the root, but {maller. 
The flowers aré fmall and whitifh ; and they 
form vaft umbells, 
The feeds are {welled and ftriated. 
It is common by waters, and flowers in June. 
C.Bauhine calls it Angelica fylveftris Major. 
U.S IX, 
HERB-GERARD: 
PrsOe De Ag GRA eR x, 
HE flowers are difpofed in a rounded convex umbel, on divided and fubdivided branches ; at 
Ap the bafe of this there are no leaves, nor at the place of their fubdivifions. Each Slower is com- 
pofed of five oval, hollowed, and nearly equal petals, The cup is very minute. The feeds are of an 
oval, oblong form, ftriated, and {welled on one fide, and flat and {mooth on the other. ; 
Linnzus places this among the pentandria digynia ; the threads being five, and the ftyles two in the 
flower. But he takes away its received name, and calls it egopodium. 
OF this genus there is but one known fpecies, and that is a native of Britain. 
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