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I. A. sylvhtris (Wild Angelica). — A tall, stout plant, 2 — 4 feet 

 high ; stem furrowed ; slightly downy, especially above, tinged with 

 purple ; leaves bipinnate ; leaflets stalked, obliquely ovate, serrate ; 

 umbels large, with bracts and hracteoles : flowers white, tinged with 

 pink. — Wet places; common. — Fl. July,^ August. Perennial. 



*34. Arciiangelica, differing from Angelica mainly in having 

 minute sepals, thicker dorsal and intermediate ridges, no vittiT, and 



loose seeds, is repre- 

 sented by A. offici- 

 nalis, a larger plant 

 than Angelica sylves- 

 tris, with leaves 2 — 3 

 feet across, decurrent 

 leaflets and greenish- 

 white flowers, culti- 

 vated for the sake of 

 its aromatic stems 

 (which are candied as 

 a sweetmeat), and 

 occurring only as an 

 escape. — Fl. July — 

 September. Peren- 

 nial. 



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35. Peucedanuii 

 (Hog's Pennel). — 

 Leaves pinnate or ter- 

 nate ; umbels com- 

 pound, many-rayed ; 

 bracts and bracleoles 

 absent, few or many ; 

 sepals small or incon- 

 spicuous ; petals yel- 

 low or wliite ; jnitf 

 flattened ; lateral 



flat contiguous parallel wings ; vittic linear, 



(Name of Greek origin.) 



1. F. officincilc (Sulphur-wort, Sea Hog's-Fennel). — Smooth ; 

 stem 2 — 3 feet high, round ribbed ; leases 3 — 5 ternate ; leaflets 

 long, linear, flaccid j umbels large, on diveiging branches, 

 many-rayed ; bracts few, deciduous ; floivers minute, yellow. — Salt 

 marshes in Kent and Esse.x ; vary rare. — Fl. Jul) — Se[)tember. 

 Perennial. 



2. P. pali'isire (Milk Parsley, Marsh Hog's F'ennel). — Smootli, 



ridges forming thin 

 as loner as the fruit. 



