LIGUSTICUM. 



and acrid. Leaves bipiiinate ; Iciiflcts about two or liiroc 

 Inches long, and one broad, deeply cut. C/),;ii/j aggregate, 

 ilalked, tlicir involiicrnl leaves dc-flexed, wbitidi. Floiutrs 

 f:nall, yellowifii, coniini; out in May and June. 



This plant, el'pcciallv the root, " whofe flavour is Icfs un- 

 grateful (fays Dr. Woodville) than the leaves," abounds 

 with a ycllowilh fetid gum refin. It was thought to be 

 ufeful in removing obllruftions of various kinds, and even 

 to afiid delivery ; but h now laid aiide. 



2. I" fco'ktim. Scottilh Lovage. Linn. Sp. PI. 359. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 1207. Fl. Dan. t. 107. — Leaves twice ter- 

 iiate, dilated, deeply ferrated — Native- of fea-fliores in Swe- 

 den, Canada, Scotland ; and recently difcovered, as Mr. 



- Winch informs us, at Dun!tonburgh callle, Northum- 

 berland. It is of much humbler growth thin the firlt fpe- 

 cics, with twice terna'c, broader and ro'uider leaves, 'fnining 

 beneath, rather fen-ated than cut. Utr.lch fewer, white 

 vith a reddilb tinge. Mr. Lightfoot fays this is eaten raw 

 as a falad, or boiled as greens, in the ille of Skve, where 

 it is called Stuiias or Shiinis. The root is reckoned a good 

 carminative, and an infuliou of tiie leav:s in whey ferves to 

 purge calves. 



3. Ij nod'iflorum. Nettle-leaved Lovage. Villars Dauph. 

 -V. 2. 60S. t. 13. (Smvniium nodiflorum ; Allion. Ptfdem. 

 •V. 2. 21. t. 72. Angelica alpina, ad nodos florida ; Tourn. 



• 'Inft. 313 )-TLcaves twice or thrice ternate, dilated, tapcr- 

 yointcd, llrongly ferrated. Umbels very nuineious. Flowcr- 

 Halks whorkd, widely fpreading. — Native of fliady pine- 

 -forells on the Alps. Stem three or four feet high, folitary, 

 vith very numerous, whorlcd, divaricated, flender flower- 

 •iblks, and copious white imbeh, wliofc invoUicral leaves are 

 -very few and narrow. Radical /^^"folitary, large, fmooth, 

 4.wice or thrice tcrnnte, or fomewhat pinrfate ; the leaflets 

 .two or three irches loiig, ovate, taper-pointed, ftrongly fer- 

 rated in the manner of a nettle. Villars fays the root is fold 

 at Lyons by the name of Bohemian Angelica, and has an 

 aromatic flavour, lefs agreeable but more laiUng than that of 

 the true Angelica. It is dillinft, as Villars well obferves, 

 .from tiie Angel.-ca ■oertidUnrh of Linnaeus, and appears nevei- 

 ■to have come under his obfervation. 



4. L peloponnenfe. Hemlock-leaved Lovage. Linn. Syfl-. 

 ;Veg. ed. 14. 283. (L. peloponncfiacum ; Linn. Sp. PI. 

 -360. .lacq. Aullr. 33. append, t. 13. Sefeli peloponnenfe ; 

 •Camer. Epit. 514. Matth. Valgr. v. 2. 112. Cicuta latifolia 

 ioctidiffima ; Cler. em. 1062. Morif. Scft. 9. t. 6. f. J.) — 

 Leaves repeatedly pinnate ; leaflets lanceolate, decurrent, 



taper-pointed, cut N?.tive of mountainous woods in Car- 



-niola, Rhxtia, Switzerland, and, as it fliould feem, in the 

 Pelooonnefus ; but Dr. Sibdiorp <3id not find it. In gar- 

 <iens it is confpicuous, but too much like hemlock to be 

 cultivated for ornament. The leaves are very large, but 

 finely cut, of a fine fliiiiing green, their fegments numerous, 

 -crowded, remarkably decurreiit and taper-pointed. Utnlcls 

 •white, one very large, with fcveral fmaller in whorls, accom- 

 panied by leaves, at the bafe of its li'alk. 



y. L. auftriacum. Auflrian Lovage. Jacq. Auftr. t. 151. 

 Allion. Pedem. v. 2. 15. t. 43 (L. n. 11 ; Gmcl. Sib. v i. 

 -196.1.45.) — Leaves twice pinnate; leaflets wedge-fhaped, 

 decurrent, cirt. Umbels leafy. — Native of the Alps of 

 Auftria, France, Italy, S:c. Much like the lafl, but the 

 Jlem is ivouter ; umlils larger and more leafy ; hai'cs not fo 

 rcg'.darly pmnate or pinnatllid, nor fo exatlly decurrent, 

 jiei'her are th-y by far fo taper-pointed. 



6. \^. cornul/ienje. CornillV Lovage. Linn. Sp PI. 35'9. 

 jSm. Fi. Brit. 310. Ic. Pift. t. II. Engl. Bot. t. 683. 

 ^L^ a^uilegifoLum ; WiUd. n. 3- L. altcrum belgarum ; 



Lob. Ic. 786. Danaa aquilegifolia ; Allion. Pedem. v. 2. 

 34.1.63. Smyrnium lufitanicum minus, ajiii fohis ; Tourn. 

 Infl. 316.) — Radical leares twice cennpound. wedgc-fliaped, 

 cut ; Ifem-leaves ternate or fimple, lanceolate and entire. 

 Tieeds ovate, tumid, obfcuroly ribbed. — Native of bulhy 

 ftony place,^ in Cornwall, Piedmont, and Portugal. Ga- 

 tliered by Dr. Sibthorp on mount Athos. Itij perennial, 

 and known from ail the reft by its principal compound lea-Jcs 

 being all radical, theyAm he'.ring only a few ternate or liniple 

 ones, quite undivided. The umbels are few and fulitarv. 

 Invohicnnn fcarcely membranous, j'irfi'/ remarkably tuniid, 

 ovate, black, obfeurcly ribbed. — This plant, found in Corn- 

 wall in the time of Dillenius, who has figured it in hiscditicii 

 of Ray's Sympjis, t, 8, was long overlooked, and fuppofcd 

 to be loft, till It was recovered about 2J years ago. Speci- 

 mens fent by Prof. AUioiii to the writer of thi^ have proved 

 his Danaa to be the fame. (Sec Das.t.a.) Li'tle did the 

 late Prof. Sibthorp fufpcft he liad found fo celebrated an 

 Englifh plant on mount Athos, which from his herbariiiin 

 proves to be the cafe. AVilldenow perhaps learnt from the 

 EfTay on Dorfiferous Ferns, Mem. de VAcad. de Turin, v. c. 

 420, that it was a Ligu/lkum, but having never fecn it, either 

 as the Danaa or the Coruiih Lovage, he has it tw ice in his 

 Sp. PI. 



7. L. ftyrenieum. Pyrencan Lovage. Willd. n. 8. Gouan. 

 Illuflr. 14, but not his t. 10. f. 2, which, thou<jh cited i)y 

 himfelf^ and copied by others, is Thapf.a gar^anica. (L. 

 alpinum perennc, ferulx folio, floribus aibis ; Sc>;i!. Veron. 

 V. 2. 41. t. 13.) — Leaves repeatedly compound ; leaflets pin- 

 nirtifid ; fegments nearly linear, awned. General invohicrum 



flight. Seeds oblong, with membranous even ribs. Native 



of the fouth of France aliout the Pyrenees ; alfo of mount 

 Baldus, nearVeroi-a. The /fj-ivj- are lari;e, very finelv di- 

 vided, light green ; their fegments inclining to elliptical', de- 

 current, obtufe, with a minute briflle. Stevi leafy. Umheh 

 rather large ; the general invohicrum wanting, or deciduous • 

 when prefent it is fometimes of one three-cleft leaf Flo-jueis 

 white, fmall. Fruit cliiptic-oblong, with ftraight, pale, 

 membranous ribs, and crowned with but a fmall jrlandular 

 floral receptacle, Style.^ refiexed. — Linnxus confounded this 

 with his Selinum Carvi/oiia, but thl-y appear to be Uifliciently 

 different. 



S. L. muhlfidum. Fine-leaved Lovage. (I,, fuliis tri- 

 plicato-piiinatis, extremis lobulis brevi^ter muUindi.s ; Gmel. 

 Sib. V. I. 199. t. 4.6. Herb. Linn ) — Leaves thrice com- 

 pound ; fegments linear, channelled, decurrent, pointed. 



Seeds ovate, with mem.branous, fomewhat crifped, ribs 



Native of fields in the province of Ifct, in Siberia. Gmc- 

 lin's fpecimen is in the herbarium, but appears never to iiave 

 been noticed in the works of Linnccus, The root is faid to 

 have the talle and fliape of Carrot ; it is as thick as the mid- 

 dle finger at the top, long and taper downward, vcllowiili 

 without, white within. ,$■/£■« two cubits or more in hei'iht, 

 hollow, branched from about a third part of its heiglit up- 

 ward, the branches a foot long, fomewhat leafy. Radical 

 Laves with their long llalks about a fpan L)ng or .more, finely 

 tlirice compounded, the fegments uniformly narrow, acute, 

 fcarcely awned, channelled, entire, ail decurrent, h"l.t 

 green, fmooth; ft cm leaves much lel's divided, and fmailer. 

 Umbels not large, white ; their general Irmo'ucrum of about 

 eight lanceolate, membranous-edged, leaves, and I lie car; iai 

 ones are fim.ilar. Fniii fliort and roundifli, -with crifped 

 wings, and a very large floral di(k or receptacle. Siy/es di- 

 varicated, .'iti^mas very obtufe. 



9. Y,. caniliciir.s. Pale Lovage. Ait. Hort. Kcw. cd. i. 

 v. I. 348. ed. 2. V. 2. 142. — Leaves repeatedly compound ; 



« leaflets 



