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Not unfrequent in the Scotch Highlands, in northern England and 
North Wales, but not recorded from Ireland. Fl. summer. 
XXII. CRITHMUM. SAMPHIRE. 
Leaves succulent, dissected. Umbels compound, with general and 
partialinvolucres. Petals entire. Fruit ovoid, not compressed, without 
distinct calycine teeth. Carpels of a thick, succulent or somewhat corky 
consistence, 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 Umbellifera, but 
closely allied to the large Mediterranean and Asiatic genus Cachrys, with 
which some botanists unite it. 
1. C. maritimum, Linn. (fig. 433). Samphire.—A perfectly glabrous 
perennial, seldom above a foot high, almost woody at the base; the 
young branches, foliage, and umbels, thick and fleshy. Leaves twice 
or thrice ternate, with thick linear segments about an inchlong. Umbels 
of 15 to 20 or morerays. Involucres of several small linear or lanceolate 
bracts. Petals very minute, fugacious. Fruits about 3 lines long, 
In clefts of rocks, close to the sea, in western Europe and northern 
Africa, and extending along the Mediterranean to the Black Sea. 
Abundant in southern and western England and southern Ireland, but 
rare in northern England, and in Scotland confined to Ayrshire. J. 
summer. 
XXIT, ANGELICA. ANGELICA. 
Leaves dissected. Umbels compound, with partial involucres of several 
bracts. Petals white, entire. Fruit flattened from front to back; the 
carpels broad, with 3 ribs on the back, the edges expanded into wings, 
those of the 2 carpels distinct before they separate, so that the fruit 
is surrounded by a double wing. 
A genus of few species, dispersed over Hurope, Asia, and North 
America, distinguished from all other British Umbelliferw by the double 
wing round the fruit. 
1, A. sylvestris, Linn. (fig. 434), Weld A.—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 about 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; partial ones of several fine, short bracts. 
In moist woods and marshy places, especially near streams, throughout 
Kurope and Russian Asia to the Arctic regions. Abundant in Britain. 
Fl, late in summer. 
The garden Angelica (Archangelica officinalis), of northern and eastern 
Europe, long cultivated for confectionery, is not wild in Britain. 
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