UMBELLIFER.E. 



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In clefts of rocks, close to the sea, on 

 the western coasts of Europe and north- 

 ern Africa, and extending along the 

 Mediterranean to the Black Sea. Abun- 

 dant in southern and western England 

 and southern Ireland, but becomes rare 

 in northern England and Scotland. Fl. 

 summer. 



Fig. 426. 



XXIY. ANGELICA. ANGELICA. 



Leaves dissected. Umbels compound, with partial involucres of 

 several bracts. Petals white, entire. Eruit flattened from front to 

 back ; the carpels broad, with 3 ribs on the back, the edges expanded 

 into wings, those of the two carpels distinct before they separate, so 

 that the fruit is surrounded by a double wing. 



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

 America, distinguished from all other British Umbellates by the double 

 wing round the fruit. 



1. Wild Angelica. Angelica sylyestris, Linn. (Fig. 427.) 



(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. Um- 

 bels 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. 



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