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LIGU'STICUM* * 
Linnean Class and Order. Penta'ndria f, Digy'nia. 
Natural Order. Umbelli'feraj Juss. Gen. PL p. 218. — Snl. 
Gram, of Bot. p. 132. — Lindl. Syn. p. 111.; Introd. to Nat. Syst. 
of Bot. p. 4. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 463. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 
517. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. iii. p.235. — Mack. 
FI. Hibern. p. 113. — Hook. Brit. FI. (4th ed.) p.408. — Umbellate, 
Linn. — Rosales; sect. Angelicina; ; type, Angelicaceje; 
subtvpe, Angelicid.e ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. pp. 614, 770, 773, 
and 774. 
Gen. Char. Flowers all perfect, prolific, and regular. Calyv 
(see fig. 2.) of 5 small, pointed, upright teeth, sometimes obsolete. 
Corolla (see fig. 1.) of 5 inversely egg-shaped, acute, emarginate 
petals ; each with an indexed point, and a very short claw. Ft 'la- 
ments (see fig. 1.) 5, thread-shaped, spreading, shorter than the 
corolla. Anthers roundish. Germen oblong, blunt, slightly com- 
pressed, furrowed. Styles (see figs. 1 & 2.) 2, tumid at the base, 
permanent. Stigmas simple. Fruit (see figs. 2 & 3.) unarmed, 
elliptical, a little compressed at the sides. Carpels (see fig. 3.) 
with 5 sharp, somewhat winged, equal ribs (fig 3, o.) , the lateral 
of which form a margin. Interstices ( channels ) with many vittce 
(fig. 3,6). Seed almost sertiicylindrical. — Universal involucrum 
various ; partial ones many-leaved. Flowers white. 
The corolla of 5 inversely egg-shaped, acute, emarginate petals, 
with inflexed points, and very short claws ; the unarmed, elliptical 
fruit ; and the carpels with 5 sharp, somewhat winged ribs, with 
many vittce in the interstices ; will distinguish this from other 
genera in the same class and order. 
One species British. 
LIGU'STICUM SCO'TICUM. Scotch Lovage. Scotch Parsley. 
Sea Parsley. 
Spec. Char. Leaves twice ternate, opaque; leaflets subrhom- 
boid, broad, acute, smooth, serrated. Universal involucrum of 
about 6 narrow leaves. Calyx 5-toothed. 
Engl. Bot. t. 1207.— FI. Dan. t. 207.— Linn. Bp. PI. p. 359. -Huds. FI. AngL 
(2nd ed.) p. 117. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. pt. II. p. 1424. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 309,; 
Engl. FI. v. ii. p. 82. — With. (7th ed. ) v. ii. p. 376. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 517. 
— Lindl. Syn. p. 118. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 121. — Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 101. — 
De Cand. Prod. v. iv. p. 157. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. iii. p. 317. — ■ 
Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 159. — Thomp. Pi. of Bern', p. 30. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 89. 
— Grev. FI. Edin. p. 64. — Johnst. FI. of Berw. r. i. p. 71. — Winch’s FI. of Nor- 
thumb. and Durh. p. 19. — Dick. FI. Abred. p. 31. — Irv. Lond. FI. p. 233. — Mack. 
FI. Hibern. p. 177. — Ligusticum scoticum, apii folio, Ray’s Syn. p. 214. — 
Ligusticum humilius Scoticum a maritimis, Pluk. Aim. p. 217. ; Pliyt. t. 96. 
f. 2 .—Imperatorice offinis umbellifera maritima Scotica, Sibb. Scot. Illustr. 
Fig. 1. A Flower. — Fig. 2. A Fruit. — Fig. 3. Transverse section of a Fruit; 
a, a rib ; b, a channel, with its vittae . — All magnified ; fig. 4, highly so. 
* From Liguria, a country in which some of the species abound. Ilcnce, too, 
comes our word Lovage. 
•f See folio 48, note +. 
$ See folio 235 a. 
