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ANGE'LICA * *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Penta'ndria •(-, Digy'nia. 
Natural Order. Umbelli'fer;e J, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 218. — Sm. 
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. & Bot. v. iii. p. 235. — Mack. FI. 
llibern. p. 113. — Hook. Brit. FI. (4th ed.) p. 408. — Umbellat.e, 
Linn. — Rosales; sect. Angelicinaj; type, Angelicacea? ; 
subtype, Angelicida: ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. pp. 614, 770, 773, 
and 774. 
Gen. Char. Flowers all perfect, prolific, and regular. Calyx 
none. Corolla (see fig. 1.) of 5 equal, spear-shaped, flattish, entire 
petals, straight or incurved at the point, contracted at the base. 
Filaments (see fig. 1.) 5, thread-shaped, spreading, longer than the 
corolla. Anthers roundish. Germ.cn (see fig. 2.) inferior, egg- 
shaped, strongly furrowed. Styles (see fig. 2.) 2, in the flower 
very short, upright, broad and tumid at the base ; subsequently 
elongated, and recurved. Stigmas capitate. Floral Receptacle 
(see fig. 2.) thin, wavy, projecting a little beyond the bases of the 
styles as the fruit advances to maturity. Fruit (figs 3 & 4.) not 
prickly nor beaked, compressed at the back, with two wings on 
each side. Carpels (seeds, Sm.) with 5 primary ridges, of which 
the 3 dorsal ones are elevated and filiform, and the 2 lateral ones 
dilated into a wing twice as broad as the rest. Interstices ( channels ) 
with one or more vittce. Seed nearly flat on one side, convex on 
the other. — Universal lnvolucrum few -leaved or none ; partial 
involucrum many-leaved. Flowers white or purplish. 
The obsolete calyx ; the corolla of 5 spear-shaped, entire petals, 
straight or incurved at the point; the flat, not prickly fruit ; and 
the carpels with 3 elevated dorsal ridges, the two lateral ones 
spreading into the broad wings of the fruit ; will distinguish this 
from other genera in the same class and order. 
Two species British. 
ANGE'LICA SYLVESTRIS. Wild Angelica. 
Spec. Char. Leaflets equal, egg-shaped, serrated at the base, 
somewhat lobed. Fruit with the interstices of the ridges having 
single vittae. 
Engl. Bot. t. 1128. — Ray’s Syn. p. 208. — Johnson’s Gerardo, p. 999. f. 2. — Park. 
Theatr. Bot. p. 940. f. 2.— Linn. Sp. PI. p. 361.— Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 118. 
— Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. pt. ii. p. 1429. — Woodv. Med. Bot. Suppl. p. 139. t. 265. — 
Sm. F). Brit. v. i. p. 311. ; Engl. FI. v. ii. p. 81. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 378. — 
Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 519. — Lind. Syn. p. 117 — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 119. — Decand. 
l'rod. v. iv. p. 168 —Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. iii. p. 323. — Macr. Man. 
Brit. Bot. p. 102. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 160. — Sibthorp. FI. Oxon. p. 96. — Abb. 
Fig. 1. A separate Flower. — Fig. 2. Germen, Floral Receptacle, Styles, and 
Stiymas. — Fig. 3. A Fruit. — Fig. 4. Transverse section of the same. — All 
magnified. - 
* From Angelas, Lat. an Angel ; from its most agreeable odour, and its cordial 
and mcdiciual properties. 
•f See folio 48, note f. 
} See folio 235, a. 
