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BRITISH WILD FLOWERS. 
GENUS X. 
THE GARDEN ANGELICA. (Archangelica, Hoffmann .) 
Lin. Syst. PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Generic Character. —Calyx five-toothed. Petals elliptical, entire, 
acuminate, with the point curved inwards. Fruit somewhat compressed 
from the back, with two wings on each side. Carpella with thick cari¬ 
nate ridges ; the three dorsal elevated, the two lateral dilated into a 
Description, &c. —The only species in this genus 
a naturalised exotic. It is, however, now found wild ii 
wing twice as broad as the rest. Seed a loose kernel covered all over 
with numerous vittai. —Universal involucrum scarcely any ; partial 
halved, many-leaved. Flowers white. ( Lindley .) 
{A. officinalis, Hoffm.) is generally considered to be only 
1 many parts of England, though never in any but very 
moist places. It is a biennial, and flowers from June till September. The species was formerly included in 
the genus Angelica, but it has been separated by modern botanists. 
GENUS XI. 
THE WILD ANGELICA. (Angelica, Lin.) 
Lin. Syst. PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Generic Character. —Calyx an obsolete margin. Petals lanceolate, rest. Channels with single vittae. Seed rather taper.—Universal 
involucrum few-leaved or none ; partial many-leaved. Flowers white. 
[Lindley.) 
entire, acuminate, either incurved or not. Fruit compressed at the 
back, with two wings on each side. Carpella with three dorsal filiform 
raised ridges; the two lateral dilated into a wing twice as broad as the 
Description, &c. —This was the original genus of Linnaeus, and it formerly included the Garden Angelica 
or Archangel ; but it now consists of only one species ( A. sglvestris, Lin.). This plant is much smaller and less 
aromatic than the Garden Angelica, but it is much more common, being found in marshy grounds in every part 
of England. It is a perennial, and flowers in July. The plant is named Angelica from its cordial and 
medicinal properties, which the ancients thought deserved the name of angelic. 
GENUS XII. 
THE SAMPHIRE. (Crithmum, Lin.) 
Lin. Syst. PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Generic Character. —Calyx an obsolete margin. Petals roundish, 
entire, involute, with an obovate end. Fruit taper. Carpella with 
five raised, sharp, somewhat winged ridges, of which the lateral are 
rather larger than the rest, and form a margin. Seed half-taper, 
forming a loose kernel, covered with numerous vittae.—Universal and 
partial involucra many-leaved. Pericarpium spongy, cellular. Flowers 
greenish-white. [Lindley.) 
Description, &c. —There is only one British species in this genus. The name of Crithmum is derived 
from the Greek word for barley, from a fancied resemblance between the seed-vessel of this plant and a grain 
of barley. __ 
1.—THE SEA SAMPHIRE. (Crithmum maritimum, Lin.) 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 819; 2nd. ed., t. 413; and our fig. 5, in PI. 38. 
Specific Character. —Leaflets lanceolate, fleshy. Bracteas ovate. [Smith.) 
Description, &c. —This plant grows on the sea-shore, beyond the reach of the waves, and in places where 
there does not appear to be enough earth to support any kind of plant, and where no human foot can tread. 
