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grow in an umbel upon the tops of the stalks, 
and consist of five leaves, succeeded by two 
large channelled seeds. Archangelica is some- 
times cultivated in gardens for its leaf-stalks, 
to be blanched and eaten as celery, or candied 
with sugar. In Lapland, where itis also found, 
it is used to crown poets, who fancy themselves 
inspired by its agreeable odour. 
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TRONY. 
SARDONY. 
Sarpony has some resemblance to parsley ; 
it contains a poison which is said to contract 
the mouth in so peculiar a manner, that the 
individual affected seems to laugh in expiring. 
This horrible laugh has been named, Risus 
Sardonicus, or Sardonic laughter. It is that 
which we see playing on the lips of Satire, and 
on those of cold Irony. 

