and forming the winged margins. Seed convex on the back, flattish
on the face.—Umbels compound.
23. ANGELICA. Linn, (partly); Hoffm, Umb. 1. p. 158; Koch, Umb,
p. 99, ƒ; 20, 21 ; DC. prodr. 4. p. 167.
Calyx-teeth obsolete. Petals lanceolate, entire, acuminate; the point
straight or incurved. Fruit dorsally compressed. Carpels with 3 elevated
filiform dorsal ribs: lateral ribs forming marginal wings. Intervals with
single vittm. Commissure with 2-4 vittse. Carpophore 2-parted. Seed
semiterete.—Perennial or hiennial herbs. Petiole 3-parted; the divisions
bipinnately divided. Umbels terminal. Involucre none, or few-leaved,
Involucels many-leaved.
1. A. arguta (Nutt.! mss.): “ stem striate and glabrous ; divisions of the
leaves pinnately, and some of them bipinnately, divided; the segments
ovate, glabrous, rather acute, serrate, the terminal one 3-cleft or deeply
3-parted; involucre and involucels none; fruit (large) oblong-elliptical.”
"Wappatoo Island, and near Fort Vancouver, Oregon, Nuttall!—Segments
of the leaves 1-1 i inch long, sessile, or slightly petiolulate. “ Rays of the
umbel 50-60. Petals short, elliptical, with a conspicuous inflexed point.”
Nutt.' Fruit greenish-white, 3 lines long; the dorsal ribs slightly elevated,
not winged ; lateral ones with wings as broad as the seed. Intervals with
single conspicuous vittse. Commissure with 2 distant vittse.—Nearly allied
to A. sylvestris, but differs in wanting the involucre and involucels.
2. A. genuflexa (Nutt.! mss.): “ stem striate and glabrous; divisions of the
leaves pinnately or bipinnately divided; the segments ovate-lanceolate,
acuminate, unequally and coarsely serrate, sessile ; involucre none; involucels
about 7-leaved; fruit nearly orbicular.”
With the preceding; also in mountain rivulets east of Wallawallah,
Nuttall!—Stem apparently 4-5 feet high. Sheaths of the leaves somewhat
dilated. “ Divisions of the leaves, particularly of the lower ones, often angularly
deflexed.” Leaflets 2-4 inches long, membranaceous, almost incisely
serrate. Umbel of 30-40 elongated slender rays ; the rays and peduncle
pubescent. Petals obovate, with an inflexed point. Fruit about 2 lines
long; dorsal ribs slightly elevated; the lateral ones dilated into a broad
wing. Commissure with 2 distant vittse.—We have a specimen (without
fruit) of what appears to be the same plant, collected in Oregon by Dr.
Scouler.
3. A. lucida (Linn.): leaflets ovate, equal, incisely serrate. Linn. (hort.
Cliff.!) spec. 1.p. 251; Jaeq. hort. Vindob. 3. t. 24, fide Spreng. in Schult.
syst. 6. p. 604 ; DC. prodr. 4. p. 168. Angelica lucida Canadensis, Cornut,
Canad. t. 197.
Canada, Cornuti. (v. sp. in herb. Vaillant /).—“ Wholly glabrous. Root
an inch thick, with the odor of Parsley, acrid, perishing the second or third
year. Stem 1-2 feet high, about as thick as one’s finger, erect or flexuous,
branched, fistulous, striated above. Radical leaves 3-, the cauline 2-pinnate;
leaflets lanceolate or ovate, rather acute, dark green and shining on the upper
surface, very smooth underneath; the terminal ones confluent. Umbels
and umbellets convex, dense; the rays striated. Involucre of 5 narrow
lanceolate leaflets; those of the involucel equal in number to the rays,
subulate, acuminate. Petals equal, widely spreading, ovate, with the
point acute and inflexed, of a dirty white color. Filaments twice as long as
the corolla. Ovary deep green at the summit. Seeds [carpels] fuscous, of
a hot taste, with 3 elevated nearly parallel striae on one side; the border
winged and membranaceous.” Jacq. ex Schult. 1. c.—This plant has been
common in the gardens of Europe for 200 years, and appears to have been
introduced by Cornuti, on whose authority alone it stands as a North American
species. It is a genuine Angelica, according to authentic specimens
which we examined in the herbarium of the Hortus Clifforlianus, and that
of Vaillant. The segments are ovate, about an inch long, sessile, unequally
serrate, and mostly decurrent or confluent at the base. The rays of the
umbel are unusually thick ; the involucels of about 8 lanceolate-spatulate
leaflets. Fruit (immature) ovate : dorsal ribs slightly winged; the lateral
ones dilated into a distinct wing. Vittse very large and filled with a pungent
oil. Commissure with 2 vittse.
24. ARCHANGELICA. Hoffm. Umb. 1. p. 166. ƒ. tit. 19, 20 ; Koch,
umb. p. 98, f . 17-19, ex DC. prodr. 4. p. 169.
Calyx-teeth short. Petals elliptical, entire, acuminate, with the point incurved.
Fruit somewhat dorsally compressed. Carpels with 3 rather thick
carinated dorsal ribs: lateral ribs dilated into marginal wings. Albumen
not adhering to the pericarp. Vittse very numerous, entirely surrounding
the seed.—Perennial herbs. Leaves usually with large inflated petioles, 3-
parted, with the divisions pinnately or bipinnately divided; the segments
ovate, toothed or serrate. Involucre almost none. Involucels many-leaved.
Flowers white or greenish.
1. A. officinalis (Hoffm.): stem glabrous, terete, striate; leaves bipinnately
divided; segments subcordate, lobed, acutely serrate, the terminal
one 3-lobed; sheaths loose and saccate; involucel as long as the umbellets.
DC.—Hoffm. 1. c.; DC. prodr. 4. p. 169 ; Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 267.
Angelica Archangelica, Linn. ! spec. 1. p. 160 ; Engl. bot. t. 2561 ; Cham.
8f Scklecht. in Linncea, 1. p. 394.
Greenland! and Labrador; also Unalaschka and Bay of Eschscholtz,
Charnisso.—The plant is not uncommon in gardens.
2. A. Ghnelini (DC.): stem glabrous, terete, striate; leaves temately
divided; segments 3-parted; the lobes ovate, serrate, cuneate at the base;
sheaths moderately large; involucels as long as the flowering umbellets.
DC. prodr. 4. p. 170 ; Hook. Jl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 267. Angelica Gmeleni,
Wormskiold, ex Fisch. Apium tematum, Pall, in Spreng. syst. 1. p. 890?
Pleurospermum Gmeleni, Bongard, mg. Sitcha, in mem. acad. St. Petersb.
(ser. 6) 2. p. 141.
Kotzebue’s Sound, Fischer, ex DC. Sitcha, Bongard.
3. A. atropurpurea (Hoffm.) : stem sulcate-striate (dark purple); divisions
of the leaves bipinnately divided ; segments of the secondary divisions
5-7, the three terminal ones confluent and decurrent at the base, somewhat
acuminate, unequally serrate, membranaceous; petioles very large and inflated
; peduncles nearly glabrous ; fruit glabrous.—Hoffm. umb. 1. p. 169.
Angelica atropurpurea, L in n .! spec. l .p . 251; Pursh, jl. 1. p. 193 ; Schult.
syst. 6. p. 603 ; Torr.! fl. 1. p. 316 ; DC.! prodr. 4. p. 168 ; Hook. fl.
Bor.-Am. 1. p. 267; Darlingt.fi. Cest. p. 193. A. triquinata, Michx.! fl.
1. p. 167 ; Bigel.! fl. Bost. ed. 2. p. 110. Imperatoria lucida, Nutt, sen
1. p. 181.