Flora Medica

MEUM.plant. 355. Fee cours. ii. 203. ./Ethusa Meum L. Ligusticumcapillaceum Lam. Ligusticum Meum Crantz. Meov aBa/Axv-r^ov,Dioscorid. Mountainous pastures all over Europe.Leaves supra-decompound with capillary segments. Stem somewhatbranched and leafy. Involucre with hardly more than 1 bract ;involucels scarcely extending more than half way round the umbel.The roots are fusiform, and about as thick as the finger, with numeroustransverse close wrinkles. They are aromatic and sweet, something likeform ancarrot, and contain a small quantity of essential oil.Theyingredient in Venice treacle. (Radix Mei Officm.)93. M. Mutellina Gcertn. Carp. i. t. 23. DC. prodr.iv. 162.Phellandrium Mutellina Linn. sp. plant. 366. Jacq. Jl. austr.t. 56. ^Ethusa Mutellina Lam. CEnanthe purpurea Lam. Subalpinemeadows in the middle of Europe.Leaves twice or thrice pinnated ; segments linear-lanceolate, acute.Stem nearly naked and simple. Involucre none ; leaflets of involucelslanceolate. Used like the last. (Radix Muteltinae Officin.)ANGELICA.Calyx obsolete. Petals lanceolate, entire, acuminated, withthe point straight or curved inwards. Fruit compressed at theback, with a central raphe, 2-winged on each side. Half-fruitswith 3 filiform dorsal elevated ridges, the 2 laterals dilated intoa membranous wing. Channels with single vittae. Perennialsor biennials. Leaves bipinnated. Umbels terminal. Involucrenone, or few-leaved; involucel many-leaved. Flowers white.94. A. nemorosa Tenore sylloge 561. Bracala Neapol.Valleys, damp woods and low watery places in the kingdom ofNaples.Stem at the upper part and peduncles downy. Leaves 3-pinnate ;segments ovate short bluntish serrated decurrent at base. Involucrenone. Half-fruits elliptical the; wings as broad as the dorsal crestedridges. Smell of the fruit hircine ;root acrid. The root is reckonedby the Neapolitans one of their best remedies against the itch.ARCHANGELICA.Calyx with 5 short teeth. Half-fruits with thick keeled ridges.Seed not adhering to the integument, covered all over with numerousvittae. Otherwise the same as Angelica.95. A officinalis Koch. umb. 98. f. 17. 19. DC. prodr. iv.169. Nees'and Eberm.pl. med. 279. 280. handb.in. 60. S. andC.ii. t. 83. Smith Eng.fl.ii. 80. Angelica Archangelica Linn,sp. 360. Eng. Bot. t. 2561. Watery places in the northernparts of Europe.Root large, fleshy, branched, resinous, pungently aromatic. Stemerect, 4 or 5 feet high, and from 1 to 2 inches in diameter, leafy,branched in the upper part, striated, polished, a little glaucous. The43