WARDEN ANGELICA.

1039

[), 72\ VSIo, ' ogical Efeects.— Sweet fennel is an aromatic stimulant (seeWp ltS e ®' ects are similar to tliose of anise or dill,child S ‘ Seldom employed. May be given in the flatulent colic ofStipe* 611 ’ or as a carminative vehicle for remedies which arc apt to

[Vi Funiculi, E. D. — (Obtained by submitting the fruit

Vrni’ ^'3 " T ith-water to distillation). Nineteen cwts. of the fruit. ve yielded 78 lbs. of oil {Private information). Stimulant ando ^tive. Seldom used. Dose, two to twenty drops,tive v Ua Fceniculi, E. D.—(Obtained as Aqua Anethi). Carmina-fo r ot V m ployed to relieve flatulent colic of infants, and as a vehiclefv a her medicines. Dose, for an adult, f3j. to fjiij.; for an infant,10 f Sij.

rc hangel'ica officina'lis, Hoffm. and Koch.— Garden Angelica.

AngeVica ArchangeMca , Linn. E, D.

Sex. Syst. Pentandria, Digynia.jj (Root, A'.—Semina, D .)

W ere IST °RY. —Jt i s doubtful whether the ancient Greeks and Romansth e ; r aci luainted with this plant, as no certain notice of it appears inp " r hings. C. Bauhin {Pinax , 155) calls it Angelica sativa.

Gen. Char .—Margin of the calyx with five short teeth.SotDg* Viptical, entire, acuminate, with the point curved inwards. Fruit"’V a at com pressed at the back, with a somewhat central raphe, two-V tk ° n eac P side- Mericarps [half-fruits] with thick, keeled ridges;as b* lre . e dorsal ones elevated, the two lateral ones dilated into a twiceOf "’ing. Seed not adhering to the integument; the nucleus free,tij a j , ec ‘ all over with numerous vittae. Carpophorus two-partite.—Peren-cl entat eris - Leaves pinnatisect; segments broadly ovate, acute, coarselysc ar .i’ terminal, lobed. Petioles large, sheathing, saccate. Involucrekw, e , an }’ i partial one halved, many-leaved. Flowers white, orJD. C.)

$e, r ' Lhar. — Stem smooth, terete, striated. Leaves bipinnatisect;sh ea( f tlts subcordate, lobed, sharply serrated, the odd one three-lobed;Parti i * 0ose > saccate. Leaflets of the partial involucre equalling the^ umbd (D. C.)

8t errt °! biennial, large, fleshy, branched, resinous, pungently aromatic,the *° Ur or live feet high, a little glaucous. Foliage, stalks, and evenMers, bright green. It flowers from June to September.

'Vat ' 0 ' indigenous; northern parts of Europe . Cultivated in moistJ) l ° ns > and on the banks of ditches,is j Scrip tion. —The dried angelica root (radix angelicce) of the shopsiv a P°*ed from Hamburg in casks. In 1839 duty (4s. per cwt.)fo r i )a ' ( l on 386 cwts. Formerly Spanish Angelica was alone employedc ylinl . c i lla l purposes. The dried root of the shops consists of a shortVs(:\ nCu i head, from which numerous branches arise. The size ofand V anches varies : the larger ones are as thick as the little finger,gray}*? 0r e ight inches long. Externally the root is corrugated, andra >>sv ^ v °" n - Internally it is dirty white, and presents, when cutv e SSel erse ly, numerous dark points, which are the cut extremities ofol eo S ? r intercellular spaces filled with a liquid, strongly odorous oil ore sm. To the taste the root is at first sweet, then hot, aromatic, and