Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Lovage

LOVAGE, or Ligusticum, L. a genus of plants, consisting of thirteen species, two of which are natives of Britain. The principal of these, is the Scoticum, Scottish Lovage, or Sea-parsley, growing on rocks and cliffs near the sea-coast in Scotland, and the Western Islands; flowering in the month of July. It is relished by horses, sheep, and goats, but refused by cows. This species is greatly valued in the Isle of Sky, where it is eaten either as salad, or boiled as greens: its roots are reputed to be excellent carminatives, and an inftision of the leaves affords a good physic for calves.