ÆGOPODIUM, SMALL WILD ANGELICA, GOUT-WORT, GOATFOOT, HERE GERARD, OR ASHWEED; a genus of the digynia order, belonging to the pentandra class of plants; the characters of which are: The universal calyx is a manifold convex umbel; the partial one, coniform and flat; there is no involucre; and the proper perianthium is scarcely discernible: The universal corolla is uniform, the florets all fertile; the proper one has five inverse-ovate, concave, equal petals, inserted at the top: The stamina consist of five simple filaments twice the length of the corolla; the antheræ roundish: The pistillum has a germen beneath; two purple erect styli the length of the corollet; the stigmata are headed: No pericarpium: The fruit is ovate, striated, and bipartite: The seeds are two, ovate, on one side convex and striated, and flat on the other. There is but one species, a native of Britain and other parts of Europe. It is very common under hedges and about gardens; the leaves resemble those of Angelica, and it carries small white flowers. Its roots run so fast, as to render it a very troublesome weed.