Alexanders: A genus of plants belonging to the class of plantae, and to the order of digynia; and in the natural system ranging under the 45th order, Umbellata. The fruit is oblong and striated; the petals have a sharp point, and are keel-shaped. There are five species: 1. The perfoliatum, or perfoliate alexanders, which is a native of Candia and Italy; 2. The Asyptiacum; 3. The aureum, or golden alexanders, which is a native of North America; 4. The integerrimum; 5. The olivarium, common alexanders, a native of Britain; the leaves of which are cauline, ternate, petiolated, and serrated. It grows on the seacoast at Dunglas on the borders of Berwickshire North Britain. Since the introduction of celery into the garden, the alexanders is almost forgotten. It was formerly cultivated for salading, and the young shoots or stalks blanched were eaten either raw or stewed. The leaves too were boiled in broths and soups. It is a warm comfortable plant to a cold weak stomach, and was in much esteem among the monks, as may be inferred by its still being found in great plenty by old abbey walls.