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On examination of the bodies of thofe who perithed by eating 
this root, we are told that the ftomach and inteftines were difcovered 
to be inflamed, and even in a gangrenous or eroded ftate, and the 
blood-veflels-of the brain much diftended.‘ 
To feveral brutes this plant has likewife proved mortal ; but the 
fats upon this point are fomewhat vague and various. Though faid 
- be a fatal poifon. to SOW, it is eaten with epapualty, by goats and 
~ fheep.® 
As an internal medicine the Ga aquatica is univerfally fuperfeded 
by the common hemlock ; but externally employed in the way of a 
poultice, it is faid to afford relief in various fixed pains, ee oe gh 
thofe of the rheumatic and arthritic kind. 
* Vide Wepfer, Schwencke, Brefl. Samml: 1722. ‘p» 286. Eph. Nat. Cur. Dee 2. 
a. 6 p. 321. 
& ——videre licet pinguefcere feepe cicuta 
Lucrer. 
Barbigeras pecaies, hominique eft acre venenum, 
Other medicinal plants of this Order, are 
SysTEMATIC Namzs. - OFFICINAL. _. ENGLIsH, 
Sanicula. europea ‘Sanicula : Common Sanicle 
Tordylium officinale - Sefeli creticum Hartwort 
Athamanta cretenfis = =» Daucus creticus — - Cretan Spignel 
Athamanta Oreo‘elinum Oreofelinum Divaricated Spignel 
Peucedanum officinale ~ © Peucedanum. Sulphur-wort 
Laferpitium Jatifolium - Gentiana alba | Broad leav’d Laffer-wort 
Laferpitium Siler _ Siler montanum. Mountain Laffer-wort 
Heracleum Sphoneyihaik, = * Branca urfina 
Cow Parfnep 
Sium Ninfi Ninfi _ Baftard Ginfeng 
Sifon Ammi . Ammi verum ‘True Bifhopfweed - 
Bubon macedonicum Petrofelinum macedon.. Macedonian Parfley 
Aethufa Meum ~ Meu | Common Spignel 
Scandix Cerefolium .  Cerefolium Chervil 
Chzerophyllum fylveftre Cicutaria Common Cow-weed 
‘Sefeli tortuoflum Sefeli maffilienfe. Hard Meadow Saxifrage 
 Paftinaca fativa Paftinaca Garden Par{fnep 
Apium graveolens Apium- Smallage 
Bupleurum meen Perfoliata. Thorow-wax. 
GALUM 
