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BOTANY 



I (Chervil). GW //'/;/ uxx-i/liit u,,i. the Hemlock, is a biennial plant often of 

 considerable height ; it is completely glabrous, the stem and leaf-stalks often with 

 purple spots ; leaves dull green, bi- to tri-pinnate. The ultimate segments end in 

 a small, colourless, bristle-like tip. Fruit with wavy, crenate ridges and without oil- 

 ducts in the valleculte. The whole plant has a peculiar, unpleasant odour (Fig. 706). 



FIG. TOti. Conium maau.la.ttuH. (J nat. size). UrnciM. ami I'uisuxucn. 



3. Coclospcrmac. The ventral side of the endosperm is concave (Fig. 700, 4). 

 Coriandrum sativum is an annual plant ; flowers zygomorphic owing to the enlarge- 

 ment of the sepals and petals at the periphery of the umbel. Fruit spherical ; 

 mericarps closely united, with ill-marked primary ridges and somewhat more 

 distinct secondary ridges. 



OFFICIAL. Conium maculatum yields coxn FOLIA and CONII FRUOTUS. Ferula 

 foelida (Persia), ASAFETIDA. F. yalbaniflua and other species (Persia), GALBANUM. 



