UMBELLIFERZ. 
Umbellifers. 
No. 71. 
CONIUM MACULATUM. 
Hemuocx. 
Geog. Position. Europe. 
Quality. Nauseous. 
Power. Narcotic, diuretic. 
Use. Scirrhus, scrofula, ulcers, scabies, &c. 
BOTANICAL ANALYSIS. 
Natural Classification. 
Orver UMBELLIFERA. 
Linnean Classification. 
Cuass V. Pentandria. Orver Digynia. 
AvtHorities.—Lin. Sp. Pl. 349. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1395. Woodv. Med. Bot. 
104. Pursh. Flor. N. A. 195. Lind. Flor. Med. 57. Bigelow, Med. Bot. I. 113, 
Raf. Med. Flor. I. 148. Whitlaw, Med. Disc. 46. Lond. Disp. 295. U.S. Disp. 
273. Ec. Disp. U. S. 135. Loud. Encye. Pl. 216. Ballard and Garrod, Mat. 
Med. 290. Thomson, Mat. Med. 453. Pereira, Mat. Med. II. 497. Griff Med. 
Bot. 339. Carson, Illust. Med. Bot. I. 49. Gray, Bot. Text-Book, 800. Wood, 
Class-Book, 283. se 
Genus CONIUM. ae 
From the Greek koverov, from Kavos, pe eeren top, so called because it produce 
giddiness in those who drank it. It is the Greek name for Poison poss al ten ca 
Srvowrams. — La cigue (Fr.), Der Schierling (Ger.), Cicuta (It.), Ceguda (Sp.), 
Scheerling (Dutch), Skarntyde (Dan.), Swiniewesz (Pol.), Boligolow (Russ.). 
Tat Essentra, Cuaracters. 
Catyx. Adhering to the ovary, entire or five-toothed. . 
- Corouta. Petals five, usually inflected at the point, imbri- 
cate in estivation. “ 
Sramens. Five, alternate with the petals, and inserted with 
them upon the dise. : poe 
Ovary. Inferior, two-celled, surmounted by the fleshy disc 
which bears the stamens and petals. Styles two, stinct, 
or united at their thickeued base. Stigma simple. 
