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cording to the place and climate where it grows, the 

 time when collected, and the preparations of it 



It is most powerftrl in warm climates, in the sum- 

 mer, and when full grown. Some persons are hardly 

 aflfected by it : while others are more susceptible ; on 

 these it produces dizziness, nausea, disturbed sight, 

 faintness, &c. which symptoms appear in half an 

 hour and last half a day or more. A large dose pro- 

 duces worse symptoms, vertigo, paralysis, convul- 

 sions and death. There is little danger of being poi- 

 soned by this plant through misstate, owning to its bad 

 smell : yet there are instances on record that children 

 have taken it for parsley and the root for carrot: 

 whereby sickness and death have been produced. In 

 the United States, the Cicuta macidata is more dan- 

 gerous on that score. 



This plant blossoms in summer irom June to Au- 

 gust. It belongs like all the LTivrBELLATK to Pe5- 

 TANDRiA digynia of Linnasus. 



Locality- — Native of Europe j but now naturahV 

 ed in New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Vir- 

 ginia, Ohio, &c. mostly found in old fields, near roads 

 and fences, on the banks of rivers, &c. Very com- 

 mon in some local spots ; but not found every where. 



Qualities — The whole plant has a disagreeable 

 virose smell (somewhat like the urine of a cat) which 

 becomes stronger when the leaves are bruised, ine 

 rooi contains In the sj)rlng a milky juice, highly vir- 

 ulent. The essential active acrid principle of this 

 plant appear to reside in a green resinous substance, 

 called ConemCf dissipating by exposure to air and 



