578 PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY 
between the nectar disc; pistil syncarpous, bicarpellate, nie: 
ericab ellie: ovary as many celled with one pendulous ovule in 
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Fic. 435.—Conium maculatum L., the poison hemlock. Note spotted stems, 
decompound leaves and compound umbels of white flowers. The poisonous 
juice of this plant was employed as a potion by the ancient Greeks which was 
given to criminals as a means of capital punishment. 
each cavity; style usually simple, ending in rounded or slightly 
bilobed stigma. Fruit a two-seeded drupe. Seeds albuminous 
with single seed coat. 
