15 



Caucalis nodosa. Knotted Stone Parsley. 



Freshwater Down. 

 Conium maculatum. Common Hemlock 21 . 



Hedges, amongst rubbish, &c, not very com- 

 mon. 

 Crithmum maritimum. Sea Samphire. 



Chalky cliffs from Compton westward. Bern- 

 bridge Cliffs. First noticed by D. Turner. 

 Sison Amomum. Bastard Stone Parsley. 



About Newport, and common in most parts of 

 the island. 



segetum. Corn Parsley, or Stonewort. 



In corn fields, generally in abundance. 

 CExaxthk Jistulosa. Water Dropwort. 



Marsh at Freshwater Gate. Withering. 



crocata. Hemlock Dropwort--. 



Medina near Newport, in plenty. 



pimpinelloides. Parsley Dropwort. 



Banks near Cowes. Freshwater. In the marsh 

 at the head of the Yar, in plenty. " Near 

 Ryde." S. Woods. 



21 The whole plant is poisonous, and many instances are recorded 

 of its deleterious effects ; but modern experience has proved it to 

 be less virulent than was formerly imagined : and though it may 

 not cure cancers, it is certainly a very useful medicine when pro- 

 perly prepared. 



22 The whole of this plant is poisonous, and the root is said to 

 be the most virulent of all the vegetable poisons in Britain. Four 

 spoonfuls of the juice occasioned the death of a person at Havant 

 in 1758. 



