KV 
CONIUM* MACULATUM. 
Common or Spotted Hemlock, Homlock, Kex, Herb Bennet. 
Synoyyms.—Cicuta, Raii Syn., 2151; Ger. Em., 1061. Cicuta vulgaris major, 
Park. Theat., 933. Conium, Hall Hist., vol. i. p. 337. Conium major, Bauh. 
Ty., 160. Coriandrum cicuta, Crantz Austr., fase. iii. p. 100. Coriandrum 
maculatum, Roth Germ., vol. i. p. 130, Conium maculatum, Lin., Sp. Pl., 349; 
Fl. Brit., 302. . 
Forrran Namrs.—Fr.: Grande Cigue. Jtal.: Cicuta maggiore, Conio man- 
chado. Span.: Cicuta, Ceguda, Port.: Cigude. Germ: Geflecte Schierling. 
Dut.: Dollekervel, Scheerling. Swed.: Spriiklig odort. Dan.; Skarntyde. 
Russ.: Botigolor piatnistoi, 
Nat. Order, UMBELLIFERZ.—PEntanpria, Dicynta. 
Gey. Cuar.—Flowers all perfect, slightly irregular. Calyx obsolete. 
Corolla superior, of five inversely heart-shaped petals, with an acute 
inflexed point, the outermost rather the largest. Filaments five, hair- 
like, scarcely so long as the corolla. Anthers roundish. Germen egg- 
shaped, somewhat compressed, furrowed, wrinkled. Styles two, thread- 
shaped, elongated, spreading, a little swelled at the base, proceeding 
from the dilated, depressed, wavy, permanent floral receptacle. Stigmas 
blunt. Fruit broadly egg-shaped, slightly compressed, with ten pro- 
minent, acute ribs, wavy, in an upright state, crowned with the dilated 
undulated floral receptacle, and the shortest, permanent, spreading 
styles. Carpel (seeds of Linnzus) half egg-shaped, tumid, each with 
five prominent, waved, or crenated ridges, becoming finally straight and 
even. Interstices with many strie, without vitte. Seed with a sharp, 
narrow groove in front. Universal involucrwm of a few leaves; partial 
one of three leaves on one side. The obsolete ealyz, the inversely head- 
Fig. 1. A flower. 2. An unripe fruit. 3. The root. = 
* From the Greek word xwvos, a cone, or a top, whose whirling motion re- 
sembles the giddiness produced on a human constitution by the poisonous juice of 
this plant. 
