DIGYNI 



299 



E. hot. 684-FI. dan. 1 \5\-Riv. pent. 65, Phellandr.-Wood<v. 

 266~BIacliv. 570-Dod. 591-Lob. obs. 424. 1, and ic. i. . 

 735. l-Ger. em. 1063-Park. 933. 6-Pet. 28. i-H. ox. ix. 

 7 -row 1. 7—Ger. 905. 



Leaves under the surface of the water long and hair-like. 

 Woodward. Stem very thick. Petals white. 



Water Hemlock, or Horsebane. Rivers, ditches, and pools.; 



[Clifton, near Severn Stoke, Worcestershire. Mr. Ballard, 

 Ditches near Darlington. Mr. Robson. — In a pit at the farm yard 



Manchester. Mr 



Var. 2. Fine-leaved. 



June, July 



Grows in running streams. The leaves are divided like those 

 of the Ranunculus aquatilis in the same situations. Sometimes, 

 though rarely, when the plant grows in an angle out of the rapid 

 course of the stream, it produces its flowers. Relhan. Ray men- 

 tions it as growing between Woodstock and Blenheim, near the 

 bridq-e. 



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CICU'TA. Fruit nearly egg-shaped ; ribbed. 



C. Umbels opposite the leaves: leaf-stalks bordered, blunt, viro'sa 



, E. hot. 4,75-Pbif. trans, abr. x. 23. at p. 772-Woodv. 26S- 

 Fl. dan. 208~Blaci<w. 57 h a. b. c. -Gunner. 2-Riv. pent* 

 77. Cicutaria-Dod. 5S<?. 3-Lob. obs. J 05. ?, and id. 208. 



_ — *. — A -m & 





■Ger. 



em 



Pet. 28. 1-//. ax. ix. 5. 4. 



7 



2. 175. 2 



Leaves winged; leafits spear-shaped, in threes, serratures 

 white at the point. Umbel expanding, red at the base. Involu- 

 cellum of several leaves, bristle-shaped, short. Styles upright, 

 white ; in the fruit straddling. Summits simple. Fruit com- 

 pressed, even, lopped, opening transversely. Linn. Stem about 

 4 feet high, reddish towards the bottom. Leaves, serratures 

 sometimes brown. Fruit -stalks sheathed at the base by the leaf- 

 stalks. Receptacle of the spokes reddish. Leaves with about 7 



* The seeds are recommended in intermittents, and are said to be diu- 

 retic, antiseptic, and expectorant. Dose from 1 to 3 drams daily. Dr. 

 Lance. — The leaves are sometimes added to discutient cataplasms. — It 

 is generally esteemed a fatal poison to horses, occasioning them to become 

 paralytic ; but this effect is owing to an insect, (Curculio parapltcticus) 

 Whicn generally inhabits within the stems. The usual antidote is pig 

 dung.— -in the winter the roots and stem , dissected by the influence of the 

 weather, afford a very curious skeleton or net work. Horses, sheep, and 

 goats eat it. Swine are not fond of it. Cows refuse it. Cbrynmela 



Phellandrhiy and the Gilt Leptura are found upon the roof*, and the Cur-culia 

 parapUctkus within the stems. 



