536 UMBELLIFERAE. (Von. II. 
1. Cicuta maculata IL. Water Hemlock. Musquash Root. (Fig. 2694.) 
Cicuta maculata I, Sp. Pl. 256. 1753. 
Ciculta virosa var. maculata Coult. & Rose, 
Rev. Umb. 130. 1888 
Stout, erect, branching, 3°-6° high, the 
stem marked with purple lines. Roots 
several, fleshy, tuberiform, ovoid, or oblong; 
leaves petioled, bipinnate, or tripinnate, the 
lower often 1° long, and on long petioles, the 
upper smaller; leaf-segments lanceolate, or 
lance-oblong, coarsely and sharply serrate, 
1/-5/ long, their veins apparently ending in 
the notches; umbellets many-flowered; pedi- 
cels unequal, 2’/-4’’ long in fruit; fruit ovate, 
or oval, 1//-114’’ long. 
In swamps and low grounds, New Brunswick 
to Manitoba, south to Florida and New Mexico. 
Poisonous. Called also Spotted Cowbane, and 
Beaver-poison. June-Aug. { 
2, Cicuta bulbifera L. Bulb-bearing 
Water Hemlock. (Fig. 2695.) 
Cicuta bulbifera I,. Sp. Pl. 255. 1753. 
Erect, slender, much branched, 1°-3%° 
high. Roots few, fleshy, tuberiform. Leaves 
petioled, 2-3 pinnate, the upper ones less 
divided, smaller, and bearing numerous 
clustered bulblets in their axils; leaf-seg- 
ments linear, sparingly serrate with distant 
teeth, 34/-114’ long; fruit broadly ovate, 
slightly more than 1/’ long, seldom formed 
along the southern range of the species. 
In swamps, Nova Scotia to Delaware, west to 
Manitoba, Indiana and Iowa. Ascends to 2600 ft. 
in the Catskills. July—Sept. 
37- DERINGA Adans. Fam. Pl. 2: 498. 1763. 
[CRyproTAENIA DC. Mem. Omb. 42. 1829.] 
Perennial glabrous herbs, with 3-divided leaves, and compound irregular umbels of 
white flowers. Involucre and involucels none. Calyx-teeth obsolete. Petals inflexed at the 
apex. Stylopodium conic; fruit oblong, laterally compressed, glabrous. Carpels nearly terete, 
the ribs equal, obtuse; oil-tubes solitary in the intervals and also beneath each rib. Seed- 
face flat or nearly so. [Said to be named for Deering or Dering. ] 
A monotypic genus of eastern North America and Japan. 
\ 1p , 1. Deringa Canadénsis (L.) 
N \\i Y » 0 Kuntze. Honewort. (Fig. 2696.) 
/ wy WN Yr Sison Canadense I,. Sp. Pl. 252. 1753. 
SAQ yl \\ { C. Canadensts DC. Mem. Omb. 42. 1820. 
D. Canadensis Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 266. 1891. 
Erect, rather slender, freely branching, 
1°-3° high. Lower and basal leaves long- 
petioled, 3-divided, the segments thin, ovate, 
acute or acuminate at the apex, sharply 
and irregularly serrate, incised, or some- 
times lobed, 1/-4’ long, the lateral ones 
nearly sessile and oblique at the base, the 
terminal one abruptly narrowed into a 
margined incised stalk; upper leaves nearly 
sessile; umbels 4-10-rayed; fruit narrowed 
at both ends, 2’’-3’’ long, often curved. 
In woods, New Brunswick tO Minnesota, 
south to Georgia and Texas. Ascends to 4200 
ft. in North Carolina, June-July. 
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