YEGETABX^E POISONS, 43 



The ftalk is fiftulous, firm, upright, arti- 

 culated, fipooth, round, and fix feet high : 

 it. is thickly ftained with innumerable purple 

 fpots, of various fizes, and indeterminate 

 figures. 



The leaves are placed irregularly on the 

 ^alk ; they are, like the radical ones, mi-^ 

 nutely interfered, and of a ftrong green co- 

 lour. 



Thje flow<ers are fmall and white ; each Is 

 compofed of five petals, infle<5led, and heartr 

 fa(hioned. They are difpofed in large um- 

 bels, upon divided and fubdivided branches. 



The feeds are rounded, ftriated on one 

 fide, and plain on the other, and are of a 

 brown colour. 



Hemlock flowers in July, and is very com- 

 mon under hedges in moft parts of Europe. 

 Where the foil is rich and moift, it is ob- 

 ferved to be more luxuriant thaa in other 

 places. 



This -plant has a virofe, difagreeable fmell, 

 but the frefli juice communicates no particu- 

 lar imp reffion to the organs of tafte. 



If 



