70 OBSERVATIONS on 



The leaves are of a pale green colour : 

 they are large, fingly and doubly pinnated > 

 each foljolum is wedge-fhaped, fmooth, 

 flriated with lines, and notched at the 



edges. ■ ^ 



The flowers are very fmall and white: 

 they are difpofed in fmall umbek, placed 

 upon the principal ftalks, with (hort ones at 

 the fubdivifions. Each flower is compoled 

 of five petals ; fome of them are infledtcd 

 and heart- faihioned. 



The cup is large, and divided into five 

 ftgments. 



The feeds are flriated on one fide, and 

 dented on thp other. 



This plant is found upon the banks of 

 the Thames, and many other rivers in Eng- 

 land. It flowers in July. 



Hemlock dropwort is one of the moft 

 terrible ppifons which the vegetable kingdom 

 produces, 



Mr. 



