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WEEDS OF THE FARM AND GARDEN 



leaves, two to five times pinnate, and with long petioles ; 

 leaflets coarsely serrate, lance-shaped to oblong-lanceo- 

 late; flowers white; fruit broadly ovate to oval, small, 

 one and one-half inches long; roots three to five, clus- 

 tered and occasionally single, emitting a strong odor 

 which is intensified in boiling. Grows in marshes and 



low grounds, the stem 

 springing up from thick, 

 fleshy roots that taper 

 at the lower end ; in- 

 tensely poisonous, the 

 poisonous properties re- 

 siding in the root and 

 stem, but more particu- 

 larly in the root, seem- 



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ing to occur in an oily, 

 aromatic fluid. Widely 

 distributed in northern 

 states and in the Rocky 

 Mountains. Poisonous. 

 Water Hemlock (Ci- 

 cuta bulbifcra, L.). 

 This is found in marshes 

 in the northern part of 

 the country. It has small 

 white flowers in the ax- 

 Fig. 132. Cowbane (Cicuta macu- ils of the leaves. Poison- 



lata). A dangerous poisonous weed of 



the North. (Ada Hayden.) us - 



Caraway (Carum Ca- 



rui, L.). A smooth, erect herb; leaves pinnately com- 

 pound with small divisions; flowers small, white in um- 

 bels; calyx teeth small; fruit ovate or oblong, smooth, 

 with inconspicuous ribs ; face of seed plane. Commonly natu- 

 ralized eastward and abundant westward, especially in Utah. 

 Wild Parsnip (Pastinaca sat'wa, L.). Tall, branched 

 biennial or annual herb with thick conical roots, pin- 



