UMBELUFERAE OENANTHE 



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Fig. 369. Coriander (.Coriandrum satiimm). Flowering stem. (After Faguet) 



contains phellandrene ; a native lovage, Ligusticum ccmadense, is used to flavor 

 tobacco. 



This family contains a large number of plants with active principles, some 

 of which are entirely harmless, but others must be considered among the deadly 

 poisons. The water drop-wort (Oenanthe crocata), with its parsnip-like roobs, 

 and the O. Phellandrium, poisonous European plants, are Umbelliferae. Fried - 

 berger and Frohner state that the former causes stomatitis and paralysis, Blyth 



