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T. Cicuta bulbifera. Water hemlock ; 5, 2, L. These three 

 plants are officinal. They are narcotic, anodyne ; and, taken in 

 over doses, they are virulent, narcotic, acrid poisons. Here is an 

 instance, as I have stated in my preamble, which falsifies the asser- 

 tion that plants of the same class and order possess similar medi- 

 cinal properties. The anise, dill, and many other umbelliferous 

 plants are aromatic and stimulant, and not narcotic and poisonous, 

 while the coniums, cicuta, &c., in large doses, are deadly poisons ; 

 and numerous instances have occurred of death having ensued from 

 mistaking the seeds of cicuta for caraway, and the roots for parsley. 

 Five species of conium have been discovered, and three of cicuta. 



8. Daucus carota. Wild carrot; 5, 2, L. Sixteen species known. 

 Off. Stimulant, diuretic, carminative, and antiseptic. In the form 

 of poultice as an antiseptic, few articles in the Materia Medica sur- 

 pass it. It is found wild in Massachusetts, and it is also exten- 

 sively cultivated as an esculent vegetable. 



9. Ligusticum. Eighteen species known ; 5, 1, L. 



Ligusticum Scoticum. Smellage ; lovage. It is sweet, aro- 

 matic, warm, and pungent, similar in its properties to opoponax an- 

 gelica, &c. Although the whole of the plant is used, the seeds are 

 the most powerful. It is carminative, diaphoretic, and emmena- 

 gogue. 



10. Angelica. Five species known ; 5, 2, L. 



Angelica triquinata. Wild angelica ; sometimes, though erro- 

 neously, called cow parsnep. This plant is sometimes mistaken for 

 cicuta, or poison hemlock, though their properties are entirely dif- 

 ferent. It is aromatic, tonic, carminative, and stomachic, and use- 

 ful in colic, dyspepsia, &c. 



11. Sanicula. Four species known ; 5, 2, L. 



Sanicula Marylandica. Sanicle. It is supposed to be astring- 

 ent, partially tonic, and diuretic, and it has been used with success 

 in dropsy ; and in decoction in dysentery, leucorrhoea, and hemor- 

 rhages. It is also pulmonary and balsamic. 



12. Sium. Nine species known ; 5, 2, L. 



Sium latifolium. Water parsnep. Narcotic, supposed by some 



