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UMBELLIFERE. 



CYNAPIUM (FooVs Parsley). 



18. ^ETHUSA (Fool's Parsley). 



1. J2. Cynapium (Fool's Parsley). A slender plant 

 about a foot high, with dark green, doubly pinnate leaves, 

 and terminal umbels of white flowers. It is a common 

 garden weed, and in its young state somewhat resembles 

 Parsley, but when in flower may readily be distinguished 

 from that and all other umbelliferous plants, by having 

 no general bracts, but at the base of each partial umbel 

 three very long and narrow leaves, which are all on the 

 outer side, and point downwards. It is said, and pro- 

 bably with reason, to be poisonous. Fl. July, August. 

 Annual. 



