IRRITANT POISONS 45 



CICUTA VIROSA {British). 76. 



WATER HEMLOCK — COW BANE. 



Umbelliferce. — Leaves biternate; with linear-lanceolate leaf- 

 lets. — Umbels opposite the leaves. — Ditches; perennial; 3-4 ft. 

 — August; white. — Local. {Fatalities.) 



Toxic Principles.— OIL OF CICUTA, CICUTINE, also con- 

 tained in C. maculata. 



And in the warm hedge grew lush 



Green cow-bind and the moonlight-coloured may. 



Shelley: " The Question.'" 



iETHUSA CYNAPIUM {British). 77. 



fool's parsley — ass's parsley — dog's parsley — LESSER 

 HEMLOCK — FALSE PARSLEY — FOOL's CICELY. 



Umbelliferce. — Leaflets all wedge-shaped, with lanceolate 

 segments, dark glossy green. Leaves of involucels, long, point- 

 ing downwards. — A common weed; 6 ins. -2 ft.; annual. — July 

 and August; white. {Fatalities.) 



2^oxic Principle.— CYNAPISE, also contained in A. fatua. 



Where the cow-parsley skirts the hawthorn hedge. 



RossETTi: " SUent Noon.^* 



JUNIPERUS SABIN-aa {Cultivated in Britain). 78. 



SAVIN. 



Coniferce. — Evergreen shrub (under cultivation may become 

 a tree of 20 ft.) ; compact.— Branches numerous ; much divided. 

 —Leaves opposite, or in 3's ; closely packed; of 2 forms : (1) on 

 the elongated branches more distantly placed; triangular; 

 subulate; (2) on the smaller lateral branches; rhomboidal; 

 with a central gland. — Flowers small; dioecious; male catkins; 

 female cones.— Fruit berry-like; formed by enlargement and 

 coalescence of the scales; on dropping stalk; purple with 



